President Trump canceled last Thursday's expected meeting with Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein because it conflicted with the Senate Judiciary Committee's hearing of testimony from Dr. Christine Blasey Ford and Supreme Court nominee Brett Kavanaugh about the former's sexual assault allegations.
On Sunday, White House Press Secretary Sarah Sanders said the president may postpone his Rosenstein meeting, expected to take place this week, once again.
Asked about the issues Trump wants to discuss with Rosenstein, Sanders said she didn't want to "get ahead" of their conversation.
"A date for that hasn't been set. It could be this week. I could see it pushing back another week, given all of the other things that are going on with the Supreme Court. But we'll see," she said on "Fox News Sunday."
The job of Rosenstein, the Justice Department's No. 2 official, may be in question following reports that he discussed possibly secretly recording Trump and invoking the Constitution's 25th Amendment to remove him from office.
The Justice Department issued statements from Rosenstein meant to deny the report. The department also released a statement from an individual who recalled the comment about recording the president but said Rosenstein meant it sarcastically.
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Trump and Rosenstein spoke by telephone last week when Trump was in New York. Trump later said Rosenstein had denied the reports during their conversation, and that he'd "certainly prefer not" to fire Rosenstein.
White House: Trump-Rosenstein face-off may be delayed again (AP)