9/21/2018

CABINET/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump vowed Friday [9-21-18] night to eradicate a ‘lingering stench’ at the Justice Department, hours after it was reported that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed wearing a ‘wire’ to record conversations with Trump and recruiting Cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him from office. The President did not name Rosenstein, or any official, by name, and he did not address the report at the rally. But he’s frequently feuded with Rosenstein, who appointed special counsel Robert Mueller to lead the Russia investigation, and he considered dismissing the deputy attorney general in April…Friday’s revelations about Rosenstein prompted the deputy attorney general to issue two statements denying the report. ‘I never pursued or authorized recording the President and any suggestion that I have ever advocated for the removal of the President is absolutely false,’ Rosenstein said. But the bombshell allegations — first reported by The New York Times and confirmed to CNN by sources familiar with memos authored by former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe documenting the discussions — immediately raised questions about Rosenstein’s future.”

Betsy Klein and Maegan Vazquez, “Trump vows to rid Justice Department of ‘lingering stench’,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, September 21, 2018 9:38 pm