Imagine what’s going through her mind.
She was next in line at Justice, after Rosenstein. She quit about a month ago, obviously seeing what was coming. The Nunes memo was a pretext to fire Rosenstein, and give the president a more agreeable person to oversee the Mueller investigation. She would have been the person square in Trump’s sights, when Rosenstein was fired.
Saturday Night Massacre Redux, but this time, with the added twist of Trump’s propensity to deal his enemies vicious gratuitous humiliations and injuries, see McCabe.
Tonight it’s revealed that a number of senators sent a letter to the six next in the line of succession at DoJ, seeking a public promise not to interfere with Mueller. Lots of speculation over whether this means a Mueller knee-capping is imminent, and that the likely route the president has picked to that end is firing Rosenstein.
Imagine what she’s thinking.