NEW: As Pres. Trump attacked special counsel Robert Mueller, he offered mea culpa to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, source says.
As Trump recently described it, he and Rosenstein maintain "a good relationship" because "we work on a lot of [important] things" together. At public events last year, Trump called Rosenstein one of the "great" members of his administration and thanked him for working "so hard" on threats to public safety.
One thing they wanted to know more about: a classified document Rosenstein signed authorizing Mueller's investigators to continue eavesdropping on a former Trump adviser. PHOTO: President Donald Trump shakes hands with Rep. Jim Jordan as he disembarks from Air Force One upon arrival at Lima Allen County Airport in Lima, Ohio, March 20, 2019.
"The rumor is that the day after the midterms, you're going to fire [Rosenstein]," the anchor noted to Trump.But Trump quickly added: "We have a witch hunt going on," and "smart, tough guys" like Jordan and Meadows are "folk heroes" for working "to get to the bottom of it."According to sources close to Rosenstein, there was a "tense day" six months ago when Rosenstein was convinced he would be fired by the day's end.
So, Justice Department insiders were surprised two months later when the image of Rosenstein and others locked in a jail cell appeared on Trump's Twitter feed. The same day, the Justice Department announced that Rosenstein planned to step down in the coming weeks and that a likely successor had already been picked.Just days before Mueller sent his final report to Rosenstein two weeks ago, Trump did something he'd hardly done before: He belittled Rosenstein in front of TV cameras.
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