Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein will brief the Senate on Thursday about the decision to fire FBI Director James Comey, according to Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky.
“Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has accepted the Majority Leader’s invitation to lead an all-senators briefing regarding the removal of former FBI Director James Comey,” McConnell said in a statement Monday. “The briefing will take place on Thursday, May 18th at 2:30 P.M.”
Rosenstein was invited by McConnell after Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer asked McConnell to arrange for the briefing. Schumer, D-N.Y., wants McConnell to invite Attorney General Jeff Sessions to brief senators separately about the Comey firing.
Schumer and other Democrats have accused Trump of firing Comey because of the FBI’s investigation into alleged connections between Trump’s campaign and Russian operatives.
