Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein on Tuesday was seen leaving the White House, four days after announcing indictments against 12 Russian operatives for election meddling, but news reports say it was a weekly session with administration officials.
Hans Nichols, NBC News Pentagon corresponded, tweeted that Rosenstein was "seen leaving the WH at 11:28 a.m."
He added that it remained "unclear if he met with President [Donald] Trump, who is still in the residence and hasn’t shown up in the West Wing this morning."
Trump arrived early Tuesday from Monday's summit with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Helsinki.
But NPR justice reporter Carrie Johnson disclosed that "I'm told" the meeting was Rosenstein's weekly session as the White House:
On Friday, Rosenstein announced that the Kremlin intelligence officers were charged with hacking into the accounts of the Democratic National Committee, Hillary Clinton's campaign and other party operatives during the presidential election.
They then released the stolen information through fake accounts — DC Links, Guccifer 2.0, among them — in the weeks before voters went to the polls that November.
The 29-page indictment, stemming from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, did not allege that Trump campaign associates were involved or that any Americans were knowingly in contact with Russian intelligence officers.
Rosenstein, who announced the charges before Trump's meeting with Putin, is the focus of a renewed impeachment push by House conservatives, led by Freedom Caucus Chairman Mark Meadows of North Carolina.
Conservatives have long accused Rosenstein of slowing their investigation into FBI agents they say are biased against the president.
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