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Top US official denies plot to oust Trump

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Published: 03:18, 22 September 2018   Update: 15:18, 26 July 2020
Top US official denies plot to oust Trump

International Desk: US Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has denied a report that he discussed invoking a constitutional clause to oust President Donald Trump.

America's second most senior law official said the allegation was "inaccurate and factually incorrect".

The New York Times, citing anonymous sources, also said Mr Rosenstein had suggested secretly recording Mr Trump to expose chaos in the White House.

But a source told the BBC that the comment was sarcastic.

Mr Rosenstein is reported to have made the remarks after Mr Trump fired the FBI director last year.

James Comey had been overseeing his law enforcement agency's investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia. Mr Trump referred to the "Russia thing" when asked why he was removed.

Mr Trump told a rally in Missouri on Friday evening that there was a "lingering stench" about what was being exposed at the US Justice Department.

He said he would get rid of it just as his administration "had gotten rid of bad people at the FBI".

The New York Times reported that Mr Rosenstein had discussed recruiting cabinet members to invoke the 25th amendment of the US constitution, which provides for the removal of a president if he is deemed unfit for office.

It also says he suggested secretly recording Mr Trump to expose White House turmoil and dysfunction.

The suggestions came during meetings and conversations in May 2017 with Department of Justice and FBI officials, the paper said.

It cited several unnamed sources who were briefed on the events.

According to US media, the source of the allegations are memos created by former FBI acting director Andrew McCabe, who was fired by Mr Trump in March this year.

Agencies


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