The former Department of Justice (DOJ) official who appointed special counsel Robert Mueller to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election said he wouldn’t sign an application to spy on a former Trump campaign associate if he knew what he knows now.
Rod Rosenstein, who assumed responsibility over the investigation after then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions’s recusal in early 2017, told lawmakers in Washington on Wednesday that he has read the scathing report issued by DOJ Inspector General Michael Horowitz, which uncovered 17 significant errors or omissions in applications to spy on Carter Page, a Trump campaign associate.
