certainly tensions are rising at the justice department as the probe led by special counsel robert mueller is widening. that probe now looking into whether or not the president may have interfered with the justice department's investigation into ties between trump campaign associates and the russian government during the 2016 election. all of this has led to questions about whether the deputy attorney general rod rosenstein should potentially recuse himself from this investigation. you will remember, of course, that rosenstein recommended that the president fire james comey from the fbi and that firing may very well be a key focus of this widening investigation. rosenstein has said in the past he would recuse himself if necessary. that's not the only instance where we have seen rosenstein have a role here. he recommended that jeff sessions, the attorney general, recuse himself from the russia investigation and of course, rosenstein also appointed

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