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.
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