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Rod Jay Rosenstein (/ ˈ r oʊ z ən ˌ s t aɪ n /; [2] born January 13, 1965) is an American attorney who served as the 37th United States deputy attorney general from 2017 to 2019. . Prior to his appointment, he served as a United States attorney for the District of Maryland
The man who appointed special counsel Robert Mueller to probe links between Russia and President Trump's campaign said Monday he will quit his post.
If Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein gets fired or resigns, the chain of command gets murky.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, in his role as Acting Attorney General for matters related to the campaign due to the recusal of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, appointed Mueller, a former Director of the FBI, to serve as Special Counsel for the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) with authority to investigate Russian interference ...
Rosenstein appointed the special counsel because Trump’s attorney general, Jeff Sessions, had recused himself from any investigation related to Trump’s 2016 campaign. Sessions did so because ...
[24] [60] [125] [127] Rosenstein's authority to appoint Mueller arose due to Attorney General Jeff Sessions's March 2017 recusal of himself from investigations into the Trump campaign. [125] [127] [128] In June 2017, Peter Strzok, the FBI agent who had led the Crossfire Hurricane investigation up to this point, became a member of Mueller's team ...
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On July 25, 2018, after several months of threats, Representatives Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan filed articles of impeachment (H.Res.1028) against Rod Rosenstein for what they say is failure to respond to congressional document demands. [89] [90] [91] They were immediately sent to the House Judiciary committee.