Rod Rosenstein

Rosenstein was born in 1965 to an Ashkenazi Jewish family in Philadelphia.{{cite web |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Rosenstein%20SJQ%20(Public).pdf|title=Questionnaire for non-judicial nominees |publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|first=Rod|last=Rosenstein|access-date=May 9, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513173952/https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/Rosenstein%20SJQ%20(Public).pdf|archive-date=May 13, 2017}} His father, Robert, ran a small business, whilst his mother, Gerri Rosenstein, was a bookkeeper and local school board president. Rod grew up in Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania.{{cite news |last1=Whelan|first1=Aubrey|title=The Montco-reared deputy AG who recommended firing Comey |url=http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/The-Montco-raised-deputy-AG-who-recommended-Comeys-firing.html |access-date=May 12, 2017|work=The Philadelphia Inquirer|date=May 10, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510210504/http://www.philly.com/philly/news/politics/presidential/The-Montco-raised-deputy-AG-who-recommended-Comeys-firing.html|archive-date=May 10, 2017}} Rosenstein graduated from Lower Moreland High School.{{Cite web|url=https://www.thoughtco.com/rod-rosenstein-biography-4175896|title=Biography of Rod Rosenstein|first=Tom|last=Murse|website=ThoughtCo|date=July 9, 2019}} His sister, Nancy Messonnier, is a physician who was the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention from 2016 to 2021.{{cite web|title=Written Statement of Rod J. Rosenstein Nominee to Serve as Deputy Attorney General |url=https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/03-07-17%20Rosenstein%20Testimony.pdf|publisher=United States Senate Committee on the Judiciary|access-date=May 12, 2017|date=March 7, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170513154930/https://www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/03-07-17%20Rosenstein%20Testimony.pdf|archive-date=May 13, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Nancy Messonnier, Director, NCIRD |url=https://www.cdc.gov/about/leadership/new-leaders/ncird.html|publisher=CDC |access-date=May 12, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505063538/https://www.cdc.gov/about/leadership/new-leaders/ncird.html|archive-date=May 5, 2017}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/05/07/cdc-official-resigns/?carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F323a012%2F609569c29d2fdae302463acd%2F5de1dfc5ade4e25a93873aa0%2F27%2F70%2F609569c29d2fdae302463acd|title=Senior CDC official who met Trump's wrath for raising alarm about coronavirus to resign|last1=Stanley-Becker|first1=Isaac|last2=Sun|first2=Lena H.|date=May 7, 2021|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=17 June 2023|archive-date=July 10, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220710200217/https://www.washingtonpost.com/health/2021/05/07/cdc-official-resigns/?carta-url=https%3A%2F%2Fs2.washingtonpost.com%2Fcar-ln-tr%2F323a012%2F609569c29d2fdae302463acd%2F5de1dfc5ade4e25a93873aa0%2F27%2F70%2F609569c29d2fdae302463acd|url-status=live}}

Rosenstein attended the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, graduating in 1986 with a Bachelor of Science, summa cum laude, in economics and Phi Beta Kappa membership.{{cite news |title=Profile of Rod Rosenstein, U.S. attorney for Maryland|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/profile-of-rod-rosenstein-us-attorney-for-maryland/2011/09/29/gIQAfOTWYL_story.html|access-date=February 13, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=October 9, 2011|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303202238/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/profile-of-rod-rosenstein-us-attorney-for-maryland/2011/09/29/gIQAfOTWYL_story.html|archive-date=March 3, 2017}} He then attended Harvard Law School, where he was an editor of the Harvard Law Review and graduated in 1989 with a Juris Doctor, cum laude.

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After law school, Rosenstein was a law clerk to Judge Douglas H. Ginsburg of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1989 to 1990.{{cite news|last1=Dolan|first1=Matthew|title=Rosenstein takes office as top U.S. prosecutor|url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2005/08/12/rosenstein-takes-office-as-top-us-prosecutor/ |access-date=February 13, 2017|newspaper=Baltimore Sun|date=August 12, 2005|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170214175756/http://articles.baltimoresun.com/2005-08-12/news/0508120097_1_rosenstein-chief-judge-ginsburg|archive-date=February 14, 2017}} He then joined the United States Department of Justice through the Attorney General's Honors Program. From 1990 to 1993, he prosecuted public corruption cases as a trial attorney with the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division, the latter of which was led by then Assistant Attorney General Robert Mueller.{{cite news|last1=Rector|first1=Kevin |title=Maryland leaders hope state's long-serving U.S. attorney will survive Trump transition |url=http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-rosenstein-future-20161120-story.html|access-date=February 13, 2017 |newspaper=Baltimore Sun|date=November 20, 2016|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170214102541/http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-rosenstein-future-20161120-story.html|archive-date=February 14, 2017}}

During the Clinton Administration, Rosenstein served as counsel to Deputy Attorney General Philip B. Heymann (1993–1994) and Special Assistant to Criminal Division Assistant Attorney General Jo Ann Harris (1994–1995). Rosenstein then worked in the United States Office of the Independent Counsel under Ken Starr on the Whitewater investigation into President Bill Clinton.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/21/us/politics/rod-rosenstein-justice-comey.html|title=Caught in White House Chaos, Justice Dept. Official Seeks Neutral Ground|last1=Davis|first1=Julie Hirschfeld|date=May 22, 2017|work=The New York Times|access-date=May 24, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170523150220/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/21/us/politics/rod-rosenstein-justice-comey.html|archive-date=May 23, 2017|url-status=live|last2=Ruiz|first2=Rebecca R.|page=A1}} As an Associate Independent Counsel from 1995 to 1997, he was co-counsel in the trial of three defendants who were convicted of fraud, and he supervised the investigation that found no basis for criminal prosecution of White House officials who had obtained FBI background reports.

