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News article / government exhibit
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This document is a news article, marked as a House Oversight committee exhibit, concerning a New York Times report on Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein. The report alleged that in May 2017, Rosenstein suggested secretly recording President Trump and invoking the 25th Amendment, claims which reporter Michael Schmidt later defended as serious and documented in memos by then-acting FBI Director Andrew McCabe. The article places these allegations in the context of the Mueller investigation and recent developments involving Paul Manafort and Michael Cohen.
People (12)
| Name | Role | Context |
|---|---|---|
| Rod Rosenstein | Deputy Attorney General |
Subject of a New York Times report alleging he suggested secretly recording President Trump and using the 25th Amendm...
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| Trump | President |
The subject of Rosenstein's alleged suggestions to be secretly recorded and removed from office via the 25th Amendment.
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| Noel Francisco | Solicitor General |
Mentioned as being next in the line of succession after Rosenstein.
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| Paul Manafort | N/A |
Convicted of financial crimes charged by Mueller and later struck a plea deal to cooperate with Mueller's team.
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| Robert Mueller | Special Counsel |
Appointed by Rosenstein. Charged Paul Manafort and received cooperation from both Manafort and Michael Cohen.
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| Michael Cohen | N/A |
Pleaded guilty to tax, bank, and campaign finance violations and reportedly cooperated with Mueller's team.
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| Adam Goldman | New York Times Reporter |
Co-authored a report on Rod Rosenstein.
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| Michael Schmidt | New York Times Reporter |
Co-authored the report on Rosenstein and defended its claims in an interview, stating Rosenstein's comments were not ...
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| James Comey | Former FBI Director |
His firing in mid-May 2017 is mentioned as the event preceding Rosenstein's alleged comments and appointment of Mueller.
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| Andrew McCabe | Then-acting FBI Director |
Wrote contemporaneous memos describing Rosenstein's alleged suggestions. Believed Rosenstein was serious.
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| Isaac Chotiner | Interviewer, Slate |
Interviewed Michael Schmidt about the Rosenstein report.
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| Mario Tama | Photographer |
Credited for a photo (Mario Tama/Getty).
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Organizations (10)
Timeline (3 events)
Later that month (likely August 2018)
Paul Manafort was convicted of financial crimes charged by Mueller.
a week and a half ago (relative to article's publication)
Paul Manafort struck a plea deal with Mueller and agreed to cooperate.
mid-May 2017
Days between Comey's firing and Mueller's appointment, during which Rosenstein allegedly suggested recording Trump and invoking the 25th Amendment.
Locations (1)
| Location | Context |
|---|---|
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The jurisdiction where Michael Cohen's violations were referred.
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Relationships (5)
Rosenstein allegedly suggested recording Trump and removing him from office. A WSJ report claimed their relationship was improving at one point.
McCabe wrote memos about Rosenstein's comments. The Washington Post reported that McCabe believed Rosenstein was serious.
Manafort was charged by Mueller, convicted, and then agreed to cooperate with Mueller's team.
Cohen pleaded guilty to charges referred by Mueller and reportedly talked with Mueller's team for hours.
Co-authored the New York Times report on Rosenstein.
Key Quotes (1)
"If this was a joke, we don’t think it would have been so difficult for us to have worked to get to this information. If this was a joke, this would not have been memorialized, documented, and discussed in the FBI in the way that it was. If this was a joke, Rod Rosenstein probably wouldn’t have made it more than once. Also, if this was a joke, the other thing is, this 25th Amendment stuff is in a memo as well. So this is like—is this a broader conspiracy of jokes that was going on?"Source
— Michael Schmidt
(From an interview with Slate's Isaac Chotiner, defending the seriousness of his New York Times report that Rosenstein had suggested recording Trump.)
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