So I read with interest the view of Andrew C. McCarthy of National Review who has been one of the best sources on this whole mess. Needless to say, I was surprised when he took a more benign view of the Rosenstein responses. See what he wrote:
Call me crazy, but I sense that the deputy attorney general sees the Trump phase of the Mueller investigation — the probe of “collusion” and obstruction — drawing to a close without allegations of crime. Not with a ringing endorsement, mind you. Mueller will no doubt write a report, and it will probably hammer the president for bringing scoundrels like Paul Manafort and his disturbing Kremlin connections into the campaign, and for being all over the map in explaining why FBI director James Comey was fired. But I suspect Rod Rosenstein sees a way to wrap this debacle up without further damaging the president, the presidency, the Justice Department, and the FBI — if everyone would just be patient, if Trump would just stop tweeting, and if House Republicans would just stop . . . period.It appears punishing FBI agents who are too-partisan Democrats isn’t included in Deputy AG Rosenstein’s agenda. He wants it all to “just go away.”
People in both parties want to see miscreants’ scalps nailed to the wall, and Rosenstein isn’t cooperating. However, McCarthy has earned having his contrarian view of Rosenstein included in the discussion.
