Washington (CNN) Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed special counsel Robert Mueller to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, said goodbye to the Justice Department on Thursday. "Justice is in good hands," Rosenstein told a packed crowd of current and former department officials, friends and well-wishers gathered in the department's Great Hall. Rosenstein's farewell celebration came two years to the day after the firing of FBI Director James Comey by President Donald Trump that led to Mueller's appointment. At the gathering, Rosenstein extolled the work of federal prosecutors, the power they wield and how "allegations carry severe consequences." Rosenstein, nevertheless, in his resignation letter to Trump, spoke fondly of the President's "courtesy and humor" in their personal conversations.

Source: CNN May 09, 2019 20:48 UTC