Dana Boente's resignation today seems far more important given reports of Mueller indictment.https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/dana-boente-resigns-as-us-attorney-for-eastern-district-of-virginia/2017/10/27/78fda97a-bb43-11e7-be94-fabb0f1e9ffb_story.html?utm_term=.4866ff77c301 …
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Boente is both USA EDVA & Acting NSD head (replacement for latter is already in process). But some parts of early investigation started EDVA
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So it seems like he may have resigned bc of something he wanted to see through coming to a close.
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@maddow a few minutes ago: Boente had told friends 2 days ago he was looking forward to being fulltime EDVA again. forced out7 replies 212 retweets 473 likes -
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Um this is explosive.
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I don’t know why he was forced out, just that a few days ago he was telling people he couldn’t wait to go back. Then suddenly resigns.
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If Trump was to try to have Mueller fired, who is in the "Massacre" line up after Rosenstein?
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Rachel Brand: Associate AG.
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Is Buente further down the chain? I thought at one point his name was brought up
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He was acting DAG for a period, so higher up in the chain. And there are a few more AAGs in between now. But he's still up there.
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Thanks - he moved jobs a bit - hard keeping track
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