Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein defended attorney general William Barr’s handling of the Mueller report, just days after Barr testified before a House appropriations subcommittee. In his first interview since the Mueller investigation wrapped up, Rosenstein said that he believed it was strange to say the attorney general was misleading the public on the highly-anticipated report. “It would be one thing if you put out a letter and said, ‘I’m not going to give you the report,’” Rosenstein said. Mueller concluded his nearly two-year Russia investigation in late March and submitted the nearly 400-page confidential report to Barr. Earlier this year, Trump announced he will nominate Jeff Rosen to replace Rosenstein deputy attorney general.

Source: Fox News April 12, 2019 14:37 UTC