Trump to Meet Rosenstein Amid Reports He Offered to Resign
By The Daily Caller. President Donald Trump will meet Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Thursday to discuss reports that he floated the idea of secretly recording him and invoking the 25th Amendment, White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders announced Monday.
Rosenstein’s position became precarious Friday after alleged comments of his from May 2017 surfaced in The New York Times. Rosenstein allegedly floated the idea of wearing a wire into the Oval Office and attempting to wrangle a cabal of cabinet officials to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove Trump from office.
“At the request of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, he and President Trump had an extended conversation to discuss the recent news stories,” Sanders said. “Because the President is at the United Nations General Assembly and has a full schedule with leaders from around the world, they will meet on Thursday when the President returns to Washington, D.C.”
Sanders’ statement comes amid a flurry of reports that Rosenstein offered to resign his position and expected to be fired. A senior administration official told The Daily Caller that Rosenstein had expressed his willingness to resign. The official did not know if the resignation was accepted by the White House. (Read more from “Trump to Meet Rosenstein Amid Reports He Offered to Resign” HERE)
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Rod Rosenstein the Subject of Renewed Impeachment Chatter on Capitol Hill
By Washington Examiner. There’s talk of an impeachment vote should Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein refuse to testify this week.
Addressing the fallout in recent days related to the No. 2 official at the Justice Department, Rep. Matt Gaetz, R-Fla., said he and a colleague are ready to make a move in the name of oversight.
“Any member of Congress can call up Rosenstein’s impeachment and it must be voted on in two days,” Gaetz said Monday evening on Fox News. “If we don’t have Rosenstein in the witness chair, [Rep.] Mark Meadows and I are prepared to do just that and keep Congress in town to do the oversight work.” He referred to the use of a privileged motion, which under House rules would require a vote two days after it being filed.
So far the push to get Rosenstein to testify appears to be only talk. Rep. Jim Jordan, a key ally of President Trump, tweeted earlier in the day that Rosenstein needs to testify before the House Judiciary Committee about reports that emerged last week.
News concerning Rosenstein shook the political landscape Monday when initial reports indicated that Rosenstein had verbally offered his resignation as he expected to be fired. But after visiting the White House, Rosenstein returned to the Justice Department in the early afternoon, still with his job, and a statement from the White House saying he and President Trump will meet Thursday. (Read more from “Rod Rosenstein the Subject of Renewed Impeachment Chatter on Capitol Hill” HERE)
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