Rosenstein is next US deputy AG

New York: After a 94-6 Senate vote, Rod Rosenstein was confirmed to be the next deputy attorney general. Rosenstein’s nomination has been closely tied to the House and Senate Russia investigations, reports CNN. As the second-in-command under Attorney General Jeff Sessions, Rosenstein’s confirmation hearing was mostly centered on Sessions’ own undisclosed discussions with the Russian ambassador to the US, Sergey Kislyak, and eventual recusal from justice department investigations regarding Russia. Following which Senate Democrats pressed Rosenstein to recuse himself