concerns mounting over whether this could be the end of the line for deputy attorney general rod rosenstein. a new report from the new york times alleges that deputy attorney general rod rosenstein once floated the idea of secretly recording president trump to expose chaos in the white house. the times reporting that it happened in may of 2017, that was during a meeting with other doj officials. soon after president trump fired former fbi director james comey. in that very same meeting, rosenstein is said to have discussed recruiting cabinet members including his own boss attorney general jeff sessions and john kelly to invoke the 25th amendment, but the doj is pushing back now on parts of that report saying rosenstein did not even know john kelly, who was dhs secretary at that time. rosenstein responded to the report last night saying i never pursued or authorized recording the president, and any suggestion this i have ever advocated for the removal of the president is absolutely
of the importance of the congress having access to documents regarding matters that they re investigating, that they have oversight responsibility for, and this is not the way to conduct that. it s not about getting testy with members of congress. it is about making sure that the documents hav areperly oduced in a timely fashion so that the congress can do its work. harris: rod rosenstein s boss attorney general jeff sessions is confident that he has done nothing improper. i m confident rod rosenstein 28 years in office did not threaten anyone on that occasion. we do believe that we have tried to be cooperative with them and made progress in months as the months have gone by and, in fact, have had some good relationships with members of congress. harris: how do they see it so different have any