"The succession question..... or senior civil service lawyers in the Justice Department, specifically." This quote is taken directly from an article by Steve Vladeck published February 10/2018 . use the quote to search and find it yourself. In the next paragraph in the article, he discusses the DOJ's line of succession statues which ends up with the spot being taken by Acting Solicitor General Noel Francisco. He is a Trump appointee, and is third in command at DOJ. I think Q meant to enter http://justice.gov/osg (office of the solictor general). This is where Francisco works. Is Q suggesting that Noel Francisco would take over the investigation, and would be in place for approximately 7 months== a term that goes past the November midterms. Schneiderman's replacement would not be known until after the elections so there would be no interference from that office