United States Attorney Lynne A. Battaglia hired Rosenstein as an Assistant U.S. Attorney for the District of Maryland in 1997.

From 2001 to 2005, Rosenstein served as Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General for the Tax Division of the United States Department of Justice. He coordinated the tax enforcement activities of the Tax Division, the U.S. Attorneys' Offices and the IRS, and he supervised 90 attorneys and 30 support employees. He oversaw civil litigation and served as the acting head of the Tax Division when Assistant Attorney General Eileen J. O'Connor was unavailable, and he personally briefed and argued civil appeals in several federal appellate courts.

President George W. Bush nominated Rosenstein to serve as the United States Attorney for the District of Maryland on May 23, 2005. He took office on July 12, 2005, after the U.S. Senate unanimously confirmed his nomination.{{cite web|title=Rod J. Rosenstein, District of Maryland| website= justice.gov | publisher=United States Attorney's Office|url=https://www.justice.gov/usao/biographies/rosenstein|access-date=May 10, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20161013051540/https://www.justice.gov/usao/biographies/rosenstein|archive-date=October 13, 2016}} He was the only U.S. Attorney retained by President Barack Obama.

As United States Attorney, he oversaw federal civil and criminal litigation, assisted with federal law enforcement strategies in Maryland, and presented cases in the U.S. District Court and in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. In 2012, Attorney General Eric Holder directed Rosenstein to investigate leaks regarding the U.S.'s Stuxnet operation, which sabotaged Iran's nuclear program; as a result of the investigation, former U.S. Marine Corps General James Cartwright pleaded guilty to making false statements to the FBI and acknowledged leaking information about the operation to New York Times journalist David E. Sanger.{{cite web| first= Josh | last= Gerstein| url= https://www.politico.com/blogs/under-the-radar/2018/01/12/stuxnet-leak-probe-court-unseals-details-337912| title= Court unseals details on Stuxnet leak probe| website= Politico.com | date= January 12, 2018}} During his tenure as U.S. Attorney, Rosenstein successfully prosecuted leaks of classified information, corruption, murders and burglaries, and was "particularly effective taking on corruption within police departments."Sales, Ben. (11 May 2017). {{cite web|url= http://www.timesofisrael.com/5-things-to-know-about-rod-rosenstein-who-helped-get-comey-fired|title=5 things to know about Rod Rosenstein, who helped get Comey fired|website=The Times of Israel| accessdate= 12 March 2020}}

Rosenstein secured several convictions against prison guards in Baltimore for conspiring with the Black Guerrilla Family. He indicted Baltimore police officers Wayne Jenkins, Momodu Gondo, Evodio Hendrix, Daniel Hersl, Jemell Rayam, Marcus Taylor, and Maurice Ward for racketeering.{{cite web |url= http://www.fox10tv.com/story/34642939/7-baltimore-officers-accused-of-abusing-power-robbing-citizens|title=7 Baltimore officers accused of abusing power, robbing citizens|first=Spencer|last=Ernst|url-status=live| website= fox10tv.com |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170729011916/http://www.fox10tv.com/story/34642939/7-baltimore-officers-accused-of-abusing-power-robbing-citizens|archive-date=July 29, 2017}} Rosenstein, with the aid of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms and the Drug Enforcement Administration, secured convictions in large scale narcotics cases in the District of Maryland, including the arrest and conviction of Terrell Plummer,{{cite web |url= https://www.atf.gov/news/pr/seven-baltimore-men-indicted-federal-drug-conspiracy-related-2014-murder-mckenzie-elliott|title=Seven Baltimore Men Indicted in Federal Drug Conspiracy Related to 2014 Murder of McKenzie Elliott | publisher= Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives|website= atf.gov| url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170514044416/https://www.atf.gov/news/pr/seven-baltimore-men-indicted-federal-drug-conspiracy-related-2014-murder-mckenzie-elliott|archive-date=May 14, 2017}} Richard Christopher Byrd,{{cite web |url=https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/richard-byrd-pleads-guilty-leading-major-baltimore-drug-distribution-organization |title= Richard 'Rob' Byrd Pleads Guilty to Leading Major Baltimore Drug Distribution Organization|website= justice.gov|date=November 2, 2016 |url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170729012542/https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/richard-byrd-pleads-guilty-leading-major-baltimore-drug-distribution-organization|archive-date=July 29, 2017}}{{cite web| url= http://articles.herald-mail.com/2006-11-07/news/25068008_1_marijuana-indictment-drug-trafficking-charges|title=Feds indict 11 on drug trafficking charges|url-status=dead | website= herald-mail.com| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170519022052/http://articles.herald-mail.com/2006-11-07/news/25068008_1_marijuana-indictment-drug-trafficking-charges|archive-date=May 19, 2017}} and Yasmine Geen Young.{{cite web |url= https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/baltimore-woman-sentenced-over-five-years-federal-prison-bank-fraud-and-narcotics |title=Baltimore Woman Sentenced to Over Five Years in Federal Prison for Bank Fraud and Narcotics Conspiracy |website= justice.gov |date=April 25, 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170613052810/https://www.justice.gov/usao-md/pr/baltimore-woman-sentenced-over-five-years-federal-prison-bank-fraud-and-narcotics|archive-date=June 13, 2017}}

The Attorney General appointed Rosenstein to serve on the Advisory Committee of U.S. Attorneys, which evaluates and recommends policies for the Department of Justice. He was vice-chair of the Violent and Organized Crime Subcommittee and a member of the Subcommittees on White Collar Crime, Sentencing Issues and Cyber/Intellectual Property Crime. He also served on the Attorney General's Anti-Gang Coordination Committee.

