The most proximate reason is his willful intransigence regarding the totally lawful congressional requests for documents. Rosenstein’s DOJ has continually stymied the legitimate oversight inquiries from Capitol Hill. In fact, he hubristically stated that he is “not going to be extorted” by duly elected congressional committees. Well, Rod, there are a couple of massive problems with your statement. First, per our Constitution, only Congress possesses the power to oversee the executive branch and, if necessary, prosecute the president. Second, given the accumulating evidence of conflicted and corrupted actors within the DOJ, FBI, and CIA, your failure to cooperate reeks of a man with much to hide.

In addition, Rosenstein needs to be shown the door for his total inability or unwillingness to supervise the Mueller probe. Like Rosenstein, Mueller works for the president as part of the executive branch. He does not maintain the special status of independent counsels of the past, such as Ken Starr. Both Republicans and Democrats, thankfully, realized the danger of unfettered and unaccountable prosecutors who answer to no one, and let that statute lapse. But sadly, because of Rosenstein’s total dereliction of duty, the ludicrous Mueller inquest has become an endless one, searching everywhere possible for even a hint of misconduct by anyone associated with the president. An investigation in search of a crime represents an un-American approach that is antithetical to our notions of jurisprudence.