WASHINGTON _ Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was supposed to meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday amid questions about how long he would remain as the Justice Department's second in command.
But that encounter has been postponed as all eyes focused on a Senate hearing room, where Christine Blasey Ford has given emotional testimony about an alleged sexual assault by Brett Kavanaugh, Trump's nominee for the Supreme Court, when they were both teenagers.
Trump himself said he wanted to watch the hearing, and suggested on Wednesday that his meeting with Rosenstein would be delayed. The White House made that official on Thursday afternoon.
"The President spoke with Rod Rosenstein a few minutes ago and they plan to meet next week," said Sarah Huckabee Sanders, the press secretary. "They do not want to do anything to interfere with the hearing."
But Rosenstein went to the White House for other meetings Thursday. He left shortly before Trump landed at Joint Base Andrews, outside Washington, returning from the four days in New York for the United Nations General Assembly.
