ATTORNEY GENERAL/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “While special counsel Robert Mueller technically had a new boss at the Justice Department as of Wednesday [11-7-18] afternoon, the day-to-day work of the probe forged ahead on Thursday [11-8-18]. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s top deputy, Principal Associate Deputy Attorney General Ed O’Callaghan, met with lawyers from the special counsel’s team, according to a source familiar with the matter — just as he has been doing on nearly a biweekly basis for months, as CNN previously reported. It’s a small but illustrative example of how the Mueller probe is likely to function, at least for the time being, in the wake of the abrupt ouster of Attorney General Jeff Sessions. For nearly 18 months, Rosenstein has overseen the special counsel’s investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election because Sessions had stepped aside from all matters related to the presidential campaign.”
–Laura Jarrett, Pamela Brown and Evan Perez, “Whitaker recusal from Mueller probe unlikely, but Rosenstein still involved,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, November 8, 2018 5:07 pm