Top Senate Dem: Deputy AG Must Appoint Special Counsel Or Resign
Senator Dick Durbin, the number two Democrat in the Senate is demanding that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein either appoint a special prosecutor to the Russia investigation or resign.
“To preserve his reputation as a credible prosecutor, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein must appoint an independent special prosecutor to pursue possible criminal charges, or he must resign,” Durbin said in a statement.
And in reference to Donald Trump’s admission during an interview with NBC’s Lester Holt that he fired Comey because of the Russia investigation saying “when I decided to just do it, I said to myself, I said you know, this Russia thing with Trump and Russia is a made up story, it’s an excuse by the Democrats.”
“That is dangerously close to obstruction of justice,” Durbin said.
Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein wrote the memo this week that the Trump White House initially used as its rationale for the firing of FBI Director James Comey, who was leading the investigation into collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia.
“This could be construed as threatening a witness in this investigation, which is another violation of federal law,” Durbin added.
