Department all the way back in 1990 and has been there ever since, serving as a public corruptions prosecutor and then taking on management jobs under presidents of both parties. In 2005, President George W. Bush appointed him to be US attorney for the state of Maryland, and he held that position throughout the Obama presidency as well.","textStyle":" anf-cts-1","type":"text"}, {"identifier"™:" anf-body- 28","layout": "bodyLayout", "role": "body", "text":"After Trump won the presidency, he picked Jeff Sessions to be his attorney general. As a US senator, Sessions was an outsider to the DOJ. So he wanted someone who knew the department well in the deputy post (which is traditionally responsible for running things day to day). So he chose Rosenstein, who was respected by legal professionals in both parties.","textStyle":" anf-cts-1","type":"text"}, {"identifier":" anf- medium_rectangle advertisement— 2™,"layout"™:" defaultComponentLayout", "role":"medium_ rectangle advertisement", "type"™:"m edium_rectangle advertisement"}, {"identifier":" anf-body- 29","layout":"bodyLayout", "role": "body", "text":"The pick got little attention at the time 4€" but proved to be supremely important. In March 2017, Sessions announced he would recuse himself from the Russia investigation 4€" meaning that, as soon as Rosenstein was confirmed by the Senate, hed€™d be the top Justice Department official in charge of it.","textStyle":"_ anf-cts-1","type":"text"}, {"identifier":" anf-body- 30", "layout": "bodyLayout", "role":"body","text":"Then, once Rosenstein was finally sworn in in late April, Trump waited only two weeks before inviting him and Sessions to the White House to discuss firing James Comey. On May 8, 2017, Rosenstein wrote a memo harshly criticizing Comeya€™s handling of Hillary Clinton email investigation, and gave it to the White House. The very next day, Trump fired Comey and released Rosensteinde™s memo as his justification.","textStyle":" anf-cts- 1", "type": "text"}, {"id