Rod Rosenstein calls James Comey a ‘partisan pundit’

By Diana Stancy Correll

Published May 14, 2019 12:49am ET

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Rod Rosenstein calls James Comey a ‘partisan pundit’ — Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein testifies before a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington on June 28, 2018, on Justice Department and FBI actions around the 2016 presidential election. | (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik)

Rod Rosenstein called his old boss, former FBI Director James Comey, a “partisan pundit” in a speech Monday evening.

The swipe comes after Comey said his former deputy, who oversaw special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, was lacking “sterling character, strong character.”

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