Attorney General Eric Holder appointed Rosenstein to prosecute General James Cartwright, a former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for leaking to reporters. Cartwright pled guilty, but he was later pardoned.

Rosenstein served as the U.S. Attorney in Maryland during a period in which homicides decreased by approximately one-third, in other words, double the decline at the national level. Additionally, the robbery and aggravated assault rates fell faster than the national average. According to Thiru Vignarajah, the former deputy attorney general of Maryland, "Collaboration between prosecutors, police, and the community combined with a dogged focus on violent repeat offenders was the anchor of Rosenstein's approach." Rosenstein regarded the heroin and opioid epidemic as a public health crisis, hired a re-entry specialist to help ex-offenders adjust to life outside of prison, and prosecuted several individual cases of corrupt police officers.{{cite web |first=Thiru|last=Vignarajah| website= Vox.com |url= https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/4/26/15433124/justice-department-sessions-rosenstein-crime-incarceration-deportation |title=A look at the past work of the Deputy AG who called for Comey's firing|date=May 9, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170509002126/https://www.vox.com/the-big-idea/2017/4/26/15433124/justice-department-sessions-rosenstein-crime-incarceration-deportation|archive-date=May 9, 2017}}

In 2007, President Bush nominated Rosenstein to a seat on the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. Rosenstein was a Maryland resident at the time. Maryland's Democratic United States Senators, Barbara Mikulski and Ben Cardin, blocked Rosenstein's nomination, claiming he did not have strong enough ties to Maryland.{{cite news|url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/14/AR2008041402643.html|title=Judges, and Justice, Delayed|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=April 15, 2008|access-date=March 15, 2017|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20170307131346/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/04/14/AR2008041402643.html|archive-date=March 7, 2017}}

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President Trump nominated Rosenstein to serve as Deputy Attorney General on February 1, 2017.{{cite web|title=PN56 — Rod J. Rosenstein — Department of Justice |date=April 25, 2017 |url=https://www.congress.gov/nomination/115th-congress/56|publisher=Congress.gov|access-date=May 7, 2018}}{{cite news|title=U.S. attorney in Baltimore is Trump's pick to be deputy attorney general |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-attorney-in-baltimore-is-trumps-pick-to-be-deputy-attorney-general/2017/01/13/e27c51a0-d9a1-11e6-b8b2-cb5164beba6b_story.html|access-date=January 31, 2017|newspaper=The Washington Post|date=January 14, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170128214553/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/us-attorney-in-baltimore-is-trumps-pick-to-be-deputy-attorney-general/2017/01/13/e27c51a0-d9a1-11e6-b8b2-cb5164beba6b_story.html |archive-date=January 28, 2017}} He was one of the 46 United States Attorneys ordered on March 10, 2017, to resign by Attorney General Jeff Sessions; Trump declined to accept his resignation.{{cite news |title=Trump Abruptly Orders 46 Obama-Era Prosecutors to Resign|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/us/politics/us-attorney-justice-department-trump.html|access-date=March 10, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=March 10, 2017|first1=Charlie|last1=Savage |first2=Maggie|last2=Haberman|issn=0362-4331|oclc=1645522|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170311100817/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/us/politics/us-attorney-justice-department-trump.html|archive-date=March 11, 2017}} Rosenstein was confirmed by the Senate on April 25, 2017, by a vote of 94–6.{{cite web|url=http://www.wbaltv.com/article/rod-rosenstein-confirmed-as-deputy-attorney-general/9246350|title=Rod Rosenstein confirmed as deputy attorney general|first=Ron|last=Snyder|date=April 26, 2017|publisher=wbaltv.com|access-date=May 18, 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518221334/http://www.wbaltv.com/article/rod-rosenstein-confirmed-as-deputy-attorney-general/9246350|archive-date=May 18, 2017}}{{cite web |url=https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00114|title=Roll Call Vote PN56|date=April 25, 2017|website=United States Senate|access-date=May 18, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170515171617/https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_lists/roll_call_vote_cfm.cfm?congress=115&session=1&vote=00114|archive-date=May 15, 2017}}

{{see also|Dismissal of James Comey}}

On May 8, 2017, President Trump directed Sessions and Rosenstein to make a case against FBI Director James Comey in writing. The next day, Rosenstein handed a memo to Sessions providing the basis for Sessions's recommendation to President Trump that Comey be dismissed.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39866767|work=BBC News |title=Rod Rosenstein's letter recommending Comey is fired |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510022336/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39866767|archive-date=May 10, 2017 |access-date=May 9, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/comey-fbi-memo-rod-rosenstein.html|newspaper=The New York Times|title=Deputy Attorney General's Memo Spells Out Case Against Comey|first=Charlie |last=Savage|quote=When President Trump fired James B. Comey as F.B.I. director on Tuesday, the White House made public a memorandum from Rod J. Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general, recommending the dismissal.|date=May 9, 2017|access-date=May 18, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518101124/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/09/us/politics/comey-fbi-memo-rod-rosenstein.html|archive-date=May 18, 2017}} In his memo Rosenstein asserted that the FBI must have "a Director who understands the gravity of the mistakes and pledges never to repeat them". He ends with an argument against keeping Comey as FBI director, on the grounds that he was given an opportunity to "admit his errors" but that there is no hope that he will "implement the necessary corrective actions."[https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39866767 Rod Rosenstein's letter recommending Comey be fired] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170510022336/http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-39866767|date=May 10, 2017}}, bbc.com, May 10, 2017.

