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Senate Republicans Launch Investigation Into Origins of Russia Probe

Katherine Gypson

   Former U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein defended his
   decision to open a special counsel investigation into Russian
   interference in the 2016 election, telling a Senate panel Wednesday
   that while there was "reasonable suspicion" for the probe, he should
   not have signed an application for a surveillance warrant against a
   Trump campaign adviser.

   The Senate Judiciary Committee called Rosenstein in to testify about
   the origins of the FBI investigation into Russian interference in the
   2016 election, the first step in a broader effort by the
   Republican-majority U.S. Senate to investigate alleged abuses on the
   part of Obama administration officials, as well as presumptive 2020
   Democratic nominee, former Vice President Joe Biden.

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