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A Celebration Of ‘Not Normal’ Times With Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein

What a great description of his time in Trump's Justice Department.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (Photo by JIM WATSON/AFP/Getty)

There was a continual uproar. Decisions had to be made, and those decisions fell to him. They fell to him alone. He had become the attorney for this matter he made every decision based on his best judgments of what he thought was best for this country. He stayed the course during some of the most difficult times in the history of the department. We’ve had many wonderful times, but things were often a bit not normal.

— Former Attorney General Jeff Sessions, offering kind words about Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s handling of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation during Rosenstein’s farewell ceremony in the Great Hall at Main Justice. Rosenstein’s resignation after a decades-long career with the Justice Department is effective May 11.


Staci ZaretskyStaci Zaretsky is a senior editor at Above the Law, where she’s worked since 2011. She’d love to hear from you, so please feel free to email her with any tips, questions, comments, or critiques. You can follow her on Twitter or connect with her on LinkedIn.