Rod Rosenstein will be interviewed by Martha MacCallum tonight, and in a sneak peak Rosenstein basically says that Comey violated FBI policy by leaking his memos to the press:
Here’s the clip:
Here’s more:
WASHINGTON EXAMINER – Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein suggested Wednesday that former FBI Director James Comey broke agency protocol by leaking memos to the press about his meetings with President Trump.
“As a general proposition, you have to understand the Department of Justice. We take confidentiality seriously, so when we have memoranda about our ongoing matters, we have an obligation to keep that confidential,” Rosenstein said on Fox News after being asked if it would ever be proper for an FBI director to take notes on a meeting with the president and then leak them to the press.
Rosenstein stressed he wouldn’t answer direct questions about Comey. But when asked if he would approve of Comey’s leak, he reiterated the duty of officials to keep things confidential. “I think it is quite clear,” he said. “It’s what we were taught, all of us prosecutors and agents.”
I think that makes sense. But while breaking policy is a big deal, it’s not like breaking the law. He may have done that too, but I assume Mueller would be looking into that.
But breaking the policy like he did does tell us something about his motives. Also so did he when he said he did it to force a special prosecutor.