US President Donald Trump wants to make the Deputy Minister of transport, Jeffrey Rosen, the successor of the Vice-Minister for justice, Rod Rosenstein. Trump-nominated the lawyer and former attorney on Tuesday for the Post, his spokeswoman said. Thus, the White house confirmed indirectly media reports that Rosenstein is the resignation.

the media had previously reported, Trump has long been disgraced Vice-Minister of justice, Rosenstein will give up his Post in mid-March. Rosenstein had used in may of 2017, the former Director of the Federal Bureau of investigation, Robert Mueller, as a special investigator in the Russia affair. Mueller has since been the President with his investigation of the alleged Russian interference in the election campaign of 2016, and possible illegal collusion between the Trump Team and Moscow, difficult.

The U.S. President denounces the investigation, the Rosenstein, the top had supervision, regularly as a “witch-hunt”. Also, Rosenstein has been attacked by Trump again and again in the short message service Twitter publicly.

Rosenstein was last on the grounds of alleged previous Considerations to a dismissal Trumps under pressure. The former FBI interim chief Executive Andrew McCabe had said on Sunday, in an Interview, Rosenstein after the dismissal of FBI Director James Comey in may 2017 to him about the possibility of a displacement of Trumps on the basis of the 25. The additional article of the US Constitution thought.

have proposed Rosenstein also, meetings with the President, secretly record, said McCabe. Rosenstein dismissed this as a “joke”.

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rose stone, the designated successor to roses is a qualified lawyer and worked for an international law firm, as well as in the government of former President George W. Bush. Rosen’s appointment must still be confirmed by the Senate. (AFP)