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Donald Trump said September 24 he will meet with his deputy attorney general to seek “transparency” over reports Rod Rosenstein suggested removing him from office, amid speculation that the official who oversees the Russia probe is about to be fired.

Rosenstein’s job has looked untenable since bombshell reports appeared last week, but a decision on his fate was apparently pushed back to September 20 when the White House said the president would talk face-to-face with his Justice Department number two.

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