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been telling people such. (McCabe, another frequent target of Trumpa€™s ire, was fired from the FBI this March and may be prosecuted for lying to investigators about leaks he had authorized.)","textStyle":" anf-cts-1","type":"text"}, {"identifier":" anf- medium_rectangle advertisement 6","layout":" defaultComponentLayout", "role":"medium_ rectangle advertisement", "type":"m W edium_rectangle advertisement"}, {"identifier":" anf-body- 37","layout":"bodyLayout", "role":"body","text":"It is, however, important to keep in mind what was going on before Rosenstein allegedly made the dA€cerecordingdé€ comments on May 16, 2017. For one, it had just been reported that Trump had disclosed classified intelligence to the Russian foreign minister and ambassador in the Oval Office. For another, Comeya€™s accounts of Trumpd€™s private pressure on him had just leaked out. It was a wild time.","textStyle":" anf-cts- 1", "type"™:"text"}, {"additions": [{"URL":"https://apple.news/AHyL7Ral6SB- hvNIQeowo7A", "range": {"length":23,"start":177},"type":"link"}],"identifier":" anf-body- 15","layout": "bodyLayout", "role": "body", "text":"At the time, Trump was interviewing candidates to replace Comey as FBI director, and it was widely feared that hede™d appoint a corrupt crony whod€é™d made him private promises. The Washington Post reports that Rosensteind€™s suggestion was that FBI director candidates record their private interviews with Trump.","textStyle":" anf-cts-1","type":"text"}, {"identifier":" anf- heading3-5", "layout": "headinglLayout", "role":"heading3", "text":"Dueling leaks about Rosenstein resigning or being fired spilled out Monday morning 4€" but it seems the decision has been put off", "textStyle":"headinglTextStyle", "type"™:"text"}, {"additions"™: [{"URL":"https://thehi ll.com/homenews/media/407829-foxs-ingraham-calls-for-trump-to-fir rosenstein", "range": {"length":7, "start :127}, "type™:"link"}, {"URL":"https://apple.news/ AbBYOplLJNQGaAnl NmUZryQ", “range”: {"length":27,"start":201},"type™:"link"}],"identifier" W 2" anf-body- 16","inlineTextStyles":[{"range":{"length":3, "start ":229},"textStyle":" anf-ts- 2"}],"layout":"bodyLayout", "role": "body", "text": "Trumpa€™s staunchest supporters were split on what he should do in the wake of the Times report. On Friday, Foxa€™s Laura Ingraham tweeted that A€eRod Rosenstein must be fired today,a€ but Foxa4€™s Sean Hannity notably urged the president not to fire anyone. (Ingraham later deleted her tweet.)","textStyle":" anf-cts- i", "type™:"text"}, {"additions": [{"URL":"https://apple.news/AmyEuC7xxSNi5WySPp6sjqg", "ra nge":{"length":12,"start":302},"type™:"link"}],"identifier":" anf-body- 17","layout": "bodyLayout", "role": "body", "text":"One interesting line of argument from some Trump supporters was that the allegations about Rosenstein were based primarily on memos written by Andrew McCabe 4€" who the president has tried to attack and discredit for months now, and who may soon be prosecuted. Firing Rosenstein based on McCabeadeé™s memos, some thought, would grant him credibility.","textStyle":" anf-cts- i", "type"™:"text"}, {"additions": [{"URL":"https://apple.news/AReHxDUZBR12s99y7ClfixXwg", "ra nge":{"length":36,"start":25},"type":"link"}],"identifier":" anf-body- 18", "layout": "bodyLayout", "role": "body", "text":"Then, on Monday morning, Axiosd€™s Jonathan Swan dropped a bomb, publishing a short post claiming that Rosenstein had a€everbally resigneda€ to White House chief of staff John Kelly, in anticipation of being fired by President Trump.","textStyle":" anf-cts- 1", "type": "text"}, {"additions": [{"URL":"https://apple.news/A0OXwJxhwlQFKTp UURfgskA", "ra nge":{"length":26,"start":322},"type"™:"link"}],"identifier":" anf-body- 19","layout": "bodyLayout", "role": "body", "text":"In the next few hours, there was a frenzy of leaks claiming several different things. Some claimed Rosenstein was not going to resign and was instead going to make Trump fire him. Others claimed he was merely A4€ceexpecting to be fired.d€ Others said he had offered his resignation but stressed that it had not been accepted. (Vanity Faird€™s Gabe Sherman even suggested the spectacle may have been entirely intended to distract from sexual assault accusations against Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.) But no one really seemed to know what was happening as Rosenstein headed over to the White House.", "textStyle":"_anf-cts- 1", "type":"text"}, {"additions": [{"URL":"https://twitter.com/PressSec/status/10442672863 22970625","range":{"length":56, "start":137},"type":"link"}],"identifier":" anf-body- 20", "layout": "bodyLayout", "role": "body", "text":"There, Rosenstein met Kelly, and spoke with Trump (who is in New York) over the phone d€ceto discuss the recent news stories, 4€ according to a statement by White House press secretary Sarah Sanders. d€eThey will meet on Thursday when the President returns to Washington,4€ Sanders continued.","textStyle":" anf-cts-1","type":"text"}, {"identifier":" anf-body- 38","layout":"bodyLayout", "role":"body","text":"So, after all that, Rosenstein is still the deputy attorney general a4€" at least, it seems, until Thursday.","textStyle":" anf- evs- HOUSE_OVERSIGHT_028333