Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein may not lose his job after all.

President Trump said Wednesday that his “preference” would be to keep Rosenstein while he’s overseeing the special counsel’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election.

“My preference would be to keep him and let him finish out,” Trump said during a wide-ranging press conference in New York.

The president was scheduled to meet with Rosenstein on Thursday to discuss reports that last year he offered to wear a wire in the White House and discussed invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump from office.

“He said he never said it,” Trump said.

But the meeting may be postponed.

“I may call Rod tonight or tomorrow to ask for a little bit of a delay to the meeting,” said Trump, explaining that he didn’t want it “competing and hurting the decision one way or the other” of the Senate Judiciary Committee hearing on Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh.

On Monday, conflicting reports suggested that Rosenstein’s firing or resignation was imminent.