Ho-ho-ho, this was exactly my reaction when I read the Times story

Bill Kristol
@BillKristol
WHOA. I'm quite confident there's a big story behind this development (but I don't know what it is).
Rachel Brand, the associate attorney general, was widely seen as the most likely successor to Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general overseeing the inquiry into Russian influence in the 2016 election.
No. 3 Official at the Justice Department Is Stepping Down
nytimes.com https://mobile.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/politics/rachel-brand-justice-department.html?referer=https://t.co/MWJZMPtftR?amp=1#click=https://t.co/MWJZMPtftR
5:05 PM · Feb 9, 2018