Former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation was no “witch hunt,” but he is reserving judgment on the origins of the Russia matter.

Whether the FBI had a legitimate basis in the summer of 2016 to open its inquiry into alleged ties between former President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia will be determined by special counsel John Durham, the former federal prosecutor said in a new interview.

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