ok I got it, I think, https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinion/who-rachel-brand-how-does-her-resignation-affect-mueller-s-ncna846621 So Rachel Brand Resigns and because of Loretta Lynch we get Noel Francisco as RR replacement (who is a close friend of Ted Cruz) ah yes, these people are stupid. That was a poor choice in line of succession.
"The succession question is actually a bit complicated. By default, under an obscure statute known as the the Vacancies Reform Act of 1998, Brand’s temporary successor as the “acting” associate attorney general is her principal deputy, Jesse Panuccio. That same statute would also allow the president to choose someone else to serve as the “acting” AAG on a temporary basis for up to 210 days; the pool of individuals from which the president could draw in this case includes individuals already holding Senate-confirmed positions elsewhere in the executive branch (like EPA administrator Scott Pruitt) or senior civil service lawyers in the Justice Department, specifically.
So if the president wanted someone other than Panuccio to be acting AAG, he’d have plenty of choices, at least on a temporary basis. Of course, Trump is also free to formally nominate anyone to replace Brand on a permanent basis, but that option would require Senate confirmation.
However, because Panuccio is not Senate-confirmed, he would not act as attorney general (or deputy attorney general) if those offices were also to become vacant. Instead, under the Justice Department’s own succession statute and guidelines implementing that law issued by Attorney General Loretta Lynch in November 2016, Brand is replaced in that line of succession by Solicitor General Noel Francisco"
https://hotair.com/archives/2017/03/07/trump-taps-bush-administration-lawyer-and-cruz-friend-as-solicitor-general/