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Rosenstein Felt Used by Trump In Comey Firing

June 29, 2018 · 4:04 pm ET · Leave a Comment

“In the days after the F.B.I. director James Comey was fired last year, the deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, repeatedly expressed anger about how the White House used him to rationalize the firing, saying the experience damaged his reputation,” the New York Times reports.

“In public, Mr. Rosenstein has shown no hint that he had second thoughts about his role… But in meetings with law enforcement officials in the chaotic days immediately after Mr. Comey’s dismissal, and in subsequent conversations with colleagues and friends, Mr. Rosenstein appeared conflicted.”

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