By Judicial Watch
Judicial Watch Uncovers Rosenstein Email
to Mueller: ‘The Boss’ Doesn’t Know We’re Talking
October 06, 2019 "Information
Clearing House" - Rod
Rosenstein, who was once a deputy attorney general,
is a key figure in enabling, at a minimum, the Deep
State’s seditious attacks on President Trump.
More proof is in new documents uncovered by a
Judicial Watch lawsuit. Specifically, we forced the
release of
145 pages of Rosenstein’s communications that
include a one-line
email from Rosenstein to Mueller stating, “The
boss and his staff do not know about our
discussions.” They also include “off the record”
emails with major media outlets around the date of
Mueller’s appointment.
We filed a
lawsuit to get these documents after the
Department of Justice failed to respond to our
September 21, 2018, Freedom of Information Act (FOIA)
request (Judicial
Watch v. U.S. Department of Justice (No.
1:19-cv-00481)). We were seeking:
Any and all e-mails,
text messages, or other records of communication
addressed to or received by Deputy Attorney General
Rod Rosenstein between May 8, 2017, and May 22,
2017.
The time period referred to in this suit is
critical. On May 9, 2017, Rosenstein wrote a memo to
President Trump recommending that FBI Director James
Comey be fired. That day, President Trump fired
Comey. Just three days later, on May 12, Rosenstein
sent an
email assuring Robert Mueller that, “The boss
and his staff do not know about our discussions.”
(It is not clear if the “boss” is then-AG Sessions
or President Trump.)
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In a May 16, 2017,
email, sent the day before Mueller’s
appointment, Rosenstein emailed former
Bush administration Deputy Attorney
General and current Kirkland & Ellis
Partner Mark Filip stating, “I am with
Mueller. He shares my views. Duty Calls.
Sometimes the moment chooses us.”
The next day, May 17, Rosenstein appointed former
FBI Director Robert Mueller to investigate Russian
meddling in the 2016 presidential election.
During the same period, between May 8 and May 17,
Rosenstein met
with then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe and
other senior Justice Department FBI officials to
discuss
wearing a wire and invoking the 25th Amendment
to remove President Trump.
The documents also show that, again during the
same time period, Rod Rosenstein was in direct
communication with reporters from 60 Minutes,
The New York Times and The Washington
Post. In
an email exchange dated May 2017, Rosenstein
communicated with New York Times reporter
Rebecca Ruiz to provide background for
this article about himself. Ruiz emailed
Rosenstein a draft of the article, and he responded
with off-the-record comments and clarifications.
- In
an email exchange on May 17, 2017, the day
of Mueller’s appointment, Rosenstein exchanged
emails with 60 Minutes producer
Katherine Davis in which he answered
off-the-record questions about Mueller’s scope
of authority and chain of command:
Rosenstein: “Off the
record: This special counsel is a DOJ employee. His
status is similar to a US Attorney.”
Davis: “Good call on
Mueller. Although I obviously thought you’d be great
at leading the investigation too.”
- On May 17, 2017, in
an email exchange with Washington Post
journalist Sari Horwitz with the subject line
“Special Counsel,” Rosenstein and Horwitz
exchanged:
Rosenstein “At some
point, I owe you a long story. But this is not the
right time for me to talk to anybody.”
Horwitz: “Now, I see
why you couldn’t talk today! Obviously, we’re
writing a big story about this Is there any chance I
could talk to you on background about your
decision?”
These astonishing emails further confirm the
corruption behind Rosenstein’s appointment of Robert
Mueller. They also show a shockingly cozy
relationship between Mr. Rosenstein and anti-Trump
media reporters.
Here’s some more background on the incredible
finds from this one Judicial Watch lawsuit.
On September 11, we released
14 pages of records from the Department of
Justice showing officials’ efforts in responding to
media inquiries about DOJ/FBI talks allegedly
invoking the 25th Amendment to “remove” President
Donald Trump from office and former Deputy Attorney
General Rod Rosenstein offering to wear a “wire” to
record his conversations with the president.
On September 23, we released a
two-page memo, dated May 16, 2017, by
then-Acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe detailing how
then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein proposed
wearing a wire into the Oval Office “to collect
additional evidence on the president’s true
intentions.” McCabe writes that Rosenstein said he
thought it was possible because “he was not searched
when he entered the White House.”
As the “coup” targeting President Trump continues
through the House impeachment abuse, it is important
to remember that its origins are in the Deep State
agencies – especially the FBI and DOJ.
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