A close personal friend of Donald Trump on Monday raised the politically explosive possibility that the president could take action to fire Robert Mueller, the recently appointed special counsel tasked with looking into Russian meddling in last year's election and potential collusion with the Trump campaign.
Comey testified last week before the Senate Intelligence Committee, where he gave a detailed account of his conversations with the president, whom he said asked him for his "loyalty" and insinuated that his job as Federal Bureau of Investigation chief might depend on providing such a pledge.
While Trump had not previously been under investigation for any wrongdoing, officials told the Post that changed soon after Comey's firing.
"No, I have not", Rosenstein answered. "And I think it would be odd that he would have a confidential conversation and then a few days later become the prosecutor of the person he may be investigating".
Congressman Adam Schiff, the most senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said Congress would not sit still if Mr Trump fired Mr Mueller and tried to appoint his own replacement.
When West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin asked Rosenstein if Mueller could be "terminated without cause", Rosenstein said "yes". Jeanne Shaheen, a New Hampshire Democrat, whether he has seen good cause to fire Mueller. So, that's what I would do. "It wouldn't matter to me what anybody said".
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Several congressional panels are also investigating the Russian Federation issue, which has cast a shadow over the early months of Trump's presidency. Ruddy later confirmed the comment to CNN.
Trump, who has called the appointment of Mueller "a witch hunt", has yet to publicly attack the credibility of the special counsel.
Comey would not say in his testimony last week whether he thought the president sought to obstruct justice, but added it would be up to special counsel Mueller "to sort that out".
White House press secretary Sean Spicer said in an email statement to reporters that "Mr Ruddy never spoke to the President regarding this issue". Ruddy seemed to derive his assessment at least in part from comments Jay Sekulow, a member of Trump's legal team, made over the weekend on ABC News' "This Week".
Trump wrote in his letter firing Comey that the ousted FBI director had informed him on three separate occasions he was not under investigation.
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