Quote Originally Posted by RandBlade View Post
It's not likely to fail it's guaranteed to. But Trump can sack Rosenstein at will and could abuse this process to justify it to his base. "Look the GOP Senators wanted him sacked, the lying Democrats blocked it so I've done it".

He truly is Nixon redux.
The better play is Trump sacking Rosenstein and then have his replacement keep Mueller around. It instantly takes the wind of out people's sails that he was fired due to his refusal to remove Mueller but still gets someone who has been fighting Congress every step of the way in their oversight duties.