Rod Rosenstein

Latest in Rod Rosenstein

The Russia Connection

What to Expect When You’re Expecting a Mueller Report

Once the midterms are past, Americans can resume their reveries about a hypothetical report from the special counsel’s office. There’s no telling how much Robert Mueller knows, but onlookers can speculate about how much the country is likely to find out and how it’s likely to do so. A Mueller Report? A Rosenstein Report? An Impeachment Report? All three?

The Russia Connection

A Starr Report

Back in 2002, I published a book entitled Starr: A Reassessment, which took a nuanced look at the history of Kenneth Starr’s service as independent counsel. The book focused on Starr’s understanding of his role under the now-defunct independent counsel law, specifically his ambitious understanding of that role not as a traditional prosecutor but as a kind of truth commissioner.

Federal Law Enforcement

How Rod Rosenstein Protects the Mueller Investigation

Unless something changes again in the mercurial mind of Donald Trump, it looks like Rod Rosenstein will survive the day. He survived last Friday, Sept. 21, when the New York Times published a report that he had raised the possibility of wearing a wire in the White House and had discussed invoking the 25th Amendment against the president. He survived Monday, Sept.

The Russia Connection

Document: Reps. Meadows and Jordan Introduce Articles of Impeachment Against Rosenstein

Reps. Mark Meadows and Jim Jordan have introduced articles of impeachment against Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for what they allege are failures to accede to congressional document requests regarding the Russia investigation. The articles are available in full below.

House of Representatives

Reading Between the Lines on House Efforts to Impeach Rod Rosenstein

Reports that a group of House conservatives—led by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), the chairman of the House Freedom Caucus—are advocating the impeachment of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein have been circulating for months, but conflict over the issue has escalated.

Donald Trump

My Mistakes: The Witness Tampering Case Against Manafort and the Inspector General Report

As part of the analysis we do on Lawfare, we often express our best professional judgment on an issue. I like to think that my judgment is pretty good and that a review of what I've said in the past tells the story of relative accuracy and thoughtfulness. But part of establishing credibility is acknowledging error—and the past couple of days have shown that I've not been that accurate on at least two occasions (at least two big enough to warrant acknowledgment like this). Here they are:

Federal Law Enforcement

Presidential Norms and the Special Counsel Investigation: Disclosures to Congress

Yesterday morning, President Donald Trump tweeted:

A Rigged System - They don’t want to turn over Documents to Congress. What are they afraid of? Why so much redacting? Why such unequal “justice?” At some point I will have no choice but to use the powers granted to the Presidency and get involved!

Subscribe to Lawfare

EmailRSSKindle