Some critics argued that Rosenstein, in enabling the dismissal of Comey amid an investigation into Russian election interference, damaged his own reputation.{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/opinion/rod-rosenstein-comey-firing.html|title=Rod Rosenstein Fails His Ethics Test |first=David|last=Leonhardt|date=May 10, 2017|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=May 18, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518071734/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/10/opinion/rod-rosenstein-comey-firing.html |archive-date=May 18, 2017}}{{cite news|url=http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-mcmanus-comey-rosenstein-fbi-trump-20170510-story.html|title=All eyes in Washington are on Rod Rosenstein. Does he have what it takes to investigate Trump?|newspaper=LA Times|access-date=May 11, 2017 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511004859/http://www.latimes.com/opinion/opinion-la/la-ol-mcmanus-comey-rosenstein-fbi-trump-20170510-story.html|archive-date=May 11, 2017}}{{cite web|last=Lichtblau|first=Eric |url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/politics/rod-rosenstein-unlikely-hatchet-man|title=Rod Rosenstein: Trump's unlikely hatchet man |publisher=Cnn.com|date=September 1, 2015|access-date=May 11, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170516071827/http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/10/politics/rod-rosenstein-unlikely-hatchet-man/ |archive-date=May 16, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/05/10/rosenstein-prosecutors-prosecutor-center-comey-firestorm/101525482|title=Rod Rosenstein: Veteran prosecutor in firestorm over firing of FBI's Comey |publisher=Usatoday.com|access-date=May 11, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170603002949/https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/2017/05/10/rosenstein-prosecutors-prosecutor-center-comey-firestorm/101525482|archive-date=June 3, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/et-tu-rod-why-deputy-attorney-general-must-resign|title=Et Tu Rod? Why The Deputy Attorney General Must Resign|date=May 12, 2017 |access-date=May 17, 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230903164004/https://www.lawfaremedia.org/article/et-tu-rod-why-deputy-attorney-general-must-resign|archive-date=September 3, 2023}}

After administration officials cited Rosenstein's memo as the main reason for Comey's dismissal, an anonymous source in the White House said that Rosenstein threatened to resign.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-trumps-anger-and-impatience-prompted-him-to-fire-the-fbi-director/2017/05/10/d9642334-359c-11e7-b373-418f6849a004_story.html|title=Inside Trump's anger and impatience — and his sudden decision to fire Comey|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=May 11, 2017|url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511004734/https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/how-trumps-anger-and-impatience-prompted-him-to-fire-the-fbi-director/2017/05/10/d9642334-359c-11e7-b373-418f6849a004_story.html|archive-date=May 11, 2017}} Rosenstein denied the claim and said he was "not quitting," when asked directly by a reporter from Sinclair Broadcast Group.{{cite web|url=http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/rod-rosenstein-meeting-senate-intelligence-committee/index.html|title=Deputy AG Rosenstein says he's 'not quitting'|first1=Laura|last1=Jarrett|first2=Tom|last2=LoBianco|first3=Jeremy|last3=Herb|website=CNN|date=May 11, 2017 |access-date=May 18, 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517204659/http://www.cnn.com/2017/05/11/politics/rod-rosenstein-meeting-senate-intelligence-committee/index.html|archive-date=May 17, 2017}}{{cite web|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/11/deputy-ag-rosenstein-reportedly-threatened-to-quit-over-depiction-of-his-role-in-comey-dismissal.html|title=Deputy AG Rosenstein denies he threatened to quit over Comey dismissal|last=Wang|first=Christine|date=May 11, 2017|website=CNBC|access-date=May 18, 2017 |url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518233353/http://www.cnbc.com/2017/05/11/deputy-ag-rosenstein-reportedly-threatened-to-quit-over-depiction-of-his-role-in-comey-dismissal.html|archive-date=May 18, 2017}}

On May 17, Rosenstein told the Senate he knew that Comey would be fired before he wrote his memo that the White House initially used as justification for President Trump firing Comey.washingtonpost.com: [https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/deputy-attorney-general-rod-rosenstein-will-brief-the-full-senate-in-a-closed-session/2017/05/18/41de8548-3bd4-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein knew before he wrote his controversial memo that Comey would be fired] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170518203058/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/deputy-attorney-general-rod-rosenstein-will-brief-the-full-senate-in-a-closed-session/2017/05/18/41de8548-3bd4-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html|date=May 18, 2017}}

The New York Times reported in August 2020 that concerns about a possible counterintelligence threat posed by Trump's personal and financial dealings with Russia increased after his May 9 firing of Comey, prompting the FBI to open an inquiry separate from the Crossfire Hurricane and the incipient Mueller investigation. Within days, Rosenstein curtailed that inquiry, giving the bureau the impression that Mueller would pursue it, though Rosenstein instructed Mueller not to, effectively ending the inquiry.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/08/30/us/politics/trump-russia-justice-department.html|title=Justice Dept. Never Fully Examined Trump's Ties to Russia, Ex-Officials Say|first=Michael S.|last=Schmidt|newspaper=The New York Times |date=August 30, 2020}}

