News about Rod Rosenstein

In 2017, top GOP congressional lawyers were probing the Justice Department for the tense Russian collusion investigation, codenamed 'Crossfire Hurricane'. However, new reports show that the DoJ office they were investigating was espionaging on their phone calls and emails during a reportedly unlawful 'fishing expedition.' Tejpal Chawla, a federal prosecutor who has contributed to Democratic campaigns, is one of the most notable participants in the scandalous investigation, according to DailyMail.com.

Rosenstein, who retained Robert Mueller as special counsel to look at whether the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, dismissed rumors that the documents were missing right before the elections. On NBC News' Meet the Press, Rosenstein said, "It's not the Justice Department's job to make public announcements like that." The former Trump DOJ official maintained that he would not have done so if he were still at the department. 'The decision about whether or not to go public will be left to the president and the White House by the president and the White House,' he explained.

Prosecutors have played a role in recent American history by designating a special counsel to monitor President Biden's potential mishandling of classified information. Attorney General Merrick Garland has referred to Robert Hur, a long-serving prosecutor who has served in multiple positions in the Department of Justice, in this matter. He served as Rod Rosenstein's top aide from 2017 to 2019. According to the Washington Post, he was more recently the Attorney for the District of Maryland, where he concentrated on violent crime, cybercrimes, and fraud. Now he has been charged with an independent probe into the finding of the files in the Obama administration and how they linked to Biden's Wilmington home and an office for his think tank in Washington, D.C.

According to former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the Department of Justice's (DOJ) selection of a special counsel to prosecute Trump investigations indicates Merrick Garland's assertion that there is a 'profitable potential lawsuit.' However, Robert Mueller, the Trump-era deputy AG who appointed him as special counsel during the Russia probe, said he most likely would not have retained a special counsel in this situation. 'I think what it shows is that, despite the fact that the department has been involved in this for some time, almost two years on the Mar-a-Lago probe, nearly a year on the Mar-a-Lago probe,' Rosenstein told CBS News' Margaret Brennan, that they still believe they have a good chance.'