Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein is currently traveling abroad, as the release of the inspector general report nears, and as pressure grows for the Justice Department to approve Joe Pientka—the FBI agent who interviewed Michael Flynn—to appear before the Senate judiciary committee.
The release of the report, and details on the Flynn interview, are expected to significantly affect the investigations on Russian interference in the 2016 elections. They are also expected to give more insight into how the Obama administration used double standards in spying on the Trump team while not, for instance, holding Hillary Clinton to account.
