{"id":10199,"date":"2018-04-13T11:23:26","date_gmt":"2018-04-13T15:23:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/?p=10199"},"modified":"2018-04-13T11:23:26","modified_gmt":"2018-04-13T15:23:26","slug":"trump-meeting-stokes-fears-he-may-oust-rosenstein","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/trump-meeting-stokes-fears-he-may-oust-rosenstein\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump meeting stokes fears he may oust Rosenstein"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/unnamed-file-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-10200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/unnamed-file-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1160\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/unnamed-file-1.jpg 1160w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/unnamed-file-1-300x163.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/unnamed-file-1-768x416.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.wasobamaborninkenya.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/04\/unnamed-file-1-1024x555.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1160px) 100vw, 1160px\" \/><\/a><strong>Politico<\/strong><br \/>\nby Darren Samuelsohn and Josh Gerstein<br \/>\n4\/12\/2018<\/h3>\n<p><strong>Excerpt:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em>Rod Rosenstein, the embattled deputy attorney general overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s Russia investigation, met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday amid growing fears that the president may oust Rosenstein in an attempt to rein in the inquiry.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>A source familiar with the meeting said the topic of the White House meeting was outstanding document requests from Congress \u2014 a front-and-center complaint among some Republican lawmakers and Trump allies who have been clamoring for Rosenstein\u2019s firing.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>While the source said Rosenstein exited the meeting with his job still intact, the topic of the meeting \u2014 one that would usually be below the level of a presidential discussion \u2014 stoked concerns that Trump may be pursuing a backhand way to undercut Mueller\u2019s wider Russia investigation without sparking an outright constitutional crisis.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Rosenstein, the No. 2 Justice Department official, who has lead authority over Mueller\u2019s investigation because of Attorney General Jeff Sessions\u2019 recusal, has increasingly come under fire from Trump and White House allies after he reportedly authorized an FBI raid on Michael Cohen, Trump\u2019s longtime personal attorney.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><strong>View the complete article including image and links at:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/04\/12\/trump-rosenstein-meeting-firing-519210\">https:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2018\/04\/12\/trump-rosenstein-meeting-firing-519210<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Politico by Darren Samuelsohn and Josh Gerstein 4\/12\/2018 Excerpt: Rod Rosenstein, the embattled deputy attorney general overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller\u2019s Russia investigation, met with President Donald Trump at the White House on Thursday amid growing fears that the president &hellip; 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