Trump postpones meeting with Rod Rosenstein

White House said it did not want the meeting to ‘interfere’ with the Kavanaugh hearing

Donald Trump on Wednesday afternoon postponed a planned meeting with deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein, amid uncertainty over his future at the Department of Justice. The meeting now looks likely to take place next week.

The White House issued a statement saying the administration did not want to “interfere” with the public hearing on Capitol Hill taking place on Thursday, involving the supreme court nominee Brett Kavanaugh and a woman who has accused him of sexual assault as a teen, Dr Christine Blasey Ford.

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