U.S. President-elect Donald Trump announced Thursday that he has chosen three members of his criminal defense team, including lead attorney Todd Blanche, to assume senior roles within the Justice Department.
The U.S. Senate on Tuesday confirmed President Biden’s nominee, Lisa Monaco, as deputy attorney general, the top two spot at the Justice Department.
Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Wednesday defended his decision to appoint a special counsel for the Russia investigation, but blamed top-level FBI officials for “significant errors.”
Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is set to testify next week at a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing into the FBI’s investigation of President Trump’s 2016 campaign.
A deputy assistant attorney general was looking at “sexually explicit” material on two Justice Department computers and later lied about it, according to a report by Inspector General Michael Horowitz.
Former Deputy Secretary of Transportation Jeffrey Rosen, who has no experience as a prosecutor, is now the second-in-command at the Justice Department.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submitted his letter of resignation to President Trump on Monday, ending two years as the No. 2 at the Justice Department.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Robert Mueller in May 2017 to investigate Russian interference during the presidential election, fire back Thursday at politicians and journalists who have questioned his handling of the probe.
