Posted on 01/25/2018 5:33:44 PM PST by Golden Eagle
WASHINGTON — President Trump ordered the firing last June of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation, according to four people told of the matter, but ultimately backed down after the White House counsel threatened to resign rather than carry out the directive.
The West Wing confrontation marks the first time Mr. Trump is known to have tried to fire the special counsel. Mr. Mueller learned about the episode in recent months as his investigators interviewed current and former senior White House officials in his inquiry into whether the president obstructed justice.
Amid the first wave of news media reports that Mr. Mueller was examining a possible obstruction case, the president began to argue that Mr. Mueller had three conflicts of interest that disqualified him from overseeing the investigation, two of the people said.
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#fakenews
imho, DJT was CORRECT to want to fire Mueller
and should do so NOW
better late than never!
Interesting timing. They’ve OBVIOUSLY been sitting on it for months.
So why now?
more leaks ahead of the memo
it will dominate the press the next 2 days at least
Haven't these people gotten the clue that NOBODY believes them? Especially quoting 4 anonymous sources?
Why do they keep up the charade>
Nominations for Fake News awards 2019 being accepted.
If it is the bow tie lawyer guy having a tantrum I am not impressed. POTUS can do better than that clown.
Tons of Fake News while Trump is out of the Country
President Trump doesn’t have to order the firing of anyone. He doesn’t need anyone else to do what he, himself can do.
“according to four people told of the matter,“
That is the sourcing. In other words, FOUR people could have heard the same thing, at the same time, from the same bad source.
Smells like VERY FAKE NEWS.
Now CNN has it too
Probable horse $hit to divert from Trump’s Davos visit, which seems to be going entirely too well for the Marxist pieces of $hit in the MSM and congress.
The President needs to take a good appraisal of his White House Counsel. Who all is included in this array of advice-givers anyway.
Sounds like an addition to the NYT litany of fake news.
Sounds like an addition to the NYT litany of fake news.
I'll go with "they just now pulled it out of their butts" for $1000, Alex.
Sounds like an addition to the NYT litany of fake news.
Sounds like an addition to the NYT litany of fake news.
More leaky leaky from the WH— to maggie haberman again. Is this from Bannon? or more recent current GOPe occupant in the WH service. Wonder who it is? Let’s see who, because this deals directly with running interference on the memo’s contents. They are fighting release. Mueller is compromised in the memo, as is his whole staff.
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