So his boss is Sessions. Sessions' CoS is Matthew Whitaker, who has called the Russia Investigation a "Witch Hunt" and was critical of Mueller when he investigated Trump family finances, so he might be good. From other reporting, the standard succession would see the Solicitor General, Noel Francisco, take the DAG job, and he is also reputed to be a solid conservative. Sounds like either would be far better than Rosenstein.
Trump's record of filling jobs with Obama hold overs, or with RINOs who get 100% support from Senate Democrats, has been the most disheartening aspect of Trump's presidency.
“Noel Francisco, take the DAG job, and he is also reputed to be a solid conservative.”
I heard he’s swamp—SES. Wouldn’t be surprising, the entire DOJ needs to be fumigated