Rod Rosenstein knew Comey would be fired before writing memo: Democrats

Published May 18, 2017 7:59pm ET



Sen. Claire McCaskill, D-Mo., said Thursday that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein knew FBI Director James Comey was going to be fired before he wrote his memo that made the case for his ouster.

McCaskill made the revelation to reporters following a rare full-Senate meeting with Rosenstein.

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