AG Barr jokes about the congressional contempt vote against him at farewell ceremony for Deputy AG Rosenstein.
Barr was deputy attorney general when Rosenstein first arrived at the Justice Department in 1990.
"In those days, the deputy job was a lot different. But I'll tell you now, the attorney general job is a lot different also. This must be a record, of an attorney general being proposed for contempt within 100 days of taking office," Barr said with a smile. Reviewing Rosenstein's record, Barr said,"As a law student at Harvard, Rod interned in the US Attorney's office in the district of Massachusetts, and the acting US Attorney in that office at the time was none other than Bob Mueller. Bob went on to be assistant attorney general for the Criminal Division where Rod was first assigned as an honors program lawyer. Little did we know that we'd be getting the old band back together again.
It was Rosenstein who called for a special counsel and appointed Robert Mueller to lead the investigation, after Sessions recused himself from the Russian meddling investigation because of his role in the Trump campaign. "He stayed the course during some of the most difficult times in the history of the department," Sessions said.Pete Williams is an NBC News correspondent who covers the Justice Department and the Supreme Court, based in Washington.
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