By Steve Neavling
Ticklethewire.com
Rachel L. Brand, the third in command at the Justice Department and the first woman to serve as associate attorney general, plans to step down after nine months on the job as President Trump and his allies escalate their criticism of the nation’s top law enforcement agencies.
Brand was in the difficult position of being next in line for deputy attorney general, a post held by Rod Rosenstein, who appointed special counsel Robert Mueller to oversee the Trump and Russia investigation. Rosenstein has been a frequent target of attacks by the president and his allies because he is overseeing what Trump has repeatedly called a “witch hunt.”
Democrats and others who support the investigation are worried Rosenstein will be replaced with a Trump ally who is willing to fire Mueller.
Brand, worked in appointed posts in the past three presidential administrations, will soon begin working in a top level position at Wal-Mart, the New York Times reports.
