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CBS News
April 4, 2018
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has named a new acting deputy of his own. The Department of Justice on Tuesday announced Edward O'Callaghan will be the acting principal associate deputy attorney general. O'Callaghan will replace Robert Hur, who is taking Rosenstein's old job as the U.S.Ãâà...
Gephardt Daily
April 4, 2018
April 3 (UPI) — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced Tuesday that he appointed Edward O'Callaghan to serve as the acting principal associate deputy attorney general. O'Callaghan will oversee the FBI's ongoing investigation into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 presidentialÃâà...
Politico
April 3, 2018
2 appointee at the Justice Department, Rod Rosenstein, specifically authorized special counsel Robert Mueller to investigate former Trump campaign ... "Every key step in this case — including the investigative path and the Indictment itself — has been authorized by the Acting Attorney General throughÃâà...
CNN
April 3, 2018
(CNN) Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told special counsel Robert Mueller in a classified August 2, 2017, memo that he should investigate allegations that President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was "colluding with Russian government officials" to interfere in theÃâà...
CBS News
April 3, 2018
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein explicitly authorized the Justice Department's special counsel to investigate allegations that President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman colluded with the Russian government, according to a court filing late Monday night. Special counsel Robert Mueller'sÃâà...
CNN
April 3, 2018
(CNN) Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told special counsel Robert Mueller in a classified August 2, 2017, memo that he should investigate allegations that President Donald Trump's former campaign chairman Paul Manafort was "colluding with Russian government officials" to interfere in theÃâà...
YubaNet
March 29, 2018
... Senator Kamala D. Harris joined a group of her Senate Judiciary Committee Democratic colleagues in calling for a public commitment to protect the integrity and independence of Special Counsel Robert Mueller and his investigation by the top officials who follow Deputy Attorney General Rod RosensteinÃâà...
RealClearPolitics
March 29, 2018
Maddow goes through the history of Watergate and Nixon's Saturday night massacre, pointing out that if Trump tried to fire Robert Mueller, the line of succession below Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein would be as follows: Solicitor General Noel Francisco, Asst. AG Steven Engel, Asst. AG forÃâà...
Nextgov
March 24, 2018
Indictments and sanctions the Justice and Treasury departments handed down against an Iranian business and a handful of hackers Friday were about more than just meting out punishment, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein stressed repeatedly. Rosenstein's big message: These sanctions andÃâà...
PBS NewsHour
March 24, 2018
WASHINGTON — The Justice Department on Friday announced charges against 9 Iranians in a government-sponsored hacking scheme that pilfered sensitive information from hundreds of universities, private companies and government agencies. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein held a newsÃâà...
Vox
March 23, 2018
That goes for Stone, who tried to push the narrative that Guccifer 2.0 was a random dude, not the Russians, and released messages the two exchanged to debunk the Kremlin connection. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and other top law enforcement officials are hosting a press conference FridayÃâà...
The Hill
March 22, 2018
John Dowd, who resigned Thursday, issued a statement last weekend calling on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Ãâ÷ Rod Jay RosensteinGowdy: Trump's lawyers doing 'disservice' by framing Mueller probe around collusion Nine Iranians charged, sanctioned over sweeping hacking campaignÃâà...
Action News Now
March 18, 2018
Gowdy, who is chairman of the House Oversight Committee and sits on the Intelligence and Judiciary committees, said he believed Dowd had done the President "a disservice" by releasing a statement saying he prays that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will end the investigation led by formerÃâà...
The Hill
March 17, 2018
"I pray that Acting Attorney General Rosenstein will follow the brilliant and courageous example of the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility and Attorney General Jeff Sessions and bring an end to alleged Russia Collusion investigation manufactured by McCabe's boss James Comey Ãâ÷ James BrienÃâà...
Greensboro News & Record
March 16, 2018
WASHINGTON — Four Republican senators asked Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to name a new special counsel to investigate the early stages of the Justice Department's own inquiry into Russian campaign meddling. The Thursday letter — signed byÃâà...
