Rod Rosenstein Staying At The DOJ, For Now

WASHINGTON, DC - MARCH 23: U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein attends a press conference at the Department of Justice March 23, 2018 in Washington, DC. Rosenstein and other law enforcement officials announced a major cyber law enforcement action against nine Iranians charged with conducting massive cyber theft campaigns on behalf of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images)

This is curious. By several accounts, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was expected to leave the Department of Justice shortly after William Barr was confirmed as Attorney General. Now a month later Rosenstein is still there with no plans to leave (yet).

#NEW Deputy AG #RodRosenstein has reached an agreement w/ Attorney General William Barr to stay on at @TheJusticeDept "a little while longer,” despite initial plans to step down by now.

Rosenstein had planned to step down in mid-March but hasn't yet given his two weeks notice.
— Kevin Corke (@kevincorke) March 19, 2019

Speculation has long been that Rosenstein would want to stay on until the Mueller investigation was completed. But it hasn’t been easy. Behind the scenes, it’s clear he has been on thin ice with Donald Trump. Back in February Trump even accused Rosenstein of treason.

Rosenstein extending his DOJ tenure indefinitely pic.twitter.com/MjwCa5hICn
— TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) March 19, 2019

Right after Trump melts down on Twitter, we find out that Rod Rosenstein now isn’t leaving for a while. He was going to leave when Mueller was done. Does this mean Mueller isn’t done?
— John Aravosis ?? (@aravosis) March 19, 2019