President Trump has officially postponed a meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein scheduled for Thursday. Trump wants to avoid doing "anything to interfere" with the ongoing hearings about Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh, White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders told The Associated Press.
Trump was expected to fire Rosenstein after a New York Times report published Friday said that Rosenstein mentioned using the 25th Amendment to force the president out of office. But in a press conference Wednesday, Trump said he'd "certainly prefer not doing that." Rosenstein oversees Special Counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation, and Trump said he would like to "keep him and let him finish up." After all, Trump said, he spoke to Rosenstein briefly on Monday and Rosenstein denied mentioning the 25th Amendment.
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