Sen. Lindsey Graham Lindsey Olin GrahamSenate GOP aims to confirm Trump court pick by Oct. 29: report The Hill's Campaign Report: GOP set to ask SCOTUS to limit mail-in voting Senate GOP sees early Supreme Court vote as political booster shot MORE (R-S.C.) said Thursday he would like to bring 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 back to Capitol Hill to testify about claims that the Justice Department official discussed a plan to potentially remove President Trump Donald John TrumpOmar fires back at Trump over rally remarks: 'This is my country' Pelosi: Trump hurrying to fill SCOTUS seat so he can repeal ObamaCare Trump mocks Biden appearance, mask use ahead of first debate MORE from office.

Graham, who serves as chairman of the Judiciary Committee, indicated his interest in hearing from Rosenstein after former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe Andrew George McCabeGraham: Comey to testify about FBI's Russia probe, Mueller declined invitation Barr criticizes DOJ in speech declaring all agency power 'is invested in the attorney general' GOP votes to authorize subpoenas, depositions in Obama-era probe MORE told CBS that Rosenstein had offered to wear a wire around the president and that there were serious conversations about invoking the 25th Amendment to remove Trump.

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"Yeah, I would like to know what happened. You're having a conversation about whether or not you're going to invoke the 25th Amendment," Graham said when asked if he would subpoena Rosenstein to testify if he didn't agree to appear before the panel.

"I imagine if the shoe were on the other foot, my Democratic colleagues would want to know about that conversation if it involved a Democrat. Absolutely, I want to hear from him at the appropriate time," he added.

The Justice Department issued a statement Thursday morning reiterating Rosenstein's denial of McCabe's comments in an excerpt of a "60 Minutes" interview released earlier in the day, calling McCabe's account "inaccurate and factually incorrect."

"The Deputy Attorney General never authorized any recording that Mr. McCabe references. As the Deputy Attorney General previously has stated, based on his personal dealings with the President, there is no basis to invoke the 25th Amendment, nor was the DAG in a position to consider invoking the 25th Amendment," a Justice Department spokesperson added in the statement.

President Trump also took to Twitter to blast McCabe as "disgraced" in a string of tweets after CBS News’s Scott Pelley previewed his upcoming “60 Minutes” interview with McCabe.

Trump tweeted that McCabe “pretends to be a ‘poor little Angel’ when in fact he was a big part of the Crooked Hillary Scandal & the Russia Hoax.” The president also pointed to a "devastating" report from a Justice Department internal watchdog that found McCabe had a “lack of candor” with FBI investigators looking into leaks tied to the bureau's probe into the Clinton Foundation during the 2016 presidential race.

The flare up comes months after a bombshell New York Times report said Rosenstein considered secretly recording Trump and discussed with senior Justice Department officials, including McCabe, the possibility of removing Trump via the 25th Amendment.

McCabe also said he instructed investigators working on the Russia investigation to examine whether Trump had obstructed justice or whether he was under the influence of Moscow.