Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told peers that he was angry over how President Trump used him to justify firing former FBI Director James Comey last year, The New York Times reported Friday.

Rosenstein has repeatedly confided to colleagues that the scandal damaged his reputation, according to four people familiar with the issue.

Publicly, the top Justice Department official has repeatedly defended the letter he penned condemning Comey’s job performance. But, internally, Rosenstein appeared conflicted on the matter, the Times reported.

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