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Report: Deputy Attorney General Threatened To Resign Over Comey Firing Narrative

NPR
Published May 11, 2017 at 12:06 PM EDT
In this March 7, 2017, file photo, then-Deputy Attorney General-designate Rod Rosenstein, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)
In this March 7, 2017, file photo, then-Deputy Attorney General-designate Rod Rosenstein, listens on Capitol Hill in Washington, during his confirmation hearing before the Senate Judiciary Committee. (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

The Washington Post reports that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein threatened to resign Wednesday after White House officials portrayed him as the “prime mover” behind the firing of FBI Director James Comey.

Washington Post reporter Ashley Parker (@ashleyrparker) joins Here & Now‘s Jeremy Hobson to discuss the White House’s changing narrative of the Comey firing.

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