Rosenstein denies he proposed secretly taping Trump

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Rosenstein denies he proposed secretly taping Trump

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Associated Press · Sep 21, 2018

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein denied a New York Times report Friday that he suggested that he secretly record President Donald Trump last year to expose chaos in the administration and that he floated the idea of using the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.

The Times cited several people, who were not named, who described episodes that came in the spring of 2017 after FBI Director James Comey was fired. The newspaper said its sources also included people who were briefed on memos written by FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe.

Rosenstein took issue with the story.

"The New York Times' story is inaccurate and factually incorrect," Rosenstein said in a statement. "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. But let me be clear about this: Based on my personal dealings with the president, there is no basis to invoke the 25th Amendment."

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A person who was in the room at the time, and provided a statement through the Justice Department, said Rosenstein's comment was "sarcastic" and that he "never discussed any intention of recording a conversation with the president."

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Read more: https://www.mprnews.org/story/2018/09/21/rosenstein-denies-he-proposed-secretly-taping-trump


This tweet fits the scene!!

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[manor321]

1. It is an obvious hit job

The NYT is so damn gullible (or worse) that they apparently believed a fresh new deputy attorney general would just go to the White House and nefariously try to convince the Cabinet to dump the President. It is absurd on its face.

But that's the NYT. From Judith Miller to Maggie Haberman and others.

[dchill]

2. NYT finger-painting with pre-processed mud again.

[Cha]

3. Exactly, Tea Pain!

[SkatmanRoth]

4. It looks like a deceptive leak from inside the Trump Administration.

It is pretty weak tea as far as a story goes. It has the usual stuff like "anonymous" sources, off the record comments, and no supporting documentation.

My first guess is it is meant to be a distraction from Brett Kavanaugh, Bob Woodward's book, and the collapse of the Republicans in the mid term elections. This is easily dismissed as just another failed attempt by Trump to change the narrative.