Does anyone else notice that Rachel Brand looks like a man? Besides being built like an ox (tall, broad shoulders), the masculine features, Rachel has a much longer ring finger than index (women by comparison have a shorter ring finger). Not so sure this person is a lady… something I've noticed while digging.

Is it possible Rachel Brand would've stopped the Mueller investigation if Rosenstein was fired? She was next in line to take over if RR was booted. By her leaving, it then put Solicitor General Noel Fransico next in line behind RR.

"Rachel Brand, the No. 3 official at the Department of Justice, is resigning after just nine months on the job — a decision with big ramifications for special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigations.

Here’s why: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is currently in charge of overseeing the Mueller probe. Rosenstein has said that he won’t fire Mueller without good cause.

But if Trump were to fire Rosenstein, or if he were to recuse himself from the investigation or quit outright, the responsibility for overseeing the probe would go to the next in line: Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand.

Which means that whoever Trump picks to replace Brand could potentially end up in charge of the Mueller investigation. "

More interesting stuff on Brand:

"Last week, with Trump serving up new rebukes of Justice and the FBI prior to the release of a classified Republican memo alleging abuses of government surveillance of a former Trump campaign aide, Sessions singled out Brand at a Justice conference.

'Thank you for your strong leadership here at the department,' Sessions said. 'That leadership has been especially strong with regard to FIGHTING HUMAN TRAFFICKING. I want to thank you for taking up this important cause and making it your own.'"

www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/02/09/rachel-brand-no-3-official-justice-department-step-down-amid-political-attacks/325042002/