Top prosecutor 'won't be extorted' over Republican threat
US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Tuesday the Justice Department would not bow to threats after Republicans in Congress prepared documents to remove him. "The Department of Justice is not going to be extorted," said Rosenstein, who has direct authority over the investigation of possible links between Donald Trump's presidential campaign and Russia during the 2016 election. "Any kind of threats that anybody makes are not going to affect the way we do our job," said Rosenstein, speaking at a Freedom Forum event in Washington.