JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “President Donald Trump said Monday he has no plans to fire Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general who has been facing an uncertain fate for more than two weeks. ‘No, I don’t. No,’ Trump told reporters on Monday [10-8-18] after he was asked if he has any plans to fire Rosenstein. Rosenstein joined Trump aboard Air Force One for a trip to Florida, where the two men attended the International Association of Chiefs of Police’s annual convention…On Monday night, Rosenstein attended the ceremonial swearing-in of Justice Brett Kavanaugh at the White House, where he did not respond to CNN’s questions about how his conversation with Trump earlier in the day had gone. Trump and Rosenstein had been scheduled to meet last week to discuss The New York Times report that flung Rosenstein into limbo. The report claimed Rosenstein discussed secretly recording Trump and using the 25th Amendment to remove him from office. They postponed the meeting amid the Kavanaugh confirmation battle and speculation has abounded that Trump might fire Rosenstein.”
–Jeremy Diamond, “Trump says he has no plans to fire Rosenstein,” October 8, 2018 9:57 pm