But Mr. Trump said in an interview with The New York Times on Wednesday that he never would have nominated Mr. “Jeff Sessions takes the job, gets into the job, recuses himself, which frankly I think is very unfair to the president,” Mr. Trump said. In the interview, Mr. Trump complained that Mr. Rosenstein had played both sides when it came to the firing of the former F.B.I. director, James B. Comey: Mr. Rosenstein had recommended the dismissal but then appointed Mr. Mueller, who may be investigating whether Mr. Trump obstructed justice by firing Mr. Comey. Mr. Trump also suggested he was troubled by Mr. Rosenstein’s longtime affiliation with a heavily Democratic city, Baltimore, where Mr. Rosenstein worked as a federal prosecutor.

Source: New York Times July 20, 2017 14:41 UTC