Rod Rosenstein stares creepily into the distance at Mueller report press conference

Attorney general William Barr held a press conference Thursday morning to discuss the long-awaited Mueller report, a move which has been criticized by Democrats as unnecessary and “inappropriate.” Next to him stood deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein, who spent most of the conference staring intensely into the middle distance.

Remember when Chris Christie stood next to Trump during a rally and looked like he’d just woken up on a submarine to hell? This was kind of like that. Several people made “Sound of Silence” jokes.

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Now that Rosenstein’s time at the Justice Department is drawing to a close, perhaps he can pivot to competitive staring contests. We have never seen a human person blink so little.