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Rosenstein Expected to Leave Justice Department

January 9, 2019 at 5:47 am EST By Taegan Goddard Leave a Comment

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is expected to leave his role in the coming weeks, multiple sources familiar with his plans told ABC News.

“Rosenstein has communicated to President Trump and White House officials his plan to depart the administration around the time William Barr, Trump’s nominee for attorney general, would take office following a Senate confirmation.”

“Rosenstein apparently had long been thinking he would serve about two years, and there was no indication that he was being forced out at this moment by the president.”

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