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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 06:31 PM Jan 2019

NBC: Rosenstein Will Stay Put Until Mueller Submits Report

Source: Talking Points Memo



By Allegra Kirkland
January 9, 2019 4:06 pm

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will make sure special counsel Robert Mueller’s report is in the Justice Department’s hands before he steps down from his post, NBC News reported Wednesday.

That caveat was surfaced hours after ABC News reported that Rosenstein planned to depart in the next few weeks. President Trump’s attorney general nominee, William Barr, is expected to take over around that time, pending Senate confirmation.

A source close to Rosenstein told NBC that the deputy attorney general’s departure hinges specifically around the report Mueller will soon file on his sprawling investigation into Russia’s interference in the election. Those findings are expected to be submitted by mid-to-late February and Rosenstein would resign by early March, according to NBC.

Rosenstein has continued to help supervise the Mueller probe even as Trump’s pick for Acting Attorney General, Matt Whitaker, assumed control of it, per NBC.

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Read more: https://talkingpointsmemo.com/muckraker/rosenstein-wont-leave-until-mueller-report-filed

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Auggie

(31,061 posts)
6. I recall Rachel Maddow mentioning this period ... maybe February 13th?
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 09:10 PM
Jan 2019

She reported this about a month ago on her show

 

WhiteHat

(129 posts)
3. Matt Whitaker "assumed control" of Mueller's investigation? Since when?
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 07:18 PM
Jan 2019

The last we all heard, Matt Whitaker was facing some serious fraud allegations about something involving patents and/or toilets, in any case things Trump's depleted staff couldn't bury. That's why Matt Barr was brought in.

So... in light of this "revelation,"does this mean Matt Barr is NOT our next AG of the US? Why or why not? Just curious. I like it when things add up.

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
5. Whitaker is stalling with the Dems request for testimony and Nadler is pissed
Wed Jan 9, 2019, 08:10 PM
Jan 2019

off. Barr says he will let Mueller finish but he isn't confirmed yet and who knows if he is lying or not. Schumer doesn't trust him either.
https://www.democraticunderground.com/10142239959

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