After graduating from Penn, Rosenstein attended Harvard Law School where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review. While at Harvard, Rosenstein landed an internship with then acting United States Attorney for the District of Massachusetts Robert Mueller. Rosenstein graduated cum laude in 1989 with a Juris Doctor degree.
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WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 30: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein attends the Religious Liberty Summit at the Department of Justice July 30, 2018 in Washington, DC. Rosenstein has recently been cited by the House Freedom caucus as a potential impeachment target for allegedly not releasing documents requested by members of Congress.
And while his confirmation hearings were ongoing, Rosenstein reportedly told New York Senator Chuck Schumer that, if confirmed, he would appoint a special counsel to investigate ties between the Trump campaign and Russia if it were necessary-an answer that's all the more relevant considering Rosenstein's role in Comey's sudden firing.
In May 2019 he moved to the Department of Justice as deputy attorney general, and from December 24, 2020, to January 20, 2021, as acting attorney general. As of July 2021 he is a nonresident fellow at the American Enterprise Institute.
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Rod Rosenstein probably never expected to be in the spotlight so often while serving in President Donald Trump’s administration.
Rosenstein, born in Pennsylvania, joined the Justice Department in 1990 and moved up the organization over the span of 27 years.
On Monday, Rosenstein wrote in his resignation letter to Trump, “We keep the faith, we follow the rules, and we always put America first.”. Rosenstein went to the White House Monday and personally delivered his resignation letter to the President, according to an administration official and a Justice Department official.
Mueller’s report raised fresh questions about Rosenstein’s role as both witness in and supervisor of the investigation into possible obstruction of justice by Trump. The redacted version of Mueller’s report released disclosed a previously unknown episode where Rosenstein resisted Trump’s efforts to get him to take the blame for firing Comey.
In the days after Trump fired Comey, Rosenstein discussed wearing a “wire” to record conversations with Trump and recruiting Cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office , The New York Times first reported and CNN later confirmed.
Earlier this month Rosenstein defended his handling of the Russia investigation and recalled during his Senate confirmation hearing that he had promised to “do it right” and “take it to the appropriate conclusion.”
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed special counsel Robert Mueller to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, submitted his resignation letter to the White House Monday. It is effective May 11.
US Speaker of the House, Nancy Pelosi, Democrat of Califor nia, speaks at her weekly press briefing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on July 22, 2021.
In January 2018, CNN reported Trump had been venting about Rosenstein and at times said he wanted Rosenstein removed. One source told CNN the President made comments like “let’s fire him, let’s get rid of him” but his advisers told him it was a bad idea. This story is breaking and will be updated.
Rosenstein’s tenure as deputy attorney general was mired in controversy. From appointing Mueller as special counsel to the Justice Department's conclusion that Trump did not obstruct justice, Rosenstein drew criticisms from both sides of the aisle. After Mueller didn't reach a conclusion on whether Trump had obstructed the investigation, ...
The deputy attorney general position is a hugely significant job, responsible for overseeing the daily operations of the Justice Department and the work of United States attorneys across the country.
"I am grateful to you for the opportunity to serve; for the courtesy and humor you often display in our personal conversations; and for the goals you set in your inaugural address: patriotism, unity, safety, education and prosperity," Rosenstein wrote in his resignation letter.
After Trump fired FBI Director James Comey in the spring of 2017 , Rosenstein discussed the possibility of removing Trump through the 25th Amendment in addition to wearing a wire during a future conversation with the president, according to former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe. The New York Times first reported the discussion.
He not only supervised Mueller's work for much of the last two years, but also defended the investigation against attacks from congressional Republicans and Trump, who has blasted it as a "witch hunt." In so doing, Rosenstein sometimes found himself at odds with Trump but was nonetheless spared the brunt of anger directed at Sessions, whose recusal infuriated the president, leading to Sessions' forced resignation last November.
Fresh out of Harvard Law School — where he edited the Harvard Law Review — Rosenstein started with the Justice Department's public integrity section in 1990 under President George H.W. Bush, Justice Department s aid.
Rod Rosenstein testifies before the Senate Judiciary Committee at his confirmation hearing for deputy attorney general March 7 in in Washington. AARON P. BERNSTEIN / Reuters
Although he was confirmed 94-6, getting far more support than most other Trump nominees from Democrats, Rosenstein was staunchly criticized for refusing to commit to a special prosecutor to handle the Russia probe.
During his confirmation process, both of Maryland's Democratic senators, Chris Van Hollen and Ben Cardin, vouched for Rosenstein.
Only two weeks after having been sworn into office, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein dropped an administrative bomb with a memo putting into motion the firing of FBI Director James Comey.
Rosenstein, a Republican federal prosecutor who stepped into the spotlight after President Donald Trump nominated for the position in January, faced an onslaught of questions pertaining to Russia and Sessions' recusal from the Russia investigation.
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