(11-02-2019, 09:12 AM)MalabarJag Wrote:

(11-01-2019, 02:55 PM)mikesez Wrote: The transcript is not the only piece of evidence out there.  Try to keep up.

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One finger at me, three at you, buddy.

"President Trump nominated Rosenstein to serve as Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice on February 1, 2017.[33][34] He was one of the 46 United States Attorneys ordered on March 10, 2017, to resign by Attorney General Jeff Sessions; Trump declined his resignation.[35] Rosenstein was confirmed by the Senate on April 25, 2017, by a vote of 94–6.[36][37]"

I call you a liar because I don't think you're that stupid. Trump was a political outsider, he didn't have any direct knowledge of likely candidates needed for his many appointments. Rosenstein was chosen because someone recommended him to Trump. Rosenstein, like most of the political appointments by every president, had a history of government work; he was a deep stater. But even if you want to make the ridiculous claim that Rosenstein was a Trump supporter, once Mueller was appointed Rosenstein (and the DoJ) was out of the loop when Manafort was investigated.

I don't disagree that Rosenstein was a career government employee. But he was also appointed by Trump. Both things are true.
I'm not sure what point you're trying to make with minimizing the fact that Trump appointed him.
What does it matter?
Manafort lied on his tax returns for years, and he was finally prosecuted for it. Manafort's taxes were not the initial scope of Mueller's investigation.  Robert Mueller was tasked with finding out if anybody working for Trump's campaign was beholden to or coordinating with Russians or other foreigners. He did not find convincing evidence for that, but, in the course of investigating that, he found that Paul Manafort had a lot of unreported income. 
Which part of this process do you object to?

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