Overseeing Mueller, Cohen Probes Makes Rosenstein a Big Target
- Deputy attorney general supervises two sensitive inquiries
- ‘There are so many moving parts,’ a former U.S. attorney says
Why Mueller Is Seen as the Perfect Man for the Job
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From the start of the Russia probe, the question has been whether President Donald Trump might fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Now, the more serious question is whether he’d fire Rod Rosenstein.
The deputy attorney general finds himself in additional peril due to a recent twist in the case: He not only sits atop Mueller’s Russia probe but also the investigation into Michael Cohen, the president’s longtime lawyer.