Correction: Attorney General-Russia story
WASHINGTON — In a story March 3 about the federal prosecutor in line to oversee an investigation into Russian interference in the presidential election, The Associated Press reported erroneously that the U.S. Attorney’s office in Maryland under Rod Rosenstein led the 2010 leak prosecution against former National Security Agency official Thomas Drake. The case was overseen by Justice Department attorneys from Washington.
A corrected version of the story is below:
Next in line to lead Russia probe: Rosenstein has respect
Some Democrats worry the appointment of a Jeff Sessions subordinate to oversee any federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election won’t be a clean enough break from the embattled attorney general