An immediate investigation must be launched into whether Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein discussed wearing a wire to capture privileged conversations with President Trump, and also considered plotting Trump’s removal from office under the 25th Amendment.

If either of those allegations against Rosenstein is true, as two New York Times reporters alleged on Friday, Rosenstein should be fired without delay. For what it’s worth, Rosenstein disputes their report, saying, “Based on my personal dealings with the president, there is no basis to invoke the 25th Amendment.”