The Definition of Insanity

Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein announced yesterday the start of a joint federal-local initiative designed to crack down on gun crimes in Prince George's County, where the vast majority of last year's record number of homicides were committed with firearms.

At a news conference at the U.S. District Courthouse in Greenbelt, Rosenstein said that under the program -- Prince George's EXILE -- federal and Prince George's law enforcement officials will collaborate more closely to identify and investigate violent offenders who use firearms, to crack down on illegal gun traffickers and to use the threat of tough federal sentencing laws to pressure defendants to plead guilty to gun crimes in state court...

The initiative went into effect this month, Rosenstein said. He said it was too early to measure the results.

Oh come on, Rod. The results will be predictable.

Admit it. This is all about expanding your power, prestige and influence with federal grant money.

Predisposition

Rosenstein Suggested He Secretly Record Trump and Discussed 25th Amendment ... Mr. Rosenstein was just two weeks into his job. [More]

This calls for a swift commensurate response.

UPDATE: A joke?

Dang-- who to believe? The New York Times or NBC News?

Less Inclined

Rowdy Roddy Rosenstein adds his endorsement to the SPLC "right wing extremist" hysteria. [More]

Anybody interested in the truth about Jerad and Amanda?

[Via Mack H]

All the President's Men

Biden's Justice Department to ask nearly all Trump-era U.S. attorneys to resign [More]

Noting the tone set by Rosenstein and Barr, a question by Hillary comes to mind.

[Via bondmen]

Special Prosecutors

Deep State Setup? DAG Rosenstein Asks 100s Of Federal Prosecutors to Help Vet SCOTUS Nominee Kavanaugh [More]

All I can figure is a Dolly the Love Ewe compromise Sessions is desperate to keep buried.

[Via Jess]

Protecting the Protégé

It’s no secret Comey and Mueller are close friends, having worked together at Justice for years alongside Eric Holder. Comey has described Mueller, who also served as FBI director, as his one-time mentor.  [More]

Meaning Comey was the Padawan?

Neat, the way things were set up so that Deep State career apparatchik Rod Rosenstein was the one doing the appointing.

Feel the power of the Dark Side!

[Via Neil W]

The Establishment Strikes Back

Trump decries 'witch hunt' after special counsel appointed in Russia investigation [More]

It's curious, that Rod Rosenstein and Robert Mueller, both appointed by George W. Bush (and acceptable to the Obama administration to continue in those appointments), have not recused themselves.

And you know who this is really a coup against...

Once We Ban Bump Stocks We Can Put This All Behind Us

DOJ’s Rosenstein Doles Out $24 Million in Hush Money for Las Vegas Massacre Cops & ‘Victims’ after FED Cover-Up [More]

Lemme guess -- it's another 3D chess move...

[Via bondmen]

Welcome to Camp FEMA!

"We are asking the American public to prepare for the expectation that this might be bad." [More]

Define "bad."

And Rosenstein's sister, eh?

I wonder what form emergency orders might take, and what they know that they're not telling us.

I put nothing past "The Swamp."

[Via Wynn A] 

Dripping with Contempt

As a result, Nunes said he has instructed committee staff to draw up a contempt of Congress citation for Rosenstein and for FBI Director Christopher Wray. [More]

Why anyone thought a position of trust for either Rowdy Roddy or the Blumenthal clone in an administration pledging to drain the swamp was a good idea is beyond me. But it figures an old expert at stonewalling and contempt would resurface.

New Strategy for 'Exile'--Televised Wishful Thinking

The state's top federal prosecutor is paying three Baltimore television stations more than $41,000 to air a new public service announcement starting today about the potential perils faced by felons charged with federal gun crimes...

"If we get the message to criminals and prevent them from carrying guns, we will save lives and we won't have to pay to prosecute them and incarcerate them," Maryland U.S. Attorney Rod J. Rosenstein said in an e-mail yesterday.

Yeah, Rod. And if wishes were fishes, we'd all cast nets.

Blow some more grant money. It's not like it comes out of your pocket. Plus, you get your name in the papers, which never hurts a tough law-and-order prosecutor with career ambitions.

When this doesn't work--and it won't--maybe you guys can get more federal funding to try something equally effective, like magic incantations and tossing chicken bones.