[AndyJackson]

The most obvious reason for Rosenstein to recuse himself would be the prospect of his being a potential witness in the obstruction of justice investigation against President Trump. Recently a leak from the special counsel investigation revealed that Trump is now a potential target — a leak clearly calculated to deter Trump from his reported consideration of firing Mueller.

Rosenstein started this and has a duty to supervise it. If he recuses himself, Trump should fire him on the simple grounds that he is incapable of executing his duties as DAG.

[Golden Eagle]

Rosenstein started this and has a duty to supervise it. If he recuses himself, Trump should fire him on the simple grounds that he is incapable of executing his duties as DAG.

Absolutely. Immediately. He really deserves to be fired now, for unnecessarily escalating the investigation to a criminal inquiry the way he did. In other articles I've read, Rosenstein apparently even told Mueller that he would be willing to recuse himself if Mueller decides he should, so apparently that is what we are waiting on, and proves Rosenstein isn't even supervising the case now.

[Golden Eagle]

Here’s one of the places it’s documented that Rosenstein told Mueller that he would leave it up to Mueller if Rosenstein should recuse himself. This apparently happened way back before Mueller was even appointed, which leads one to wonder if this all hasn’t been a setup from the start.

http://dailycaller.com/2017/06/04/russia-probe-may-expand-to-include-sessions-rosenstein/

https://apnews.com/35b610bf8d66416798be8abb2ebd85b0/Special-counsel%27s-Trump-investigation-includes-Manafort-case