On May 17, 2017, Rosenstein appointed Robert Mueller as a special counsel to conduct the investigation into "any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump" as well as any matters arising directly from that investigation.{{cite news|last1=Rebecca R. Ruiz|last2=Mark Landler|title=SPECIAL COUNSEL WILL INVESTIGATE RUSSIA INFLUENCE — Choice Is Comey's Predecessor at F.B.I., Robert Mueller|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/politics/robert-mueller-special-counsel-russia-investigation.html|access-date=May 18, 2017|work=The New York Times|date=May 17, 2017|page=A1|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517231201/https://www.nytimes.com/2017/05/17/us/politics/robert-mueller-special-counsel-russia-investigation.html|archive-date=May 17, 2017|author2-link=Mark Landler}} Rosenstein's order authorizes Mueller to bring criminal charges in the event that he discovers any federal crimes. Rosenstein said in a statement, "My decision is not a finding that crimes have been committed or that any prosecution is warranted. I have made no such determination. What I have determined is that based upon the unique circumstances the public interest requires me to place this investigation under the authority of a person who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command."{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/deputy-attorney-general-appoints-special-counsel-to-oversee-probe-of-russian-interference-in-election/2017/05/17/302c1774-3b49-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html|title=Deputy attorney general appoints special counsel to oversee probe of Russian interference in election|newspaper=Washington Post|access-date=May 18, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170517231034/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/deputy-attorney-general-appoints-special-counsel-to-oversee-probe-of-russian-interference-in-election/2017/05/17/302c1774-3b49-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html|archive-date=May 17, 2017}}

In an interview with the Associated Press, Rosenstein said he would recuse from supervision of Mueller, if he himself were to become a subject in the investigation due to his role in the dismissal of James Comey.{{cite news |work=Associated Press |title=Special Counsel Mueller's investigation seems to be growing |first1=Sadie |last1=Gurman |first2=Eric |last2=Tucker |first3=Jeff |last3=Horwitz |date=June 3, 2017}} Under that scenario, supervision would have fallen to DOJ's third-ranking official, Associate Attorney General Rachel Brand.{{citation|url=http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/16/justice-department-rachel-brand-215270|work=Politico|access-date=June 16, 2017|date=June 16, 2017|title=The Obscure Lawyer Who Might Become the Most Powerful Woman in Washington|first=Philip|last=Shenon|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170630140351/http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/06/16/justice-department-rachel-brand-215270|archive-date=June 30, 2017}} Brand resigned on February 20, 2018,{{citation|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/politics/rachel-brand-justice-department.html|work=New York Times|access-date=January 9, 2018|date=January 9, 2018|title=No. 3 Official at the Justice Department Is Stepping Down|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180209214822/https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/09/us/politics/rachel-brand-justice-department.html|archive-date=February 9, 2018}} leaving the responsibility to Jesse Panuccio.

In April 2018, Rosenstein reportedly personally approved the FBI raid on President Trump's attorney, Michael Cohen, in which the FBI seized emails, tax documents, and records, some of them related to Cohen's payment to adult-film star Stormy Daniels.{{cite news|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/382467-rosenstein-personally-signed-off-on-fbi-decision-to-raid-trump-lawyer/|title=Rosenstein signed off on FBI raid of Trump lawyer: report|last=Savransky|first=Rebecca|date=April 10, 2018|work=TheHill|access-date=April 10, 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/10/us/politics/trump-russia-mueller-rosenstein.html|title=Rod Rosenstein Personally Approved F.B.I. Raid on Trump Lawyer, Officials Say|last1=Shear|first1=Michael D.|date=April 10, 2018|work=The New York Times|access-date=April 10, 2018|last2=Apuzzo|first2=Matt|language=en-US|issn=0362-4331|last3=Goldman|first3=Adam}} After interim U.S. Attorney Geoffrey Berman had recused himself, the search was executed by others in the office of the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York and approved by a federal judge.{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/us-attorney-trump-appointee-recused-michael-cohen-investigation/story?id=54365546|title=US attorney recused from Michael Cohen investigation|date=April 10, 2018|website=ABC News|access-date=April 10, 2018}}

Eleven House GOP members filed articles of impeachment against Rosenstein on July 25, 2018, alleging he has stonewalled document requests from Congress and he mishandled the 2016 election investigation. Rosenstein has denied the allegations.{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/07/25/632489887/house-conservatives-file-impeachment-articles-against-rod-rosenstein|title=House Conservatives File Impeachment Articles Against Rod Rosenstein|last=Parks|first=Miles|date=July 25, 2018|work=NPR|access-date=July 26, 2018|language=en}}{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2018/05/01/republicans-highly-political-articles-of-impeachment-against-rod-rosenstein-annotated/?noredirect=on|title = Republicans' highly political articles of impeachment against Rod Rosenstein, annotated|date = July 25, 2018|newspaper = The Washington Post}} No such impeachment resolution was brought to the floor, with Ryan and Meadows backing down.{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/7/26/17616888/rod-rosenstein-impeachment-vote-trump-mueller|title=Conservatives back down from effort to force a vote on impeaching Rod Rosenstein|work=Vox|access-date=August 20, 2018}} Subsequently, it was revealed that Devin Nunes wanted to impeach Rosenstein, but was concerned that attempting to do so would delay the confirmation of Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.{{cite web|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/secret-recording-shows-gop-s-nunes-saying-rosenstein-impeachment-would-n899031|title=Secret recording shows GOP's Nunes saying Rosenstein impeachment would delay Supreme Court pick|website=NBC News |date=August 9, 2018 |access-date=August 20, 2018}}

