WASHINGTON — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was heading to the White House on Monday expecting to be fired by President Donald Trump following reports that he had made critical comments of Trump, a person familiar with the situation told The Associated Press. Trump himself was in New York for a meeting of the U.N. General Assembly. Solicitor General Noel Francisco, the highest-ranking Senate confirmed official below Rosenstein in the Justice Department, would take control of the Mueller investigation. But the latest move comes after a New York Times report of Rosenstein comments in 2017. Rosenstein appointed Mueller as special counsel in May of last year and has strongly defended his work and independence.

Source: National Post September 24, 2018 14:42 UTC