The ''New York Times'' reported on September 21, 2018, that Rosenstein discussed in spring 2017 secretly recording President [[Trump]], in an improper attempt [[Deep state coup|to remove him from office]]. On November 7, 2018 Rosenstein was removed from overseeing the Mueller investigation, and he resigned from the Justice Department in disgrace in February 2019 upon the swearing in of a new [[Attorney General]], [[William Barr]]. | The ''New York Times'' reported on September 21, 2018, that Rosenstein discussed in spring 2017 secretly recording President [[Trump]], in an improper attempt [[Deep state coup|to remove him from office]]. On November 7, 2018 Rosenstein was removed from overseeing the Mueller investigation, and he resigned from the Justice Department in disgrace in February 2019 upon the swearing in of a new [[Attorney General]], [[William Barr]]. |