Rosenstein Says He Wouldn't Fire Special Counsel Without Good Cause
The deputy attorney general told a Senate subcommittee Tuesday that he would only consider firing special counsel Robert Mueller "if there were good cause" — even if an order comes from the president.
by Miles Parks
Jun 13, 2017
2 minutes
Updated at 12:40 p.m. ET
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Tuesday that even if President Trump told him to fire Robert Mueller as special counsel overseeing the Department of Justice investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election, he would not follow the order unless he thought there was good
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