Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein submitted his resignation to President Donald Trump on Monday. The resignation will take effect on May 11.
"I am grateful to you for the opportunity to serve; for the courtesy and humor you often display in our personal conversations; and for the goals, you set in your inaugural address: patriotism, unity, safety, education, and prosperity," Rosenstein writes.
"Political considerations may influence policy choices, but neutral principals must drive decisions about individual cases. We enforce the law without fear or favor because credible evidence is not partisan, and the truth is not determined by opinion polls. We ignore fleeting distractions and focus our attention on the things that matter because a republic that endures is not governed by the news cycle," Rosenstein adds.
"Our nation is safer, our elections are more secure and our citizens are better informed about covert foreign efforts and schemes to commit fraud, steal intellectual property, and launch cyber attacks,” Rosenstein said. “We also pursued illegal leaks, investigated credible allegations of employee misconduct and accommodated congressional oversight without compromising law enforcement interests,” Rosenstein continued.
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