Rosenstein: 'I never pursued' trying to record Trump
By Tal Axelrod - 09/21/18 08:53 PM EDT
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein issued his second denial on Friday of a New York Times report stating that he proposed secretly taping conversations with President Trump and discussed the possibility of Trump administration officials invoking the 25th Amendment to remove the president from office.
“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,†he said in a statement, according to CNN.
“The New York Times's story is inaccurate and factually incorrect. I will not further comment on a story based on anonymous sources who are obviously biased against the Department and are advancing their own personal agenda," Rosenstein said in a statement. "But let me be clear about this: based on my personal dealings with the President, there is no basis to invoke the 25th Amendment,†he said in an initial statement earlier Friday.
Other media outlets confirmed Friday that Rosenstein made the comments, though unnamed sources said Rosenstein did so in jest.
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https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/407881-rosenstein-i-never-pursued-trying-to-record-trump
