Trump official admits family separation policy 'should never have been implemented' | US immigration | The Guardian

...Family separation, which legal experts and doctors said constituted torture, was supported by multiple federal agencies...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/14/trump-official-family-separation-policy-rod-rosenstein

Justice Dept. Never Fully Examined Trump’s Ties to Russia, Ex-Officials Say - The New York Times

The former deputy attorney general maneuvered to keep investigators from completing an inquiry into whether the president’s personal and financial links to Russia posed a national security threat. ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/us/politics/trump-russia-justice-department.html

Ex-FBI agent tears apart Bill Barr’s excuses for dropping the Flynn case – Raw Story

On Thursday, former FBI Special Agent Asha Rangappa took to Twitter to demolish Attorney General William Barr’s reasoning for moving to drop the case against President Donald Trump’s ex-National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. The reasoning, Rangappa argued, fundamentally contradicts the entire purpose of the special counsel regulations. https://www.rawstory.com/2020/05/ex-fbi-agent-tears-apart-bill-barrs-excuses-for-dropping-the-flynn-case/

Trump Aims To Charge Refugees A Fee To Seek Asylum

Trump's new order to charge refugees a fee for seeking asylum brings new meaning to the phrase, 'Freedom isn't free.'....
https://youtu.be/aWzxu9oXAkw

Rosenstein and McCabe should be waterboarded by CIA head for 'conspiring' against Trump: Right-wing TV host - Raw Story

In response to former deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe bombshell news that he opened an investigation into President Donald Trump, with no objection from the Republican Party, Wiles said there is a “massive conspiracy” happening against the president.....
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/02/rosenstein-and-mccabe-should-by-waterboarded-by-cia-head-for-conspiring-against-trump-right-wing-tv-host/

Deputy Attorney General suggests Apple’s strong privacy position defeats ‘legitimate law enforcement’ - 9to5Mac

At a Georgetown Law and Department of Justice cybercrime conference today, Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, made a strong statement that suggests Apple has a mission to "defeat legitimate law enforcement" efforts. ....
https://9to5mac.com/2018/11/29/apple-privacy-law-enforcement/

Is The Mueller Investigation Doomed? (Pod Save the World podcast)

Tommy talks with The Atlantic’s Natasha Bertrand about how the potential departure of Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein would impact the Mueller investigation and operations at DOJ. Then they discuss what we’ve learned about Russia’s efforts to influence our elections over the past two years, and the shady right-wing characters that link Trump to Wikileaks.
Interview:

https://crooked.com/podcast/is-the-mueller-investigation-doomed/

https://youtu.be/K92t37APvek

How Rod Rosenstein Is Defusing Trump’s #Spygate Conspiracy - Vanity Fair

The Justice Department has been quietly countering the president's narrative with strategic transparency. ....
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/06/how-rod-rosenstein-defused-trumps-spygate-crisis

Ex-assistant FBI director calls out Trump for treating Sessions like a 'consigliere' who must remain loyal to the mob - Raw Story:

Frank Figliuzzi, the former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the Federal Bureau of Investigation, on Sunday warned that Donald Trump's behavior in the White House—and particularly his treatment of Attorney General Jeff Sessions—is an "extension of the mob family mentality," insisting "we're in a danger zone" if the president moves to fire either his attorney general or Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein. ...
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/09/ex-assistant-fbi-director-calls-trump-treating-sessions-like-consigliere-must-remain-loyal-mob/

Giuliani: Trump legal team may try to block Mueller from releasing final report - The Hill

President Trump's attorney, Rudy Giuliani, is claiming that the president's legal team may invoke executive privilege to stop special counsel Robert Mueller's final report on the Russia investigation from being released to the public.....
http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/404828-giuliani-trumps-legal-team-may-block-mueller-from-releasing-final

A Trump appointee dismisses a bogus argument challenging Mueller - The Washington Post: Opinion

The federal courts swat down a challenge to the special counsel. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/08/13/a-trump-appointee-dismisses-a-bogus-argument-challenging-the-special-prosecutor/

Justice Department plans to alert public to foreign operations targeting U.S. democracy - The Washington Post:

The effort is designed to foil covert operations such as the one Russia undertook in 2016 to disrupt the presidential election. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/justice-department-plans-to-alert-public-to-foreign-operations-targeting-us-democracy/2018/07/19/d010e3a6-8b8d-11e8-85ae-511bc1146b0b_story.html

The latest Mueller indictments provide a template for what could be coming next - The Washington Post: Opinion

If Mueller does have evidence of U.S. involvement in any of the Russian wrongdoing, that would be the logical next shoe to drop. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/the-latest-mueller-indictments-provide-a-template-for-what-could-be-coming-next/2018/07/14/9d5b93de-86e2-11e8-8553-a3ce89036c78_story.html

Trump's GOP henchman prep response to new Russian indictments—impeaching Rod Rosenstein - Daily Kos

At the very moment Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was announcing the indictments of 12 Russian military officers for interfering in the 2016 elections, key House Republicans were busy plotting his impeachment. ....
https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1780341

Rod Rosenstein and Robert Mueller officially repudiate a major Trump conspiracy theory - The Washington Post: Analysis

Trump regularly cast doubt that Russia hacked the DNC — or that the DNC was hacked at all. Now there are actual charges. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/07/13/rod-j-rosenstein-and-robert-s-mueller-iii-officially-rebuke-a-major-trump-conspiracy-theory/

Mueller probe indicts 12 Russians for hacking Democrats in 2016 - The Washington Post

New indictment charges that Russian military intelligence agency launched coordinated campaign to interfere in U.S. election. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/rod-rosenstein-expected-to-announce-new-indictment-by-mueller/2018/07/13/bc565582-86a9-11e8-8553-a3ce89036c78_story.html

If this is a ‘witch hunt,’ it sure is finding a lot of witches - The Washington Post: Opinion

With the latest round of indictments, the claim that the Mueller probe is a 'hoax' becomes even more ludicrous.....

Note this quote: The indictment contains numerous intriguing details, including the fact that the Russian hacking of the emails of Clinton associates began on the same day that Trump publicly said, "Russia, if you're listening, I hope you're able to find the 30,000 [Clinton] emails that are missing."
We also learn from the indictments that "On or about August 15, 2016, the Conspirators, posing as Guccifer 2.0, received a request for stolen documents from a candidate for the U.S. Congress. The Conspirators responded using the Guccifer 2.0 persona and sent the candidate stolen documents related to the candidate's opponent." The candidate isn't identified, but it sure will be interesting to learn who it was.....

Here are 6 stunning revelations from Mueller's new indictments of 12 Russian officers - Raw Story

Friday afternoon Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein unveiled that Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe has just led to a grand jury indicting 12 Russian government officials for criminal hacking related to the 2016 presidential election. ....
https://www.rawstory.com/2018/07/6-stunning-revelations-muellers-new-indictments-12-russian-officers/

How Rosenstein’s and Wray’s testimony undermined GOP efforts to undermine the Russia investigation - The Washington Post: Analysis

One by one, the FBI and DOJ officials knocked down Republican arguments claiming bias, all while under oath. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/06/28/how-rosenstein-and-wrays-testimony-undermined-gop-efforts-to-undermine-the-russia-investigation/

Jim Jordan reveals just how nutty Republicans have become - The Washington Post:

Forget 'civil' -- Jim Jordan and House Republicans aren't rational. ....
https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/wp/2018/06/28/jim-jordan-reveals-just-how-nutty-republicans-have-become/