Deputy AG Rosenstein to resign, according to CNN
(WISH) – Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is set to leave his post.
According to CNN, that move will happen in the coming weeks.
Breaking: Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is planning to leave the Justice Department shortly after Bill Barr, the President’s nominee for attorney general, is confirmed – @LauraAJarrett reporting.— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) January 9, 2019
He plans to step down once the Senate confirms new Attorney General WIlliam Barr.
Rosenstein has been overseeing the special counsel’s investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.