PAPER TRAIL
Rosenstein ‘Knew’ of Comey Firing Before He Wrote Memo
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Thursday told senators that he knew former FBI Director James Comey would be fired before even writing the document, which was used by the White House to justify the dismissal.
Democratic Senators Richard Durbin and Claire McCaskill both told reporters that Rosenstein said he was aware the Monday before Comey’s firing of Trump’s decision. He also said he was not pressured by the president into writing his memo. “He learned the president’s decision to fire him and then he wrote his memo with his rationale,” Durbin said.
Rosenstein told the Senate these details on Thursday, one day after he appointed a special counsel to investigate possible Russian meddling in the U.S. presidential election—and potential assistance from Trump’s campaign.
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