WASHINGTON ¨C U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told President Donald Trump last week that he isn¡¯t a target of any part of Special Counsel Robert Mueller¡¯s investigation or the probe into his longtime lawyer, Michael Cohen, according to several people familiar with the matter.
Rosenstein, who brought up the investigations himself, offered the assurance during a meeting with Trump at the White House last Thursday, a development that helped tamp down the president¡¯s desire to remove Rosenstein or Mueller, the people said.
After the meeting, Trump told some of his closest advisers that it¡¯s not the right time to remove either man since he¡¯s not a target of the probes. One person said Trump doesn¡¯t want to take any action that would drag out the investigation.
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