Rosenstein Defends Mueller: He ‘Is Not An Unguided Missile’

US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testifies before the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Justice, Washington DC, June 13, 2017. (Photo by Mark Reinstein/Corbis Via Getty Images)
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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Monday praised special counsel Robert Mueller for his handling of the Russia probe and said that there is no “justification at this point” to fire him, despite reports that the President wanted to terminate him this summer.

“The special counsel is not an unguided missile,” Rosenstein told USA Today on Monday. “I don’t believe there is any justification at this point for terminating the special counsel.”

He also expressed confidence in his own job status, despite President Donald Trump’s consistent criticism of the Justice Department and his Attorney General Jeff Sessions. Rosenstein was tasked with hiring Mueller to conduct the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election after Sessions recused himself over his contacts with Russian officials. That move has been the focal point of Trump’s ire against Sessions.

“I feel very confident in my ability to do the job,” he told USA Today. “In any political job, you recognize that your time is going to be limited. My goal is to get as much done for as long as I’m here in the job.”

He said when his “time is up” he’s “confident” he will be able to look back and be proud of the work he’s done.

Read the rest of the interview with USA Today here.

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  1. Hang in there, man. History is being made right now. You want to be mindful of that in times like these, and write a part for yourself that won’t shame your family and friends.

  2. Now there’s a real American - someone willing to uphold the principles of Democracy. Nunes and friends…traitors.

  3. Professionalism, the best interests of the country, and principle being placed over politics! That is a “foreign” concept to Trump and his minions.

  4. “Unlike our Quisling President Donald Trump, the special counsel is not an unguided missile,” Rosenstein told USA Today on Monday.

    FIFY.

  5. Avatar for nineo nineo says:

    Rosenstein will be remembered as a good man and patriot, and all he has to do is his job. He’s been nothing but professional. Sometimes that’s all we need.

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