Fox News host Sean Hannity late Friday urged President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE not to fire anyone following a New York Times report that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein Rod RosensteinDOJ kept investigators from completing probe of Trump ties to Russia: report Five takeaways from final Senate Intel Russia report FBI officials hid copies of Russia probe documents fearing Trump interference: book MORE had proposed secretly taping conversations in the Oval Office last year.

The Times report said that Rosenstein also discussed initiating a process laid out by the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office, something that the No. 2 Justice Department official denied in a statement on Friday.

“I have a message for the president tonight. Under zero circumstances should the president fire anybody,” Hannity, a vocal ally of Trump, said during his program.

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"They are hoping and praying that the president does just that, that he gets mad, that he gets sick and tired of it” and turns it into a scandal, Hannity added.

Sean Hannity on Rosenstein: "I have a message for the president tonight. Under zero circumstances should the president fire anybody. These actors, tonight, and I have multiple sources confirming this ... it is all a set up" pic.twitter.com/xAjHLcfDh3 — Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew_lawrence) September 21, 2018

Hannity suggested the sources for the story are part of the "deep state," a conspiracy theory that a secret network of government officials are actively working to undermine the president's agenda.

“The deep state tonight is crumbling from within at this very hour. They’re now turning against each other,” the Fox host said.

Rosenstein on Friday quickly blasted the Times report, calling it inaccurate. He issued a second statement saying that he "never pursued or authorized recording the President and any suggestion that I have ever advocated for the removal of the President is absolutely false."

Other media outlets have reported that Rosenstein was speaking sarcastically when he made reported comments about using a wire in the Oval Office.

Rosenstein oversees special counsel Robert Mueller Robert (Bob) MuellerCNN's Toobin warns McCabe is in 'perilous condition' with emboldened Trump CNN anchor rips Trump over Stone while evoking Clinton-Lynch tarmac meeting The Hill's 12:30 Report: New Hampshire fallout MORE’s investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia and obstruction of justice.

Trump has slammed the probe as a “witch hunt” and reports have said that he has desired to end the investigation on numerous occasions.

Rosenstein’s firing could pave the way for Trump to fire Mueller, a move that would likely cause significant backlash in Washington and which some politicians say could cause a constitutional crisis.

Trump is known to watch Hannity’s show and was interviewed by him at a rally in Las Vegas on Thursday night.