Trump cancelled his trip too
RR's problem is that he should have recused
himself . . . . even Democrats agreed.
Two days after Comey’s abrupt dismissal last month, Sen. Dianne Feinstein of California argued that both Sessions and Rosenstein should step aside from the “appointment, selection and reporting of a special counsel” and instead defer to the most senior career official at DOJ.
But on Tuesday, Feinstein, the top Democrat on the Judiciary Committee, said she wasn’t worried about Rosenstein interfering in Mueller’s investigation.
Yet Rosenstein’s role raises questions about potential conflicts of interest, experts say, particularly if Mueller widens the scope of his investigation to include whether the firing of Comey was part of an obstruction-of-justice effort and the deputy attorney general is brought in as a witness.
https:// www.politico.com/story/2017/06/07/rosenstein-democrats-russia-probe-239203
AND THIS
Former US attorney Preet Bharara said Sunday that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein might have a conflict of interest over special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Speaking with Jake Tapper on CNN's "State of the Union" Sunday, Bharara called it "odd and unusual" that Rosenstein could serve as a witness in the investigation while also while overseeing it, adding, "It would seem that there's a conflict."
https:// www.cnn.com/2017/09/24/politics/preet-bharara-rod-rosenstein/index.html