Rod Rosenstein

November 21, 2022 | Tom Ozimek

Rod Rosenstein Says He Wouldn’t Have Appointed a Special Counsel After Trump Claims ‘Abuse of Power’

A Trump-era deputy attorney general has weighed in on the Department of Justice’s appointment of a special counsel to lead two criminal probes into the former president, calling it a “discretionary decision” rather than an obvious necessity and saying he likely wouldn’t have done so. Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed special counsel […]

June 4, 2020 | Ivan Pentchoukov

Senate Committee Authorizes Subpoenas for Inquiry Into Crossfire Hurricane

The Senate Committee voted on June 4 to authorize its chairman to issue subpoenas as part of an inquiry into the FBI investigation of the Trump campaign.

June 3, 2020 | Zachary Stieber

Rosenstein Wouldn’t Sign Application Now to Spy on Trump Associate

Rod Rosenstein said he wouldn’t sign an application to spy on a Donald Trump associate if he knew what he knows now.

January 10, 2020 | Paula Liu

Former US Deputy Attorney General Joins Law Firm King & Spalding

Following the Mueller Probe, former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein left the Department of Justice back in May 2019 and joined a law firm.

September 9, 2019 | Jeff Carlson

DOJ Emails Reveal Internal Response to ‘Wiretap’ Allegations Against Rosenstein

DOJ Emails Reveal Internal Response to ‘Wiretap’ Allegations Against Rosenstein.

August 30, 2019 | Janita Kan

Rod Rosenstein Appears to Rebuke Comey, Raise Concern Over Public Trust in DOJ

June 13, 2017 | Feng Xue

Deputy attorney general says special prosecutor has full independence

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein spoke before the Senate Commerce, Justice, and Science Appropriations Subcommittee on June 13. The deputy AG stated clearly that special counsel Robert Mueller was completely independent. Further he assured the committee that in the legal chain of command only the Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who is recused from the investigation, […]

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