Hard to say for sure if Rosenstein is refusing to resign, but here is something interesting.
He spoke before this meeting with COS Kelly. On Saturday, Rosenstein and Kelly had a conversation about his tenure in wake of NYT story about wiretapping White House
— Del Quentin Wilber (@DelWilber) September 24, 2018
I’m hoping this is true. Speculating that Rosenstein refused to resign and White House is scared to out and out fire him.
Update #1
Looks like Trump lawyers are planning on Rosenstein being gone:
Trump Lawyers Demand Mueller Probe ‘Time Out’ if Rosenstein is Ousted
OTOH,
from Pete Williams just now on @MSNBC: "all indications are that Rod Rosenstein is still deputy Attorney General"
— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) September 24, 2018
Update #2
Rosenstein to meet with Trump on Thursday:
Now WH says @POTUS will meet with Rosenstein on Thursday. What better day to cashier him, the same day that Blasey Ford and Kavanaugh hearing is scheduled?
— David Axelrod (@davidaxelrod) September 24, 2018
Gee, why does Thursday sound sooooo familiar. Isn’t there something important happening on Thursday??
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Anything they do in regards to Rosenstein will look bad… they could be twisted up in their shorts just before the elections.But the Trumpass is impulsive, and prone to act on the 3 am tweets, and have Sarah Huckadung give some half-ass explanation later that day.