Rod J. Rosenstein, the U.S. attorney in Baltimore and the longest-serving U.S. attorney, is the incoming Trump administration’s pick to become the next deputy attorney general — the second-highest position in the Justice Department, according to a member of the Trump transition team.
Rosenstein, 52, is the sole holdover U.S. attorney from the George W. Bush administration who is still in office. He would replace Deputy Attorney General Sally Q. Yates, the former U.S. attorney from Georgia.
As the deputy attorney general, Rosenstein, who must be confirmed by the Senate, would be responsible for the day-to-day running of the sprawling department of about 113,000 employees with its 94 districts, essentially becoming its chief operating officer. The heads of several agencies, including the FBI and the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives, would report to him. His nomination was first reported by CNN and confirmed by the member of President-elect Donald Trump’s transition team, speaking on the condition of anonymity because the matter has not been officially announced.
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