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Democrats’ soured view of Rod Rosenstein diminishes complex role he played in Mueller probe

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein pauses while speaking at the federal inspector general community's 21st annual awards ceremony, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

By Jeff Mordock - The Washington Times

For nearly two years, Democrats figured Rod Rosenstein was their man in the Mueller investigation. They fought vehemently to keep him from being fired. They even went to court to try to make him acting attorney general.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at the Washington Convention Center, in Washington, Monday, March 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

Democrat leaders plead with AIPAC to look past anti-Israel comments from freshmen lawmakers

By Gabriella Muñoz - The Washington Times

Reporters pose questions to Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., as an 11th-hour Republican rescue mission to keep President Donald Trump from a Senate defeat on his signature issue of building barriers along the southwest border seems near collapse, at the Capitol in Washington, Wednesday, March 13, 2019. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite) **FILE**

Graham to turn post-Mueller focus to Christopher Steele, anti-Trump FBI employees

By Stephen Dinan - The Washington Times

While serving as Kansas governor, Sam Brownback once signed legislation largely condemned by Muslim groups. (Associated Press)

Sam Brownback blasts China’s ‘large-scale’ system of surveillance as ‘future of repression’

By Christopher Vondracek - The Washington Times

Former CIA chief, John O. Brennan, told the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that he had "encountered and am aware of information and intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions between Russian officials and U.S. persons involved in the Trump campaign." Special counsel Robert Mueller apparently found no such contacts. (Associated Press/File)

Mueller pours cold water on inflaming stories about 6 Trump associates

By Rowan Scarborough - The Washington Times

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Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein pauses while speaking at the federal inspector general community's 21st annual awards ceremony, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon, File)

Democrats’ soured view of Rod Rosenstein diminishes complex role he played in Mueller probe

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U.S. Senator Kamala D. Harris, D-California, pauses for a selfie with supporters while working the crowd after her speech while holding a campaign rally at Morehouse College on Sunday, March 24, 2019, in Atlanta. The Democratic candidate for president is at least the fifth presidential candidate to visit Georgia in the 2020 cycle. (Curtis Compton/Atlanta Journal-Constitution via AP)

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Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., speaks at the 2019 American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) policy conference, at the Washington Convention Center, in Washington, Monday, March 25, 2019. (AP Photo/Jose Luis Magana)

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Former CIA chief, John O. Brennan, told the House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence that he had "encountered and am aware of information and intelligence that revealed contacts and interactions between Russian officials and U.S. persons involved in the Trump campaign." Special counsel Robert Mueller apparently found no such contacts. (Associated Press/File)

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Chinese workers on a suspended platform clean window of an office building against the scenic of Central Business District in Beijing, Friday, June 8, 2018. Stocks have traded erratically since late February as investors size up the impact of trade tensions between the U.S. and major trading partners including China, Europe, Canada and Mexico. News of progress, or setbacks, on trade has led to big swings from day to day. (AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Washington Capitals center Evgeny Kuznetsov (92), of Russia, celebrates his winning goal in overtime of an NHL hockey game against the Colorado Avalanche, Thursday, Feb. 7, 2019, in Washington. (AP Photo/Nick Wass) ** FILE **

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