On September 21, 2018, The New York Times reported that Rosenstein suggested, in the spring of 2017 shortly after the dismissal of Comey, that he could secretly tape conversations between himself and Trump. He also allegedly suggested invoking the 25th amendment to attempt to remove Trump from office.{{cite news|last=Johnson|first=Carrie|publisher=NPR|title=Rosenstein Denies That He Discussed Recording Trump, Invoking 25th Amendment|date=September 21, 2018|access-date=September 24, 2018|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/09/21/650545077/rosenstein-denies-that-he-discussed-recording-trump-invoking-25th-amendment}}{{cite news|last=Singman|first=Brooke|publisher=Fox News|title=Rosenstein reportedly discussed wearing 'wire,' invoking 25th Amendment against Trump|date=September 21, 2018|access-date=September 24, 2018|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/rosenstein-reportedly-discussed-wearing-wire-invoking-25th-amendment-against-trump}} Rosenstein strongly denied it, and other reporting suggested he had been sarcastic in his reference to taping Trump.{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/09/21/650545077/rosenstein-denies-that-he-discussed-recording-trump-invoking-25th-amendment|title=Rosenstein Denies That He Discussed Recording Trump, Invoking 25th Amendment|date=September 21, 2018|work=NPR|access-date=September 24, 2018}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/politics-news/rosenstein-joked-about-secretly-recording-trump-say-sources-n911981|title=Rosenstein joked about secretly recording Trump, Justice Department officials say|date=September 21, 2018|work=NBC News|access-date=September 24, 2018}} The report gave rise to rumors that he would be fired.{{cite news|url=https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2018/9/24/17157194/rosenstein-trump-mueller-fired-resigned-doj-fbi|title=Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's future in question|last=Ward|first=Alex|date=September 24, 2018|work=Vox|access-date=September 24, 2018}}

Former FBI deputy director Andrew McCabe stated in a February 2019 60 Minutes interview that during the days after Comey was fired, "the highest levels of American law enforcement were trying to figure out what to do with the president," including the possibility of invoking the 25th Amendment to have Trump removed from office. Rosenstein again denied such discussions occurred.{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/02/14/us/politics/mccabe-trump.html|title=McCabe Says Justice Officials Discussed Recruiting Cabinet Members to Push Trump Out of Office|first1=Adam|last1=Goldman|first2=Matthew|last2=Haag|newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 14, 2019}}

Rosenstein went to the White House on September 24, where he met with Chief of Staff John Kelly; according to some reports, he offered his resignation.{{cite news|url=https://www.axios.com/rod-rosenstein-resign-justice-department-trump-cf761f4c-fca3-4794-92d4-a56c9e32ff43.html|title=Rod Rosenstein offered to resign|last=Swan|first=Jonathan|date=September 24, 2018|work=Axios|access-date=September 24, 2018}}{{cite news|last=Gurman|first=Sadie|newspaper=Wall Street Journal|title=Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Expects to Be Fired, Clouding Mueller Investigation|date=September 24, 2018|access-date=September 24, 2018|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/deputy-attorey-general-rod-rosenstein-expects-to-be-fired-monday-1537801806}} Following the meeting, the White House issued a statement that Rosenstein retained his position as deputy attorney general and would meet with Trump on September 27.{{cite news|url=https://www.npr.org/2018/09/24/651093301/rosenstein-expecting-to-be-fired-heads-to-white-house-for-meeting-on-tense-morni|title=Rosenstein Still Deputy Attorney General, For Now|date=September 24, 2018|work=NPR|access-date=September 24, 2018}} Due to the ongoing hearings of Brett Kavanaugh, Rosenstein instead met with Trump on October 8.{{cite news|last1=Fabian|first1=Jordan|title=Trump has 'good talk' with Rosenstein|url=https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/410437-trump-has-good-talk-with-rosenstein/|access-date=October 9, 2018|newspaper=The Hill|date=October 8, 2018}}{{cite news|last1=Jackson|first1=David|first2=Kevin|last2=Johnson|first3=Bart|last3=Jansen|title=Donald Trump delays meeting with Rod Rosenstein until next week|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/politics/2018/09/27/donald-trump-delays-meeting-rosenstein/1433168002/|access-date=September 29, 2018|newspaper=USA Today|date=September 27, 2018}}{{cite magazine|last1=Tucker|first1=Eric|first2=Jack|last2=Date|title=President Trump and Rod Rosenstein Agree to Postpone Meeting Due to Kavanaugh Hearing|url=http://time.com/5408691/white-house-trump-rosenstein-meeting-postponed/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928042951/http://time.com/5408691/white-house-trump-rosenstein-meeting-postponed/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 28, 2018|access-date=September 29, 2018|magazine=Time|date=September 27, 2018}} Further, Rosenstein agreed to meet with House Republicans within the next two weeks.{{cite news|last1=Bruggeman|first1=Lucien|title=Rosenstein agrees to meet with House Republicans next week|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/rosenstein-agrees-meet-house-republicans-week/story?id=58161223|access-date=September 29, 2018|publisher=ABC News|date=September 28, 2018}}{{cite news|last1=Singman|first1=Brooke|title=House GOP, Deputy AG Rosenstein agree to meet to discuss 'wire' report|url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/house-gop-deputy-ag-rosenstein-agree-to-meet-to-discuss-wire-report|access-date=September 29, 2018|publisher=Fox News|date=September 28, 2018}}

