White House unaware of deputy lawyer's 'threat to quit over Comey'

 

The White House says it is unaware whether the deputy attorney general threatened to quit after he was blamed for the FBI chief's sacking.
Rod Rosenstein reportedly was on the verge of resigning after the White House cast him as the prime catalyst to fire James Comey, US media reported.
He detailed Mr Comey's "serious mistakes" in a memo to President Donald Trump, just prior to the firing.
The sacking of Mr Comey has ignited a firestorm of criticism.
Democrats have called for a special prosecutor to take over the probe of alleged links between the Trump election team and Moscow, which Mr Comey was heading.
Mr Rosenstein reportedly made his threat unless the White House conveyed that the decision began with the president, according to US media.
"I'm not aware of his threatening to resign," White House Deputy Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said on ABC's programme Good Morning America on Thursday.
She maintained that Mr Trump "very much had been thinking about letting Mr Comey go since 9 November".
Lawmakers in Washington are reeling after the White House abruptly removed Mr Comey on Tuesday for his handling of the inquiry over Hillary Clinton's emails.
Critics accuse the Republican president of firing the nation's top law enforcement official because he was leading the Russia inquiry.