Rod Rosenstein resigns after embattled tenure as deputy attorney general

He was a target of Donald Trump and his allies, who resented the deputy attorney general’s decision to initiate the Mueller investigation

The deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, has resigned, after a fraught two-year relationship with a president who resented his decision to appoint a special counsel to investigate possible ties between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russia.

His last day will be 11 May.

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from US news | The Guardian http://bit.ly/2UOlxfp