Mr. Rosenstein is the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland. He was confirmed to that position by a voice vote of the Senate on July 1, 2005. As United States Attorney, Mr. Rosenstein has developed close partnerships with state and local law enforcement and prosecutors to combat violent crime, particularly with respect to gang violence and gun crime, …
May 10, 2017 · The Bush administration nominated Rosenstein to the federal appeals court in Richmond in 2007, but his nomination was blocked by Maryland’s two Democratic senators at the time, Barbara Mikulski and...
Jan 31, 2017 · Trump to nominate Rod Rosenstein to be deputy U.S. attorney general By Reuters Staff 1 Min Read U.S. President Donald Trump takes his seat to host a meeting with cyber security experts in the...
Mar 07, 2017 · President George W. Bush nominated Rosenstein in May 2005 to be U.S. attorney for Maryland, a position he held onto for 12 years, through the entire Obama administration. He was the only U.S....
Mar 02, 2017 · Rosenstein was nominated to serve as deputy attorney general of the United States by President Donald Trump on January 31st, 2017. He was confirmed on April 25th, 2017. Published Mar 2, 2017 at...
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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.
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The attorney served as the 37th United States Deputy Attorney General from April 2017 to May 2019. Before that, he served as a United States Attorney for the District of Maryland. 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.
After the NYT's latest findings, people started discussing Rosenstein. One user said, "The cruelty IS the point of Trump immigration policy.
Nonetheless, the ticket of Wir t and Amos Ellmaker carried the state of Vermont, becoming the first third party presidential ticket to win a state. After the election, Wirt continued to practice law until his death in 1834. Wirt County, West Virginia, is named in Wirt's honor.
In 1824, Attorney General Wirt argued for the United States against Daniel Webster in Gibbons v. Ogden that the federal patent laws preempted New York State's patent grant to steamboat inventor Robert Fulton 's successor, Aaron Ogden, of the exclusive right to operate a steamboat between New York and New Jersey in the Hudson River. ...
William Wirt has the record for the longest tenure in history of any U.S. attorney general. In 1824, Attorney General Wirt argued for the United States against Daniel Webster in Gibbons v. Ogden that the federal patent laws preempted New York State's patent grant to steamboat inventor Robert Fulton 's successor, Aaron Ogden, ...
On September 28, 1831, Wirt became a presidential candidate after the fifth ballot. Amos Ellmaker became his running mate. Wirt is the only person from Maryland to ever become a presidential candidate who won any electoral votes. Wirt was, in fact, a former Freemason.
After leaving his position as attorney general, Wirt settled in Baltimore, Maryland. He became a candidate for President in 1832, nominated by the Anti-Masonic Party. This party held the first ever national nominating convention in the U.S history on September 11, 1830 in Philadelphia establishing the tradition. The date was chosen to commemorate the fourth anniversary of the Morgan Affair. However, no candidate was agreed upon. The actual nomination occurred a year later during the second convention in Baltimore. On September 28, 1831, Wirt became a presidential candidate after the fifth ballot. Amos Ellmaker became his running mate. Wirt is the only person from Maryland to ever become a presidential candidate who won any electoral votes.