On November 7, 2018, Trump named Matthew Whitaker as Acting Attorney General, and Whitaker took over the oversight of Mueller's investigation. Oversight of the investigation was later assumed by William Barr upon his confirmation as attorney general.{{cite web|url=https://www.vox.com/2018/11/7/17896316/matthew-whitaker-jeff-sessions-trump-mueller|title=Matthew Whitaker said the Mueller probe could become a "witch hunt." He's now in charge of it.|date=November 7, 2018 }}

On March 22, 2019, Mueller released his report to Barr. On March 24, Barr sent a four-page letter to Congressional leaders "summarizing" the Mueller report, although he later said he had not intended the letter as a summary.{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2019/03/31/when-is-summary-not-a-summary/?noredirect=on|title=When is a summary not a summary?|last=Rubin|first=Jennifer|date=March 31, 2019|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=30 April 2019}} In it, he said that Mueller had made no determination about whether Trump had committed obstruction of justice, and that Barr and Rosenstein had concluded that the evidence in the report was "not sufficient to establish that the President committed an obstruction-of-justice offense."{{cite news|url=https://www.cnbc.com/2019/03/25/ag-barrs-letter-on-mueller-report-leaves-many-unanswered-questions.html|title=Attorney General William Barr's letter to Congress on special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia report left many unanswered questions|last=Breuninger|first=Kevin|date=March 25, 2019|work=CNBC|access-date=April 30, 2019}}

In an address at the Yale Club as he was preparing to leave the Justice Department following the release of the Mueller Report, Rosenstein criticized the Obama administration, the FBI, Congress, and the press for their conduct regarding Russian interference in the 2016 United States elections. Rosenstein asserted, "The previous administration chose not to publicize the full story about Russian computer hackers and social media trolls, and how they relate to a broader strategy to undermine America."{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2018/02/20/us/politics/trump-obama-russian-meddling.html|title=Trump Tries to Shift Blame to Obama for Not Countering Russian Meddling|first=Mark|last=Landler|newspaper=The New York Times |date=February 20, 2018}} He asserted that former FBI director James Comey had stated that Trump pressured him to end the investigation into the matter. Rosenstein went on to say, "In politics — as in journalism — the rules of evidence do not apply." He quoted President Trump advocating for the rule of law. He also criticized the FBI and Congress for leaks regarding the investigation.{{cite web|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/26/us/politics/rod-rosenstein-speech.html|title=Rosenstein Assails Obama Administration, Comey and Journalists in Defending Handling of Russia Inquiry|first=Katie|last=Benner|date=April 26, 2019|newspaper=The New York Times|access-date=April 30, 2019}}

In May 2018, Rosenstein reportedly told five U.S. Attorneys in districts along the border with Mexico that, where refugees were concerned, they should not "be categorically declining immigration prosecutions of adults in family units because of the age of a child." The directive, issued under Attorney General Jeff Sessions and other Trump Justice Department officials as part of the Trump administration family separation policy, led to the separation of thousands of small children from their parents, many of whom were seeking asylum in the United States after fleeing violence in Central America.{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/06/us/politics/family-separation-border-immigration-jeff-sessions-rod-rosenstein.html|title='We Need to Take Away Children,' No Matter How Young, Justice Dept. Officials Said|first=Michael D.|last=Shear|newspaper=The New York Times |date=October 6, 2020}} Rosenstein insisted that children should be separated from their parents irrespective of the child's age, even if they were infants.Ed Pilkington, [https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/oct/21/trump-separation-policy-545-children-parents-still-not-found "Parents of 545 children still not found three years after Trump separation policy"], The Guardian, 21 October 2020

In January 2021, the Inspector General for the Department of Justice concluded an investigation into the policy.{{cite web | title=Watchdog: DOJ bungled 'zero tolerance' immigration policy | website=AP NEWS | date=2021-01-14 | url=https://apnews.com/article/aclu-doj-zero-tolerance-policy-failure-b8e6e0a189f5752697335f51d57b1628 | access-date=2021-01-15 | quote=The report from the inspector general for the Justice Department found that leadership failed to prepare to implement the policy or manage the fallout, which resulted in more than 3,000 family separations during "zero tolerance" and caused lasting emotional damage to children who were taken from their parents at the border. ... According to the report, department leaders underestimated how difficult it would be to carry out the policy in the field and did not inform local prosecutors and others that children would be separated. They also failed to understand that children would be separated longer than a few hours, and when that was discovered, they pressed on.}} The findings led Rosenstein to admit that family separations "should never have been implemented".{{cite web | last1=Holpuch | first1=Amanda | last2=Kirchgaessner | first2=Stephanie | title=Trump official admits family separation policy 'should never have been implemented' | website=the Guardian | date=2021-01-14 | url=http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2021/jan/14/trump-official-family-separation-policy-rod-rosenstein | access-date=2021-01-15 | quote=Rod Rosenstein publicly denounces 'zero-tolerance' policy for first time, following report showing US didn’t effectively coordinate care for children}}

