Former Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen (Jeff Rosen) replaces Barr as acting attorney general.
Former Attorney General William Barr officially left his post on December 23, and former Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen replaced Barr as acting attorney general.
Rosen’s inauguration comes at a time when the White House and Justice Department are experiencing escalating tensions over the handling of certain incidents, such as a possible investigation into election fraud, the ongoing investigation into Biden’s son’s business dealings, and the special counsel investigation into the Obama administration’s surveillance of the Trump team during the 2016 election.
Barr announced his resignation Dec. 14, in which he praised Trump for accomplishing what he set out to do despite intense partisan interference within the administration.
In his resignation letter, Barr said President Trump’s 2016 victory speech, in which he expressed his willingness to work with his opponents and called for working together for the benefit of the American people, was immediately met with partisan attacks and slanderous rumors, the most serious of which were the wild and unfounded “Russiagate” allegations or impeachment cases that damaged the Trump administration.
Acting Attorney General Rosen, who replaced Barr, has been deputy attorney general since May 2019. Richard Donoghue, a lawyer in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of New York, succeeded Rosen as deputy attorney general as of Dec. 23.
Rosen was an attorney in private practice for 20 years, served as general counsel at the Department of Justice from 2003 to 2006, transferred to the Office of Administration, Management and Budget as general counsel and policy adviser in 2007, and returned to the bar in 2009. Secretary.
On the day Barr left, Trump tweeted that a special counsel should be appointed to investigate (foreign government) interference in the U.S. election and voter fraud.
Trump said, “Seeing the massive voter fraud in the 2020 presidential election, I disagree with the notion that a tough, fast-acting and impartial special counsel is not needed. It needs to be immediate (with such a special counsel). This is the most corrupt election in U.S. history and it must be investigated in detail!”
In early December, Barr said he “found no fraud that would have changed the outcome of the election,” which Trump dismissed as “disappointing, frankly, that Barr and the Justice Department didn’t do their best to investigate.”
President Trump has not conceded defeat and is currently pursuing legal action in several swing states to challenge the election results in those states.
Just before Barr submitted his resignation letter, President Trump criticized Barr for hiding the investigation into Hunter Biden from the public during the presidential campaign. “Barr has a responsibility to set the record straight (about the investigation against Hunter),” Trump told Fox News on Dec. 13.
“Joe Biden lied on the presidential debate floor,” Trump said, adding that he said ‘nothing happened, nothing happened.’ Barr should take action. Regardless, Robert Mueller came out when there was fake news (on Russiagate) and said it was false, ultimately proving there was no ‘collusion’.”
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