As the number two Justice Department official, Rosenstein oversees the probe into whether Trump’s 2016 election campaign colluded with Russians in defeating Democrat Hillary Clinton. Trump’s son Donald Trump Jr. held up the reports as evidence of disloyalty among the president’s entourage. After securing convictions of seven people associated with Trump, Mueller’s probe increasingly threatens the White House and the president himself. “There’s a lingering stench and we’re going to get rid of that too,” Trump finished. The Times said Rosenstein made the comments in a particularly chaotic period, in the weeks right after he was appointed deputy attorney general.

Source: Manila Times September 22, 2018 16:30 UTC