Fox News host Sean Hannity on Friday asked President Donald Trump not to fire anyone after a New York Times report said that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein had proposed to secretly tape conversations in the Oval Office last year and then used them to invoke the 25th Amendment.
“I have a message for the president tonight. Under zero circumstances should the president fire anybody,” Hannity, a vocal ally of Trump, said during his program.
“They are hoping and praying that the president does just that, that he gets mad, that he gets sick and tired of it” and turns it into a scandal, Hannity added.
Hannity suggested the sources for the story are part of the “deep state,” a conspiracy theory that a secret network of government officials are actively working to undermine the president’s agenda.
“The deep state tonight is crumbling from within at this very hour. They’re now turning against each other,” the Fox host said.
However, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein dismissed The New York Times alleged story, calling it “inaccurate” and “factually incorrect.”
Rosenstein, through an official statement by the Justice Department, also stated that there was “no basis” to invoke the 25th Amendment after the Times reported that he proposed recruiting various Cabinet officials to take such a step in order to remove Trump from office over his unfitness.
“The New York Times’s story is inaccurate and factually incorrect,” Rosenstein said. “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.”
The Times, citing anonymous sources, reported Friday afternoon that Rosenstein made the comments in discussions with Justice Department and FBI officials in spring 2017, shortly after Trump fired James Comey as FBI director.
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