ATTORNEY GENERAL/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, defended the promises President Donald Trump made in his inaugural address even as the President himself has accused the Justice Department of leading a ‘witch hunt’ against him.
During his short, tepidly received speech at the NAACP’s annual convention here, Rosenstein quoted from the President’s inaugural address.
‘He said that Americans want great schools for their children, safe neighborhoods for their families and good jobs for themselves,’ Rosenstein said. ‘These are just and reasonable demands.’
Rosenstein’s speech to the NAACP comes as the President has renewed a public assault on Attorney General Jeff Sessions, questioning why Sessions had not done more to investigate what he described as ‘crimes’ of Hillary Clinton…
The President has also been sharply critical of Rosenstein, a former federal prosecutor from Baltimore. In a recent interview with The New York Times, the President said, ‘there are very few Republicans in Baltimore, if any.’ “
-Juana Summers, “Rod Rosenstein lauds Trump inauguration speech amid President’s DOJ criticism,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, July 25, 2017 12:38pm