Rosenstein was expected to step down from his position in mid-March 2019.{{cite news |last=Lynch |first=Sarah |work=Reuters |title=Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein to step down in March: official |date=February 18, 2019 |access-date=February 18, 2019 |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-rosenstein/deputy-attorney-general-rosenstein-to-step-down-in-march-official-idUSKCN1Q805B}}{{cite news |last=Darrah |first=Nicole |publisher=Fox News |title=Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein expected to step down by mid-March, official says

|date=February 18, 2019 |access-date=February 18, 2019 |url=https://www.foxnews.com/politics/deputy-ag-rod-rosenstein-expected-to-step-down-by-mid-march-official-says}} On February 19, 2019, President Trump announced his intention to nominate Jeffrey A. Rosen for the position of Deputy Attorney General.{{cite news |last=Rucker |first=Philip |newspaper=The Washington Post |title='Enjoy your life': Trump puts new attorney general in an awkward position from the start |date=February 19, 2019 |access-date=February 19, 2019 |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/enjoy-your-life-trump-puts-new-attorney-general-in-an-awkward-position-from-the-start/2019/02/19/aa9bc492-3466-11e9-af5b-b51b7ff322e9_story.html}} Rosenstein subsequently resigned effective May 11, 2019.

Rosenstein joined King & Spalding in January 2020, a white-shoe international law firm. He works primarily in assisting clients with federal investigations.{{Cite web|url=https://www.kslaw.com/people/rod-rosenstein|title=Rod J. Rosenstein | publisher= King & Spalding |website=kslaw.com}}

Rosenstein has served as an adjunct professor, teaching classes on federal criminal prosecution at the University of Maryland School of Law and trial advocacy at the University of Baltimore School of Law.

Rosenstein is married to Lisa Barsoomian, an Armenian American lawyer who worked for the National Institutes of Health until 2011. They have two daughters.{{cite magazine|last1=Clarke|first1=Sara|title=10 Things You Didn't Know About Rod Rosenstein|url=https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-03-08/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-rod-rosenstein|access-date=April 25, 2017|magazine=U.S. News & World Report|date=March 8, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170426072541/https://www.usnews.com/news/national-news/articles/2017-03-08/10-things-you-didnt-know-about-rod-rosenstein|archive-date=April 26, 2017}}Ruben Castaneda. [https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/profile-of-rod-rosenstein-us-attorney-for-maryland/2011/09/29/gIQAfOTWYL_story.html Profile of Rod Rosenstein] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170303202238/https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/profile-of-rod-rosenstein-us-attorney-for-maryland/2011/09/29/gIQAfOTWYL_story.html|date=March 3, 2017}}, Washington Post, October 9, 2011. As a government attorney, Barsoomian represented the United States in various matters, including Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) cases, and the FBI's "Carnivore" surveillance system, which monitors and captures e-mail.{{cite news|url=https://heavy.com/news/2018/05/lisa-barsoomian-rod-rosenstein-wife-spouse/|title=Lisa Barsoomian, Rod Rosenstein's Wife: 5 Fast Facts You Need to Know|last=McBride|first=Jessica|date=May 2, 2018|work=Heavy.com|access-date=July 26, 2018|language=en-US}}{{cite web|url=https://abcnews.go.com/Technology/story?id=119597&page=1|title=FBI Given Deadline on 'Carnivore' Issues|last=Asseo|first=Laurie|date=January 7, 2006|website=ABC News|language=en|access-date=July 26, 2018}} Rosenstein resides in Bethesda, Maryland.{{cite web|title=Rod Rosenstein: 5 things to know about the man who helped get Comey fired | publisher= Jewish Telegraphic Agency |url=https://www.jta.org/2017/05/10/news-opinion/united-states/rod-rosenstein-5-things-to-know-about-the-man-who-helped-get-comey-fired|access-date=August 20, 2018|website= jta.org|date=May 10, 2017 }}

Rosenstein is a registered Republican.{{cite web|url= https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/justice-department/who-rod-rosenstein-trump-pick-deputy-attorney-general-would-oversee-n730126|title=Who is Rod Rosenstein? He's the man who swung the ax on James Comey|website=NBC News |date=May 10, 2017 |access-date=August 20, 2018}}{{cite web|url= https://www.npr.org/2018/02/01/582513447/deputy-ag-rod-rosenstein-under-pressure-as-republicans-prepare-to-release-memo|title=Deputy AG Rod Rosenstein Under Pressure As Republicans Prepare To Release Memo|website=NPR.org |access-date=August 20, 2018}}

He was a member of Washington D.C.'s Temple Sinai, a Reform Jewish congregation, from 2008 to 2014.{{cite news|last1=Sales|first1=Ben|title=5 things to know about Rod Rosenstein, who helped get Comey fired|url=http://www.timesofisrael.com/5-things-to-know-about-rod-rosenstein-who-helped-get-comey-fired/|date=May 11, 2017|access-date=May 11, 2017|work=Times of Israel|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170511200338/http://www.timesofisrael.com/5-things-to-know-about-rod-rosenstein-who-helped-get-comey-fired/|archive-date=May 11, 2017}} According to a questionnaire that Rosenstein completed ahead of a hearing with the Senate Judiciary Committee, he was a member of a Jewish Community Center's sports league from 1993 to 2012. Rosenstein served on the board of directors of the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum from 2001 to 2011.

Rosenstein was the subject of a song by Ben Folds called "Mr Peepers", a reference to the supposed nickname given to him by President Trump.{{Cite magazine|last=Reed|first=Ryan|date=2018-09-10|title=Hear Ben Folds Satirize Trump, Denounce Bullying on New Song 'Mister Peepers'|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/music/music-news/ben-folds-trump-mister-peepers-722033/|access-date=2022-01-21|magazine=Rolling Stone|language=en-US}}

Rosenstein was portrayed by actor Scoot McNairy in the Showtime TV miniseries The Comey Rule.

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