I saw this news story break around 11:00 last night, and I haven't seen anybody posting about it this morning. Attorney General Barr once again shows whom he works for....
Yes, it sounds to me as though he reached a face-saving compromise with Barr: I go quietly, and you leave my assistant in charge until there's a replacement confirmed by the Senate. The New York Times analysis suggested that Barr really didn't have the power to fire him, but Trump did (if he was willing to take responsibility for doing so).
And it seems not at all clear that Trump's preferred nominee will sail through Senate confirmation: Clayton has never been a prosecutor, so becoming the chief prosecutor of perhaps the highest-profile U.S. District seems like a stretch, and normally-Trump-sycophant Lindsay Graham says he won't hold hearings on the nomination unless it's OK with New York State's two Senators -- which it presumably isn't.
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And it seems not at all clear that Trump's preferred nominee will sail through Senate confirmation: Clayton has never been a prosecutor, so becoming the chief prosecutor of perhaps the highest-profile U.S. District seems like a stretch, and normally-Trump-sycophant Lindsay Graham says he won't hold hearings on the nomination unless it's OK with New York State's two Senators -- which it presumably isn't.