But a committee vote on Rosen likely won't take place until next week, on Thursday, May 11. Under committee rules, any nomination can be delayed a week and nominations are routinely held over.

The Senate Judiciary Committee will vote early next month on's nominee to succeed outgoing Deputy Attorney GeneralThe Senate action comes after Rosenstein notified Trump on Monday that he will leave the Justice Department in two weeks, capping roughly two years in the Trump administration.