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Acting AG Whitaker overseeing special counsel probe 'appropriately,' deputy AG says
Source: ABC News
Acting AG Whitaker overseeing special counsel probe 'appropriately,' deputy AG says
By MIKE LEVINE and LUKE BARR Dec 20, 2018, 1:00 PM ET
Asked to comment on the Justice Department’s ongoing oversight of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein insisted Thursday that probe has been “handled appropriately” under Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker.
He added that he thought it would continue to be handled appropriately if President Donald Trump’s pick to become attorney general, William Barr, is confirmed by the Senate.
Rosenstein said that a memo Barr sent to the DOJ criticizing Mueller’s probe is just Barr’s “personal opinion” and such opinions “don’t influence our own decision making.”
Rosenstein said DOJ is informed by the facts and “that memo has no impact on our investigation.”
He lauded Barr's first stint as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush as well.
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By MIKE LEVINE and LUKE BARR Dec 20, 2018, 1:00 PM ET
Asked to comment on the Justice Department’s ongoing oversight of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein insisted Thursday that probe has been “handled appropriately” under Acting Attorney General Matt Whitaker.
He added that he thought it would continue to be handled appropriately if President Donald Trump’s pick to become attorney general, William Barr, is confirmed by the Senate.
Rosenstein said that a memo Barr sent to the DOJ criticizing Mueller’s probe is just Barr’s “personal opinion” and such opinions “don’t influence our own decision making.”
Rosenstein said DOJ is informed by the facts and “that memo has no impact on our investigation.”
He lauded Barr's first stint as attorney general under President George H.W. Bush as well.
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Read more: https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/oversight-mueller-probe-handled-appropriately-whitaker-rosenstein/story?id=59931278
