reassuring his base at this point. the justice department pushing back on a "new york times" report that in may of 2017 deputy attorney general rod rosenstein floated the idea of secretly recording president trump to expose the chaos in the white house, and that he also discussed recruiting cabinet members like john kelly to invoke the 25th amendment. all of this reportedly happened shortly after james comey was fired. sources say that it's unclear whether rosenstein was serious or just being sarcastic when he made the comment about wearing a wire. the justice department disputing the part about the 25th amendment saying rosenstein didn't even know john kelly at the time. president trump continuing his attacks on the justice department, although not mentioning the "new york times" report or rosenstein. >> we have great people in the department of justice.