Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein listens to questions during a hearing on the Justice Department's investigation of Russia's alleged interference in the 2016 U.S. presidential election on Capitol Hill on December 13, 2017. File Photo by Erin Schaff/UPI | License Photo

Oct. 8 (UPI) -- President Donald Trump on Monday said he had no plans to fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, putting a halt to rumors that he would do so.

Rosenstein accompanied Trump on board Air Force One as the president flew from Washington, D.C., to Orlando, Fla., to speak at a convention for the International Association of Chiefs.


In his speech, Trump had kind words for Rosenstein, who was the subject of a New York Times article two weeks ago in which anonymous sources said he questioned Trump's fitness for office, considered wire-tapping the president and talked about invoking the 25th Amendment to remove him from power. Rosenstein denied making such statements.

"Thank you as well to our Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein for being here, flew down together," Trump said at the IACP event. "The press wants to know, 'What did you talk about?' We had a very good talk, I will say. That became a very big story, actually. We had a good talk."

Afterward, Trump told reporters he had no plans to fire Rosenstein.

"Yeah, I'm not doing anything. I'm not making any changes," he said, according to CNN.

White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley, told reporters Rosenstein will remain with the administration.

"They discussed various topics ... support for our great law enforcement officials, border security, how to better address violent crime in Chicago and general [Justice Department] business," Gidley said.