This is Trump's chance to fire Rosenstein — and Mueller

He'll never have a better opportunity. Will he seize it?

Robert Mueller.

President Trump finds himself presented with a golden opportunity. A report published Friday afternoon by The New York Times could confirm for him his wildest suspicions: a conspiracy established at least as early as the spring of 2017 by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to undermine his presidency and attempt to remove him from office.

The deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, suggested last year that he secretly record President Trump in the White House to expose the chaos consuming the administration, and he discussed recruiting Cabinet members to invoke the 25th Amendment to remove Mr. Trump from office for being unfit. [The New York Times]

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Matthew Walther

Matthew Walther is a national correspondent at The Week. His work has also appeared in First Things, The Spectator of London, The Catholic Herald, National Review, and other publications. He is currently writing a biography of the Rev. Montague Summers. He is also a Robert Novak Journalism Fellow.