President Trump will name Jeffrey Rosen as the next deputy attorney general, an official said Tuesday.

Rosen, who is currently the deputy secretary of the US Department of Transportation, will succeed Rod Rosenstein in the position.

Rosenstein is expected to vacate the position by mid March, according to several reports on Monday.

Rosen came to his current post at the Transportation Department from the private sector, but previously served as general counsel and senior policy adviser for the White House Office of Management and Budget and as general counsel at the US Department of Transportation.

The shakeup at the Justice Department comes as newly appointed Attorney General William Barr takes the reins at the department.

Rosen was hand-picked by Barr to serve as the No. 2 at the department, Fox News reported on Monday.

With Wires