Washington (CNN) Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein has agreed to speak with House Republicans about his reported comments discussing wearing a wire to talk to President Donald Trump and recruiting Cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove him from office, according to sources familiar with the matter.

House Republican leaders struck an agreement with House Freedom Caucus leaders for Rosenstein to appear to explain his comments, staving off a potential bid to try to force an impeachment vote against the deputy attorney general.

The details of the sit-down remain unclear, however, as Judiciary Chairman Bob Goodlatte, a Virginia Republican, and the leaders of the House Freedom Caucus who demanded Rosenstein's appearance described it in different terms Friday.

In a statement, Goodlatte said Rosenstein had been invited "to come in for a private meeting in the coming weeks."

But the Freedom Caucus leaders, Reps. Mark Meadows of North Carolina and Jim Jordan of Ohio, said they believed Rosenstein would be coming for a transcribed interview as part of the congressional investigation into the FBI's handling of the Hillary Clinton and Russia investigations.

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