Rod Rosenstein Disputes Report He Discussed Removing Trump Under 25th Amendment theguardian.com

Deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein deemed "inaccurate" a report that he spoke with colleagues last year about the possibility of removing Donald Trump from office under the 25th amendment and about making secret recordings of the president.

The New York Times first reported the conversations on Friday, citing anonymous justice department sources and internal memos made after the alleged conversations.

Rosenstein oversees special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russian election interference and links between Trump aides and Moscow. He was motivated, the Times said, by "frustration", "surprise" and "anger" that Trump had used a memo he wrote criticizing James Comey to justify firing the FBI director.