Rod Rosenstein, the U.S. deputy attorney general who supervised the Mueller investigation, spoke publically on Thursday for the first time since the report was released, taking a swipe at the Obama administration’s real-time reaction to Russian hacking and its decision "not publicize the full story" to the American people.
Rosenstein, who was speaking in New York at the Public Servants Dinner of the Armenian Bar Association, defended his handling of the probe and criticized former officials in the process. He called out former FBI Director James Comey for alerting Congress about the investigation into Russian collusion at the height of the 2016 presidential campaign.
“The FBI disclosed classified evidence about the investigation to ranking legislators and their staffers,” he said. “Someone selectively leaked details to the news media. The FBI director [Comey] announced at a congressional hearing that there was a counterintelligence investigation that might result in criminal charges. Then the former FBI director alleged that the president pressured him to close the investigation, and the president denied that the conversation occurred.
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Nor for nothing, but can anybody imaging Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy or Nixon getting all “chicken little” about Russian spying? No. It’s how the game is played. If it gets too bad you grab a few of their diplomats with a few of their identified spies and you throw them out of the country. You don’t tell the Russians to “knock it off” As the Surrender Monkey did. (and expect them to actually do it).
Rosenstein, who was speaking in New York at the Public Servants Dinner of the Armenian Bar Association, defended his handling of the probe and criticized former officials in the process. He called out former FBI Director James Comey for alerting Congress about the investigation into Russian collusion at the height of the 2016 presidential campaign.
“The FBI disclosed classified evidence about the investigation to ranking legislators and their staffers,” he said. “Someone selectively leaked details to the news media. The FBI director [Comey] announced at a congressional hearing that there was a counterintelligence investigation that might result in criminal charges. Then the former FBI director alleged that the president pressured him to close the investigation, and the president denied that the conversation occurred.
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Nor for nothing, but can anybody imaging Truman, Eisenhower, Kennedy or Nixon getting all “chicken little” about Russian spying? No. It’s how the game is played. If it gets too bad you grab a few of their diplomats with a few of their identified spies and you throw them out of the country. You don’t tell the Russians to “knock it off” As the Surrender Monkey did. (and expect them to actually do it).