Trump’s last attorney general willing to discuss last-minute efforts to undo election loss

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Donald Trump’s final attorney general Jeffrey Rosen may be willing to reveal new details about the former president’s last-minute efforts to remain in office despite his election loss.

Rosen, who served the final month of Trump’s presidency as acting attorney general, is in discussions with the House Oversight Committee to sit down for a transcribed interview about his communications with the ousted president, reported the Washington Post.

“Such an interview could fill in critical details,” wrote Post columnist Greg Sargent. “Among the things Rosen could speak to are whether there were additional communications between Trump and Rosen — including verbal ones, as well as unreleased email communications.” Continue reading.

Trump to nominate Jeffrey Rosen as Rosenstein replacement


The White House announced Tuesday night that President Donald Trump plans to nominate Deputy Transportation Secretary Jeffrey Rosen to replace Rod Rosenstein as deputy attorney general.

Rosenstein has been overseeing special counsel Robert S. Mueller III’s probe of Russia’s 2016 election meddling and related actions by the president and his associates. He said earlier Tuesday he plans to leave in mid-March.

Rosen is a Washington veteran who returned to the Transportation Department in 2017 after being its general counsel under President George W. Bush from 2003 to 2006. He also served as general counsel and senior policy adviser for Bush’s Office of Management and Budget from 2006 to 2009.

View the complete February 19 article by John T. Bennett on The Roll Call website here.