[h=2]Revealed: Rod Rosenstein's exit announcement that wasn't - in which Jeff Sessions was going to praise deputy attorney general despite him wanting to wiretap Trump[/h]
- Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's goose appeared cooked for a few hours Monday morning
- The Justice Department prepared a statement from Attorney General Jeff Sessions that wasn't used once Rosenstein stayed on the job
- 'His contributions are many and significant. We all appreciate his service and sincerely wish him well,' it read
- Reports emerged late last week that he had plotted to oust President Trump via the 25th Amendment and secretary record him to build a case for it
- Following a series of news reports that had Rosenstein either quitting or resigning, he attended a routine Cabinet meeting at the White House
- Rosenstein sat in for a travel Attorney General Jeff Sessions
- He oversees the expansive Russia probe conducted by Special Counsel Robert Mueller, whom he appointed
- Taking him out of the equation would give the investigation's reins to Solicitor General Noel Francisco, whom the West Wing would prefer
- The White House says Rosenstein has asked for a meeting Thursday with the president, and he'll get it