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- If President Donald Trump fires Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the Justice Department’s rules of succession dictate that Solicitor General Noel Francisco would assume the post.
- Francisco’s track record as a lawyer mirrors Trump’s rhetoric against intelligence authorities, with cases that include rebukes of the FBI and a defense of executive authority.
Speculation is swirling that President Donald Trump might replace Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein after a New York Times report published on Friday alleged that the Justice Department head discussed using the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.
Trump has previously weighed firing Rosenstein, who oversees the special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russian meddling in the 2016 US election that has in part charged four Americans once affiliated with Trump’s campaign or administration.See the rest of the story at Business Insider
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