US Deputy Attorney General set to step down - Axios

US Deputy Attorney General, Rod Rosenstein, tendered his resignation to the White House on Monday, in the belief that President Donald Trump was set to dismiss him.

One source with direct knowledge of the matter told Axios "[Rosenstein's] expecting to be fired" and that he was therefore planning to step down.

Another source with direct knowledge told Axios he had already informed White House Chief of Staff, John Kelly, verbally of his intention to step down.

The week before, The New York Times had reported that Rosenstein had at one point in 2017 offered to secretly record his meetings with the President in order to obtain evidence that might serve for the purposes of declaring Donald Trump unfit to hold office.

Finally, the idea had gone nowhere, the newspaper reported.

According to the New York Times, Rosenstein had challenged the claims made by their sources.

"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," he told the New York Times.

"But let me be clear about this: Based on my personal dealings with the president, there is no basis to invoke the 25th Amendment."