Deputy U.S. Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testifies about the Justice Department's budget before a subcommittee hearing of the Senate Appropriations Committee on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S. June 13, 2017. (Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testified Tuesday that only he has the power to fire the special counsel handling the Russia investiation and that he has not discussed the counsel with President Trump. Sessions then recused himself in March from overseeing the FBI’s Russia probe and delegated that authority to his new deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein. Rosenstein last month appointed a special counsel to oversee the Russia investigation. Read more:Why Jeff Sessions testimony on Russia is so importantComey said FBI information about Sessions would have made his involvement in Russia probe problematicSessions offered in recent months to resign as attorney general

Source: Washington Post June 13, 2017 13:52 UTC