Rosenstein Tells Trump He’s Not a Target in Mueller, Cohen Probes
- Trump told associates he no longer needs to fire either man
- Deputy attorney general volunteered assurance last week
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told President Donald Trump last week that he isn’t a target of any part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation or the probe into his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, according to several people familiar with the matter.
Rosenstein, who brought up the investigations himself, offered the assurance during a meeting with Trump at the White House last Thursday, a development that helped tamp down the president’s desire to remove Rosenstein or Mueller, the people said.