NBC News reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is prepared to be terminated from the Justice Department. Exclusive: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is prepared for President Trump to fire him, three sources tell @JuliaEAinsley pic.twitter.com/HLv4YcN0wI — MSNBC (@MSNBC) April 13, 2018 In those conversations, he has repeated the phrase, “Here I stand,” a reference to Martin Luther’s famous quote, “Here I stand, I can do no other.” Coincidentally, former FBI Director James Comey, whom Rosenstein fired,repeated the same phrase to President George W.