### Author:  [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 3:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/1 "2018-09-24T15:25:05Z")
Question one: is he getting fired or has he resigned?
Question two: will he do interviews/write a book/otherwise go public in the near future about the White House dumpster fire?
My guesses: fired, yes, within three weeks.
[https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-24/rosenstein-said-to-resign-after-reports-he-mulled-taping-trump](https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-09-24/rosenstein-said-to-resign-after-reports-he-mulled-taping-trump)
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> **[Rosenstein heads to White House, expects to be fired](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/408076-axios-rosenstein-says-he-plans-to-resign/)**
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> Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Monday morning was on his way to the White House and expecting to be fired, according to multiple reports. Rosenstein was set to meet with W…
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### Author:  [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/2 "2018-09-24T15:28:23Z")
Rosenstein is going to the White House, Trump is not at the White House, so…fired. Trump never does it personally.
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### Author:  [@Jonathan\_Chance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jonathan_Chance)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/3 "2018-09-24T15:29:43Z")
It’s the Chief of Staff’s job to do it. It’s not that Trump doesn’t want to - he probably doesn’t but it’s irrelevant. The Chief of Staff handles all personnel matters.
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### Author:  [@Richard\_Parker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Richard_Parker)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 3:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/4 "2018-09-24T15:29:57Z")
They will claim he has resigned and he will dispute it.
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### Author:  [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 3:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/5 "2018-09-24T15:55:36Z")
> [@Richard\_Parker](#):
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> They will claim he has resigned and he will dispute it.
and the chaos will distract from problems with the Kavanaugh confirmation.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 4:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/6 "2018-09-24T16:00:05Z")
He always looked to me like a man who did not spend enough time with his family.
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### Author:  [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/7 "2018-09-24T16:02:09Z")
The start of a slow motion Saturday Night Massacre. Will Donald find someone with the scruples of Robert Bork to fire Mueller?
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### Author:  [@Stranger\_On\_A\_Train](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Stranger_On_A_Train)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 4:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/8 "2018-09-24T16:02:28Z")
> [@John\_Mace](#):
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> He always looked to me like a man who did not spend enough time with his family.
Trump, on the other hand, is a man who has spent far too much time employing family in roles that they are not competent to hold. When all of your children are Fredo, you should really outsource more often.
Stranger
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### Author:  [@madmonk28](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/madmonk28)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 4:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/9 "2018-09-24T16:04:52Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> The start of a slow motion Saturday Night Massacre. Will Donald find someone with the scruples of Robert Bork to fire Mueller?
In the GOP? You can find someone with the scruples of Charles Manson.
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### Author:  [@John\_Mace](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_Mace)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 4:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/10 "2018-09-24T16:05:06Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> The start of a slow motion Saturday Night Massacre. Will Donald find someone with the scruples of Robert Bork to fire Mueller?
Kavanaugh might be available. 😃
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### Author:  [@Crotalus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Crotalus)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/11 "2018-09-24T16:09:07Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#):
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> The start of a slow motion Saturday Night Massacre. Will Donald find someone with the scruples of Robert Bork to fire Mueller?
This slow motion massacre actually started on [May 9, 2017](https://www.cnn.com/2017/05/09/politics/james-comey-fbi-trump-white-out/index.html). This one is moving really slowly, but it’s heading toward a similar end, I think.
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### Author:  [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 4:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/12 "2018-09-24T16:22:05Z")
> [@madmonk28](#):
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> In the GOP? You can find someone with the scruples of Charles Manson.
Your post reminds me of when former congressman/convict Jim Trafficant was chastised for comparing the IRS to a bunch of prostitutes during a speech on the floor of the House, and then he quickly apologized to the prostitutes of America.
> **[User Clip: Traficant IRS Prostitute Oct 8 1997](https://www.c-span.org/clip/house-proceeding/user-clip-traficant-irs-prostitute-oct-8-1997/4062522)**
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> Traficant calls the IRS a bunch of prostitutes and apologizes to hookers every where. Guy aft says he agrees with the first 45 seconds of Traficant's speech
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### Author:  [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 4:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/13 "2018-09-24T16:33:45Z")
I am starting to think we have a Schrödinger’s Rosenstein - Fired and Resigned at the same time.
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### Author:  [@llcoolbj77](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/llcoolbj77)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/14 "2018-09-24T16:38:50Z")
> [@jasg](#):
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> I am starting to think we have a Schrödinger’s Rosenstein - Fired and Resigned at the same time.
This
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### Author:  [@Steken](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steken)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/15 "2018-09-24T16:42:55Z")
1. He will not resign - he will be fired.
2. If the White House tries making the claim that yeah, no, the guy _totally_ resigned, I imagine that Rosenstein will publicly, and forcefully, refute it. But other than that, I don’t imagine him doing many (any?) interviews or media appearances anytime soon.
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### Author:  [@CoolHandCox](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CoolHandCox)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 4:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/16 "2018-09-24T16:53:00Z")
Nothing happening today. Trump meeting with Rosenstein Thursday.
Same day as the Kavanaugh hearing.
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### Author:  [@MikeF](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MikeF)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 5:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/17 "2018-09-24T17:17:49Z")
Assuming that Rosenstein is out of a job one way or another, what next? Can whoever takes his spot simply demand to know everything that Muller has and promptly report it to Trump?
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### Author:  [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 5:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/18 "2018-09-24T17:50:31Z")
> [@Ravenman](#):
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> Question one: is he getting fired or has he resigned?
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> Question two: will he do interviews/write a book/otherwise go public in the near future about the White House dumpster fire?
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> My guesses: fired, yes, within three weeks.
Fired, yes, ??.
I’ll say within 2 months. If he takes closer to a year, it means he’s pumping up sales of his book. My WAG is that he won’t optimize around that, but who knows?
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### Author:  [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 6:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/19 "2018-09-24T18:26:49Z")
What Trump might do is wait until the election is over and then clean house at Justice/FBI–starting with Sessions, Rosenstein, Mueller…
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### Author:  [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)
#### Post date: [September 24, 2018, 6:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/rod-rosenstein-place-your-bets-quickly/821836/20 "2018-09-24T18:31:49Z")
> [@PastTense](#):
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> What Trump might do is wait until the election is over and then clean house at Justice/FBI–starting with Sessions, Rosenstein, Mueller…
Don’t forget the other things on Trump’s 2019 to-do list: get Mexico to pay for the wall, find Obama’s real birth certificate, re-hire Omorosa (he had no idea that John Kelly was firing her!), and lose ten pounds.
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