Okay, did a little searching on Rachel Brand, and memory is slightly kicking in. A few snips.
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department’s No. 3 attorney had been unhappy with her job for months before the department announced her departure on Friday, according to multiple sources close to Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand.
Brand grew frustrated by vacancies at the department and feared she would be asked to oversee the Russia investigation, the sources said.
Top Justice Department official Brand quit partly over fear she might be asked to oversee Russia probeShould Rosenstein be fired, Brand would be next in line to oversee Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia’s meddling in the 2016 election, thrusting her into a political spotlight that Brand told friends she did not want to enter.
Another article:
Steve Vladeck Who is Rachel Brand, and how does her resignation affect Mueller’s Russia investigation?
The reason why all of this matters is because the associate attorney general is the designated successor to the Justice Department’s second-highest ranking official, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. And it is Rosenstein, thanks to the recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who authorized Mueller’s investigation in the first place — and who is the only government official with the legal authority to directly fire Mueller and otherwise terminate his investigation. In other words, Rosenstein is the crucial fulcrum between the political leadership of the Trump administration and the quasi-independent special counsel. The president cannot directly interfere with the special counsel’s investigation without going through — or getting rid of — Rosenstein.
Was this RR sting op brought to us by the letters N and G?
Also, the Q post mentions “when does the clock run out?” So if an interim was appointed by POTUS it would last until December 19 (210) days. Past the November election. Is that what Q means?
WH said this was fake news. I read at the time she left for the money.
The Senate voted 52-46 along party lines on Thursday to confirm Rachel Brand to the No. 3 position at the Justice Department.
Ms. Brand, who has previously served in both the White House and the Justice Department, was confirmed as associate attorney general — making her the first woman to hold the job.
Democrats opposed her confirmation, questioning whether she could remain unbiased in her role given her prior work defending business interests at the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/may/18/rachel-brand-confirmed-senate-associate-attorney-g/