Rod Rosenstein’s Subpoena Threat: He’s Conflicted, and He’s Acting Like It NATIONAL REVIEW ^ | June

Rod Rosenstein’s Subpoena Threat:
He’s Conflicted, and He’s Acting Like It​

By Andrew C. McCarthy
June 13, 2018

The House Intelligence Committee is investigating whether the government has used the Justice Department’s awesome investigative authorities as a weapon against political adversaries. We learned yesterday that, in response to this, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein threatened to use the Justice Department’s awesome investigative authorities as a weapon against political adversaries.
That Rosenstein threatened to subpoena the committee’s records does not seem to be in serious dispute...the best explanation for the outburst is that Rosenstein is beset by profound conflicts of interest, and he’s acting like it....
Rosenstein has clung to his role as Mueller’s ostensible supervisor in the investigation notwithstanding that he is a central witness in Comey’s dismissal. He authored a memorandum that, ironically, posits that a troubled official’s removal was necessary “to restore public confidence” in a vital institution. The Trump administration used Rosenstein’s memo to justify Comey’s firing even though there are salient questions about whether it states the true rationale for the firing — precisely the questions Mueller is investigating....
Finally, note that Attorney General Sessions was counseled by Justice Department officials (none of them Trump appointees) to recuse himself under circumstances in which (a) there was no criminal investigation (which the regulations call for in recusal situations); (b) his contacts with Russian officials were not improper; (c) there was scant evidence of criminally actionable collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia; and (d) Sessions apparently had no involvement in approving FISA surveillance of Trump officials, and had less involvement than Rosenstein did in Comey’s firing.

Source:
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/06/rod-rosenstein-subpoena-threat-shows-conflict-of-interest/

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IMHO, Rosenstein is not just conflicted, he's been a part of the coup plot and should be treated as one of the cabal trying to overthrow the government. It's time to appoint a Special Independent Counsel to investigate Rosenstein and Mueller. How else are we going to get to the bottom of this?
On planet DC, where unelected, unvetted, undemocratic but highly politicized bureaucrats stay forever in their jobs, and run the permanent deep state, with the help of media.
On what planet is it necessary for Jeff Sessions to recuse himself but perfectly appropriate for Rod Rosenstein to continue as acting attorney general for purposes of both the Mueller investigation and Congress’s probe of Justice Department investigative irregularities?
The planet has been designated as the "Deep State".
Rosenstein is the DOJ official, who signed a FISA application regarding Carter Page. That one fact should require Rosenstein's recusal.