Sessionss Potential Deputy Rod Rosenstein, Faces a Stern Test (Nomination) on Russia Inquiries
Good article--tells a bit of his career.
Sessions’s Potential Deputy Faces a Stern Test on Russia Inquiries
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/06/us/politics/rod-rosenstein-sessions-trump-russia-justice-department.html?partner=rss&emc=rss&smid=tw-nytpolitics&smtyp=cur&_r=0
By ERIC LICHTBLAU
MARCH 6, 2017
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Rod J. Rosenstein, the United States attorney for the District of Maryland, at a news conference in Baltimore last week. Credit Patrick Semansky/Associated Press
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WASHINGTON — Known as a no-nonsense, even-keeled prosecutor, Rod J. Rosenstein was expected to sail through Senate confirmation to be the Justice Department’s second-in-command. But that process has become enmeshed in the drama surrounding questions about President Trump’s campaign ties to Russia.
Mr. Rosenstein faces the Senate Judiciary Committee on Tuesday as the president’s nominee for deputy attorney general. In that post, he would oversee investigations into Mr. Trump’s campaign and Russia, because Attorney General Jeff Sessions removed himself from any such cases after the disclosure last week that he had misled Congress about meeting twice with the Russian ambassador.
Democrats who have otherwise expressed confidence in Mr. Rosenstein’s prosecutorial skills said they were skeptical that he — or anyone besides an independent outside counsel — would not be subject to political pressure while overseeing such an investigation.
“Rosenstein has a good reputation as a career prosecutor, but this is going to test him, and I worry about the integrity of the Justice Department,” Senator Patrick J. Leahy, a Vermont Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said in a telephone interview Monday.
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Through his office, Mr. Rosenstein declined to comment.
The F.B.I., which is overseen by the Justice Department, is known to have examined possible contacts between Russia and Trump advisers. The House Intelligence Committee has also opened an inquiry into whether Russia tried to influence the election.......................
