He prevented a full investigation of Trump’s connections to Russia. This is disgraceful.
New reporting: Rosenstein prevented Mueller from pursuing a counterintelligence investigation into Trump's Russia ties & limited him to the criminal investigation at hand, telling him "this is a criminal investigation. Do your job, and then shut it down.” https://t.co/EHhZ99V4Kj
— Joyce Alene (@JoyceWhiteVance) August 30, 2020
The fix was always in with Rosenstein. He only appointed a special counsel after he got caught issuing a fraudulent memo to take credit for firing Comey. He panicked. But, as long as the boss was willing to not fire him “by tweet,” he was willing to “land this plane.” Nose first. https://t.co/EREaPfCdpw
— Walter Shaub (@waltshaub) August 30, 2020
EXCLUSIVE: From my new book .. DOJ in '17 secretly curtailed FBI counterintel investigation of Trump financial/personal ties to Russia. DOJ concealed this from FBI at time, leaving FBI w/ impression Mueller would do it. But Mueller ultimately didn't. https://t.co/mEBFCdqIP1
— Michael S. Schmidt (@nytmike) August 30, 2020
Good time to point out Rod Rosenstein is now in private practice representing an Israeli tech firm that the Senate Intelligence Committee identified as a foreign interference actor for the Trump Campaign.
— Robert J. DeNault (@robertjdenault) August 30, 2020
This was obvious long ago. Having it confirmed nails the lid on a since-closed coffin. Bob Mueller’s decision to accept so fatally compromised a role without complaint was inexcusable. https://t.co/tzJzNBniYs
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) August 30, 2020
Sad! 