Apr 25, 2017 · The Senate backed the veteran federal prosecutor as the nation’s deputy attorney general with a 94-6 vote. The chief complaint among the small group of Democrats who opposed Rosenstein was his ...
May 10, 2017 · The newly-appointed deputy AG played a big role in Comey firing. Impact. By Anna Swartz. 5.10.2017. On Tuesday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who was sworn in only weeks ago, became one ...
U.S. ATTORNEYS FOR THE DISTRICT OF MARYLAND. ROD J. ROSENSTEIN. U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, 2005-17. Deputy U.S. Attorney General, 2017-19. Deputy U.S. Attorney General, April 26, 2017 to May 11, 2019. Resigned May 11, 2019. U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland, July 12, 2005 to April 25, 2017. Resigned April 25, 2017.
Oct 07, 2020 · POTUS had nominated Rosenstein to serve as Deputy Attorney General for the US Department of Justice on February 1, 2017. He was confirmed by the US Senate in April 2017. In May 2017, he authored a memo which was cited by Trump as the basis for his decision to dismiss FBI Director James Comey.
Apr 29, 2019 · Rod Rosenstein's departure had been expected since the confirmation of William Barr as attorney general. The White House nominated a replacement for the department's No. 2 slot weeks ago. US Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein leaves a meeting at the Metropolitan Club in downtown Washington, US, April 12, 2019.
Matthew Whitaker | |
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President | Donald Trump |
Deputy | Rod Rosenstein |
Preceded by | Jeff Sessions |
Succeeded by | William Barr |
William Barr | |
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President | Donald Trump |
Deputy | Rod Rosenstein Ed O'Callaghan (acting) Jeffrey A. Rosen |
Preceded by | Jeff Sessions |
Succeeded by | Merrick Garland |
He worked in the office for a year as a law clerk and joined the US Department of Justice as a trial attorney. Serving in the position for three years, Rosenstein was appointed as Counsel to Deputy Attorney General for a year between 1993 and 1994. Then, he joined Jo Ann Harris as his special assistant for a year. Subsequently, Rosenstein was promoted to an associate independent counsel.
Rod Rosenstein is a married man. He is married to Lisa Barsoomian. She is an Armenian American lawyer who works for the National Institutes of Health. The couples have two daughters together. Rod Rosenstein lives in Bethesda, Maryland.
Former Attorney General Michael Mukasey, who served under President George W Bush, observed the Director “stepped way outside his job in disclosing the recommendation in that fashion” because the FBI director “doesn’t make that decision”.
Compounding the error, the Director ignored another longstanding principle: we do not hold press conferences to release derogatory information about the subject of a declined criminal investigation. Derogatory information sometimes is disclosed in the course of criminal investigations and prosecutions, but we never release it gratuitously. The Director laid out his version of the facts for the news media as if it were a closing argument, but without a trial. It is a textbook example of what federal prosecutors and agents are taught not to do.
Although the President has the power to remove an FBI director, the decision should not be taken lightly. I agree with the nearly unanimous opinions of former Department officials. The way the Director handled the conclusion of the email investigation was wrong. As a result, the FBI is unlikely to regain public and congressional trust until it has a Director who understands the gravity of the mistakes and pledges never to repeat them. Having refused to admit his errors, the Director cannot be expected to implement the necessary corrective actions.
Left-wing groups threatened to take to the streets if Trump fired him. Singer-songwriter Ben Folds wrote a song called "Mister Peepers," based on Trump's reported nickname for Rosenstein: "God bless the bureaucrat and the lawyer, too / They’re public punching bags / But someone’s gotta do it."
Rosenstein previously served as the US attorney for Maryland under presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama and had a reputation in the legal community for integrity and independence.
Even after Whitaker and Barr came in, Rosenstein continued to work with Mueller’s office and played a key role in the conclusion of the investigation and review of the special counsel’s report.
Trump called the Cohen search warrants “a whole new level of unfairness.” The president repeated his allegation that Mueller’s team was rife with “conflicts of interest” and noted that although Rosenstein had been critical of Comey, Rosenstein also signed one of the surveillance warrants for Page. Trump’s comments didn’t directly attack Rosenstein, but the New York Times later reported that Trump considered firing Rosenstein at the time.
Attorney General William Barr appointed a U.S. Attorney to examine the origins of the Russia probe to determine if intelligence collection involving the Trump campaign was “lawful and appropriate,” according to a Fox News source.
According to Fox News, House Reps. Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows found out in January that Durham was investigating James Baker for leaking to the media and sought a briefing from him.