Rod Rosenstein Reportedly Thought He Could Convince John Kelly And Jeff Sessions To Invoke The 25th Amendment And Remove Trump F

Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein reportedly thought he could persuade Attorney General Jeff Sessions and then-Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to lead an effort to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove President Donald Trump from office. The New York Times reported the news Friday, citing anonymous sources who were briefed on Rosenstein's comments or memos from FBI officials, including Andrew McCabe, the former deputy director of the bureau. Rosenstein disputed The Times' story. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein thought he could persuade Attorney General Jeff Sessions and then-Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to lead an effort to invoke the 25th Amendment and remove President Donald Trump from office last May, The New York Times reported on Friday. Rosenstein, The Times reported, said as much to then-FBI Acting Director Andrew McCabe in the days that immediately followed Trump firing FBI Director James Comey.See the rest of the story at Business InsiderNOW WATCH: Inside the Trump 'MAGA' hat factorySee Also:Trump's deputy attorney general reportedly discussed invoking the 25th Amendment, which lets 14 people remove a sitting president from officePaddlers are so mad Trump's visits to his Virginia golf course keep shutting down the Potomac River that they're suing the administration'His trial balloon went over like the Hindenburg': Democrats are skeptical of Michael Bloomberg's potential 2020 runSEE ALSO: Everyone's talking about the 25th Amendment — but it has a 'fatal flaw' that makes it essentially useless DON'T MISS: Rod Rosenstein reportedly discussed invoking the 25th Amendment and wearing a wire to record his conversations with Trump