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White House Prepping Effort to Undermine Rosenstein

April 12, 2018 at 6:13 pm EDT By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

“The White House is preparing talking points designed to undermine Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s credibility,” CNN reports.

“The plan calls on President Donald Trump’s allies to cast Rosenstein as too conflicted to fairly oversee the Russia investigation.The talking points are still in their preliminary form, and not yet finalized.”

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