Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said on Sunday that he 'probably' would not have appointed a special counsel to oversee the Justice Department's two ongoing investigations involving former President Donald Trump.
to oversee the Justice Department's two ongoing investigations involving former President Donald Trump, as Attorney General Merrick Garland did last week.
As deputy attorney general in 2017, Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election and any ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Jeff Sessions, then the attorney general, had recused himself from the case, leaving Rosenstein with oversight of the Justice Department's probe.
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