Trump Admits He Used Rosenstein as a Human Shield
The president says he decided to fire James Comey before the deputy A.G.’s letter—and it wouldn’t have mattered what he wrote anyway.
JUSTIN MILLER
05.11.17 2:18 PM ET
From the moment Donald Trump fired FBI Director James Comey, the White House had a consistent message: The president did it on the advice of Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general.
White House spokesperson Sarah Huckabee-Sanders said he had considered firing Comey since Election Day, but that only did so on the “recommendation of his deputy attorney general.”
Vice President Mike Pence said, “the president took strong and decisive leadership here.. .by accepting the recommendation of the deputy attorney general to remove Director Comey as the head of the FBI.”
Neither of these statements are true, Trump now says.
Which means the president isn’t just contradicting his staff and his running mate; he’s turned Rosenstein, his newly installed deputy attorney general, into something of a human shield.
Now Trump says he already made up his mind before Rosenstein made his recommendation to replace Comey.
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