US Attorney General Jeff Sessions, famously and unwisely, recused
himself from the Trump/Russia Collusion case in March 2017 because he
had met twice during the 2016 presidential campaign with Russian
ambassador Sergey Kislyak. There are, however, far more compelling
reasons why Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein should have recused
himself.Last weekend, in response to a Judicial Watch FOIA request, the DOJ released documents relating to the FBI’s FISA court applications for a warrant (and subsequent renewals) to surveil low-level Trump campaign advisor Carter Page. Although heavily redacted, these documents revealed that Rosenstein had signed off on the last one. This development is serious, but it is only the latest of his many conflicts of interests. And up until now, there’s been scant attention paid to them.
Wednesday night’s news that House Republicans have filed articles of impeachment against him, has thrust Rosenstein and his highly partisan history back into the spotlight.
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