Embattled Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s fate remained in question Monday despite multiple, contradictory reports that he had quit, offered to quit and was about to be canned.

Following several hours of confusion, the White House issued a statement that said Rosenstein and President Trump had “an extended conversation” about reports that the deputy AG had talked about wearing a wire to record the president and mentioned invoking the 25th Amendment, which could lead to the president’s removal from office.

Spokeswoman Sarah Huckabee Sanders noted in the statement that the commander-in-chief was tied up at the UN this week and would meet with Rosenstein again on Thursday.

Her statement came after ABC News reported that Rosenstein met with chief of staff John Kelly at the White House — and then went back to work.

“This may be the strangest day yet at the Trump White House. Rod Rosenstein was summoned to the WH to meet with John Kelly this morning. He expected to be fired. He wasn’t. And now Rosenstein is attending a previously scheduled cabinet-level meeting,” the network’s Jonathan Karl wrote on Twitter shortly after noon.

The guessing game began when Axios, citing a source, reported that Rosenstein had told Kelly he was resigning because he believed he was about to be canned by Trump.

“He’s expecting to be fired,” so he planned to quit first, the website reported, citing a second source.

But NBC News’ Pete Williams contradicted the Axios report, saying Rosenstein was not going to resign but would instead force Team Trump to fire him, which would change the way he would be replaced.

The deputy AG, he reported on air, was on his way to the White House for a showdown.

Meanwhile, a third report, from Bloomberg, said Rosenstein did resign and that his resignation had been accepted.

Under the Federal Vacancies Reform Act, Trump has the power to appoint an acting AG if it’s a resignation.

If he is fired, the process is murkier and governed by federal employment laws.

Rosenstein last year talked with other officials about invoking the 25th Amendment and wearing a wire during meetings with Trump.

He reportedly grew concerned about the president’s fitness for office after the firing of FBI Director James Comey and subsequent troubling incidents.

He has denied the allegations, and Trump had said earlier he wasn’t sure what the deputy AG’s fate would be.

The 25th Amendment provides for the removal of a sitting president if he or she is judged unfit to carry out the duties of the office.