x White House says there will be breaking news on Deputy AG #Rosenstein (Special Counsel Mueller's boss) between 2pm and 4pm EST today.



That's 20:00-22:00 Central European time.#ProtectMueller #ProtectRosenstein #ProtectRuleOfLaw https://t.co/pJkCLuZRgv — Alice Stollmeyer (@StollmeyerEU) April 13, 2018

Though the constant stream of security advisers fleeing the arrival of new national security adviser John Bolton may have made it seem like Friday all week, this is actually Friday. And Friday is the traditional day for Trump to vent his petty rage and try and end the Russia investigation before he takes to the links. The target of Trump’s attempts this week is expected to be Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

Rosenstein has shared his acceptance of an event that’s starting to seem very, very likely.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has struck a stoic and righteous tone in private conversations he has had this week about the fate of his job as President Donald Trump has launched public criticism against him and considered firing him, according to three sources who have spoken to Rosenstein.

And Rosenstein has been using a phrase that has more than one meaning.

In those conversations, he has repeated the phrase, "Here I stand," a reference to Martin Luther's famous quote, "Here I stand, I can do no other." Coincidentally, former FBI Director James Comey, whom Rosenstein fired, repeated the same phrase to President George W. Bush in a conversation that has been widely reported and that Comey describes in his forthcoming book.

Or maybe not coincidentally. But in any case, getting rid of Rosenstein is step one in the plan to either fire special counsel Robert Mueller, or so hinder his investigation that it becomes pointless.