Rosenstein: Accusations

artappraiser — Sat, 13 Apr 2019 01:45:33 +0000

In reply to Rosenstein tidbit on Russian interference and Mueller report

Rosenstein: Accusations against Barr are 'bizarre'

By Kate Galioto @ Politico.com, April 12

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Thursday defended Attorney General William Barr and pushed back against criticism of the Justice Department’s handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s highly anticipated report [...]

“He’s being as forthcoming as he can,” Rosenstein said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal. “And so this notion that he’s trying to mislead people, I think is just completely bizarre.” [....]

Rosenstein on Thursday would not tell the Journal why Mueller did not clearly answer the obstruction question in his report. In the weeks since Barr sent his letter, Democrats have accused the attorney general of mischaracterizing the special counsel’s findings to protect the president.

“It would be one thing if you put out a letter and said, ‘I’m not going to give you the report,’ ” Rosenstein said in the interview. “What he said is: ‘Look, it’s going to take a while to process the report. In the meantime, people really want to know what’s in it. I’m going to give you the top-line conclusions.’ That’s all he was trying to do.” [....]

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Rosenstein: Accusations