CNN reported that Trump wanted the Justice Department to appoint a special lawyer to investigate his false allegations of electoral fraud. Trump also argued that the department should appoint a special lawyer to investigate Hunter Biden, son of new president Joe Biden.
The Justice Department said that no special councils were appointed last month.
Rosen’s departure paves the way for an unusual arrangement to start the Biden government.
Later on Wednesday, Monty Wilkinson, a Justice Department career attorney and former deputy chief of staff to Eric Holder, is expected to be acting attorney general until Biden’s nominee Merrick Garland is confirmed, people said. informed about it. Wilkinson is Deputy Attorney General for Human Resources and Administration.
And for a few hours until Biden signs an executive order naming Wilkinson, John Demers, assistant attorney general in the National Security Division, will serve as interim attorney general.
With Rosen gone, Demers would normally be the acting attorney general. But Biden is relying on a legal opinion from the Trump era that installed Matt Whitaker as interim attorney general after Trump sacked Jeff Sessions. Democrats questioned the legality of that nomination, but now Biden is using that precedent to appoint Wilkinson as an interim attorney general.
Demers will remain for a time under Biden at the Justice Department anyway. Under United States law, an official confirmed by the Senate must serve as attorney general at all times to deal with sensitive national security issues. Demers will be the main official to approve FISA’s requests.
Rosen is a former white-collar and corporate lawyer who kept a relatively low profile while William Barr stood out as a fierce Trump supporter, before finally exposing the lie of Trump’s electoral fraud allegations.
After Barr left, critics feared that Rosen would yield to pressure from the White House. But despite Trump’s requests personally, as well as other White House officials, Rosen declined.
Rosen also spoke about the attack on the United States Capitol and helped oversee the federal police’s response to securing possession.