Rod Rosenstein
| Rod Rosenstein | |
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| 37th United States Deputy Attorney General | |
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Assumed office April 26, 2017 |
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| President | Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Sally Yates |
| United States Attorney for the District of Maryland | |
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In office July 12, 2005 – April 26, 2017 |
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| President |
George W. Bush Barack Obama Donald Trump |
| Preceded by | Thomas M. DiBiagio |
| Succeeded by | Stephen Schenning (Acting) |
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Rod Jay Rosenstein January 13, 1965 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. |
| Political party | Republican |
| Education |
University of Pennsylvania (BS) Harvard University (JD) |
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Rod Jay Rosenstein (IPA: /ˈroʊzənˌstaɪn/; born January 13, 1965) is the Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice.
Prior to his current appointment, he served as a United States Attorney for the District of Maryland. Rosenstein was a former nominee to the United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit. At the time of his confirmation as Deputy Attorney general in April 2017, he was the nation's longest-serving U.S. attorney.
President Donald Trump nominated Rosenstein to serve as Deputy Attorney General for the United States Department of Justice on January 13, 2017. Rosenstein was confirmed by the U.S. Senate on April 25, 2017. In May 2017, he authored a memo which President Trump said was the basis of his decision to dismiss FBI Director James Comey.
Rod Jay Rosenstein was born on January 13, 1965, in Philadelphia, to Robert, who ran a small business, and Gerri Rosenstein, a bookkeeper and school board president. He grew up in Lower Moreland Township, Pennsylvania. He has one sister, Dr. Nancy Messonnier, who is the director of the National Center for Immunization and Respiratory Diseases at the CDC in Atlanta.
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