Conservative Review
March 16, 2018
WASHINGTON, DC - FEBRUARY 26: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks at the Financial Services Roundtable 2018 Spring Conference February 26, 2018 in Washington, DC. Rosenstein answered questions on issues related to the financial services industry during his appearance. (PhotoÃâà...
POLITICO Magazine
March 16, 2018
That means Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein would normally step up. The president's distaste for Rosenstein, however, is well known. If Trump wants to quickly sack Sessions and sideline Rosenstein by installing Pruitt, he might look to a statute known as the Vacancies Reform Act. The VRA allowsÃâà...
Washington Examiner
March 6, 2018
The two Republican lawmakers sent a letter Tuesday night to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein asking them ... The request comes on the heels of an announcement by the attorney general last week that the Justice Department's inspector general had opened anÃâà...
RealClearPolitics
March 5, 2018
And I was disappointed that the attorney general didn't seem to be very engaged on any of these issues regarding existential threats to the Trump administration. He was deferring to a team that answered to Rod Rosenstein for goodness sakes and it was Rosenstein's very signatures that reauthorized theseÃâà...
U.S. News & World Report
March 2, 2018
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein speaks at the Financial Services Roundtable 2018 Spring Conference, Feb. ... Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Friday touted the integrity and the leadership of Attorney General Jeff Sessions in remarks that appeared to subtly push back on PresidentÃâà...
Vox
March 1, 2018
Trump's swift turnaround, in particular, put Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in an awkward position, since it was Rosenstein who penned the memo — arguing that Comey erred in his handling of the Hillary Clinton email investigation during the 2016 campaign by, in essence, being too tough onÃâà...
Axios
February 28, 2018
If Donald Trump finally follows through on his rage and fires Jeff Sessions, the image with this story will be printed in history books. Tonight at 7:35pm, the Attorney General strode into a high-end Washington restaurant to dine with his deputy Rod Rosenstein and the Solicitor General Noel Francisco. Sessions at dinnerÃâà...
RealClearPolitics
February 16, 2018
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein held a brief press conference Friday to explain details in the indictment of 13 Russians over alleged election interference. Rosenstein said that no Americans had any knowledge of the operation listed in this indictment and that the operation had no impact on theÃâà...
Vox
February 16, 2018
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein announced the indictments of Russian nationals in US election meddling Friday afternoon, and answered a few questions. The Department of Justice announced Friday that it is filing charges against 13 Russian nationals and three Russian groups for interferingÃâà...
Newsweek
February 10, 2018
Updated | The third-ranking official in the Department of Justice—who would oversee the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election if Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was fired, resigns or recuses himself—is stepping down. Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand, whom PresidentÃâà...
Washington Examiner
February 9, 2018
Brand serves directly under Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who is overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe to determine if the Trump campaign colluded with the Kremlin during the 2016 election. Rosenstein took over oversight of the federal Russia inquiry after AttorneyÃâà...
CNN
February 8, 2018
Washington (CNN) A new TV ad from a prominent conservative group slams Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the Trump-appointed number two ... "Rod Rosenstein, a weak careerist at the Justice Department protecting liberal Obama holdovers and the deep state instead of following the rule of lawÃâà...
New York Times
December 31, 1999
Mr. Dowd exhorted Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, who oversees the special counsel, to end the inquiry and accused the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey of concocting a baseless investigation. “I pray that Acting Attorney General Rosenstein will follow the brilliant and courageousÃâà...
CNN
December 31, 1999
The endorsement from Rosenstein, who has oversight of the probe given the recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions from matters related to the election, came after reports earlier in the year that Trump had tried to fire Mueller last summer. Rosenstein also appeared unfazed by attacks by Trump againstÃâà...
The San Diego Union-Tribune
December 31, 1999
When Rosenstein's boss, Attorney General Jeff Sessions, recused himself from overseeing the investigation into possible connections between President Donald Trump's campaign team and Russia, Rosenstein stepped in. He hired former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel in the investigation,Ãâà...