Feb 10, 2018 · Rachel Brand, associate attorney general in the Department of Justice, is stepping down from her position, Fox News confirmed on Friday. Brand, the No. 3 …
May 17, 2017 · During her time there, the Chamber challenged a handful of the thousands of regulations promulgated by federal agencies. The arguments Ms. Brand made in those lawsuits or amicus briefs were generally that the agency had acted beyond the scope of the authority Congress had granted it, or had failed to follow the reasoned decision-making process required …
Feb 10, 2018 · WASHINGTON, D.C. –The Justice Department’s No. 3 official is planning to step down at a time of turmoil in the agency. Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, the third-ranking official at the...
Feb 10, 2018 · Yet another top Trump administration official has resigned. Rachel L. Brand, the No. 3 official at the Justice Department, plans to step down after nine months on the job as the country’s top law...
Brand was born in Michigan and grew up in Pella, a small Iowa town, on a farm with three siblings. At Pella Christian High School, Brand seemed to do it all, playing sports, editing the yearbook, acting in class plays, and still having time for band practice and cheerleading. In fact, according to her hometown paper, there’s little that she didn’t do:
Rachel Lee Brand, 44, has been aligned with Republican politics for decades. At Harvard Law School, New York magazine notes, she was deeply involved with the “ arch-conservative ” Federalist Society. According to Politico, the group has long been considered “a talent pool for anyone interested in serving in the administration of a Republican president or on the Supreme Court.”
At her confirmation hearing earlier this year, Vermont senator Pat Leahy declared that Brand “carries a heavily skewed, pro-corporate agenda that would do further harm to the Justice Department and its independence.”. Brand disputed that allegation.
In the wake of such reports, Rosenstein assured the Senate that he would not fire the special counsel absent good cause, no matter who ordered him to do so. In other words: Trump probably needs to get rid of Rosenstein if he wants to get rid of Mueller.
This makes some sense. If Mueller is, in fact, investigating Trump for obstruction of justice, Rosenstein is likely to be a person of interest in that inquiry.