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Chris Ruddy: President Trump Is Considering Firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller
time.com ^ | June 12, 2017

Posted on 06/12/2017 5:00:15 PM PDT by Helicondelta

A close friend of President Trump said on Monday that the President is considering firing Robert Mueller, the special counsel who is leading the federal investigation into alleged ties between the Trump campaign and Russia.

Chris Ruddy, CEO of Newsmax Media and a longtime Trump friend, told PBS's Judy Woodruff that Trump is weighing whether to fire Mueller.

"I think he's considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. I think he's weighing that option," Ruddy said on PBS NewsHour.

(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...


TOPICS: Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: comey; fbi; firemueller; fob; fobc; mueller; specialcounsel; trump; yourefired
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To: Helicondelta
Fire him immediately. It is less of a downside than letting Mueller and his buddy, Comey, do a hit job on President Trump. DAG Rosenstein appears naive and ill equipped for the job. Sessions stupidly removed himself from the front lines where he belonged. If I were Trump, I would consider getting rid of not only Mueller but Rosenstein and Sessions. These guys do not appear to have a clue that there is a coup going and impeachment is the objective. Now we have the President having to go outside the DOJ and rely on his personal lawyers for legal advice. It is obvious he has no confidence the DOJ.
41 posted on 06/12/2017 5:28:21 PM PDT by iontheball
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To: TakebackGOP; All

My opinion? I think President Trump is going to let the vast majority of the Deep State creeps, ‘out’ and hang themselves in the Court of Public Opinion. Their hate for President Trump and their love for the Status Quo in DC is going to be their Waterloo, so to speak.

I still believe he’s playing 3-D Chess while the others are playing Tiddly Winks.

Best. Election. Ever. EVER. :)


42 posted on 06/12/2017 5:28:28 PM PDT by Diana in Wisconsin (I don't have 'Hobbies.' I'm developing a robust Post-Apocalyptic skill set!)
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To: Helicondelta

(R)? *THINK*? BWAhahahaha. Next, you’ll tell me they’re growing a backbone a/o taking some testosterone.

Why not sit ‘em down on the couch w/ Skelator, ‘ol Newt’ster?

I understand why, but WHY won’t Sowell/etc. run for office. Least they’re consistent vs. Constitution than these self-promoters whom talk a good game (when they want).


43 posted on 06/12/2017 5:28:33 PM PDT by i_robot73 ("A man chooses. A slave obeys." - Andrew Ryan)
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To: Helicondelta

I don’t think that Trump can fire Mueller. Only his Deputy Attorney General can do that since Sessions recused himself.


44 posted on 06/12/2017 5:28:44 PM PDT by DoodleDawg
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To: xzins
Recusal is an act generally initated by the person recusing. Rosenstein can remove Mueller. The regulations say it must be "for cause" and the reason must be communicated in writing, to Congress.

Mueller should be hounded by the press.

45 posted on 06/12/2017 5:29:05 PM PDT by Cboldt
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To: Helicondelta

Don’t fire, have Sessions hire a special council to investigate Muller and Comey collusion with the Clinton campaign and former administration holdover to undermine the Trump administration.


46 posted on 06/12/2017 5:29:14 PM PDT by jz638
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To: Helicondelta

President Trump just don’t get it yet. He should fire Mueller now. The entire communists Democrats are out to destroy America and he just doesn’t get it. As far as the rank Republicans in the House and Senate they are the most useless bunch of cowards America has ever seen. No support to Trump.


47 posted on 06/12/2017 5:29:21 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: Helicondelta
Chris Ruddy: President Trump Is Considering Firing Special Counsel Robert Mueller

Fire him for his CLOSE ties to Commie!

48 posted on 06/12/2017 5:30:11 PM PDT by Road Warrior ‘04 (Molon Labe! (Oathkeeper))
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To: Helicondelta

I certainly hope this is a foolish unsubstantiated rumor, because if Mr. Trump was to fine the SC, he would be gone in 60 days.

Sorry you do not like to hear this, but it’s reality.


49 posted on 06/12/2017 5:30:40 PM PDT by Strac6 ("We sleep safe in our beds only because rough men stand ready to visit violence on the enemy.")
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To: 9YearLurker

Don’t miss the fact that the entire establishment, plus the entire deep state, has thrown everything they have at him and he still comes out on top.


50 posted on 06/12/2017 5:31:06 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: Strac6

You are 100% wrong about that.


51 posted on 06/12/2017 5:31:42 PM PDT by reasonisfaith ("...because they received not the love of the truth, that they might be saved." (2 Thessalonians))
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To: Helicondelta

Either Rosenstein appointed Mueller with no consultation from Trump, or he appointed him with Trump’s approval. If it was with Trump’s approval, then maybe having Mueller appointed served some purpose for Trump. Whatever purpose it may have served, it would appear it has now been achieved.

Notice how, before Comey’s testimony, Trump’s surrogates had little bad to say about Mueller, but since his testimony, they have begun, almost in unison, to publicly raise the issue of Mueller’s character and conflicts of interest, and call for him to step down. Makes me think it was Trump’s plan all along. Appoint Mueller to achieve some strategic end. Then, once achieved, raise the conflict of interest and character issues, and have him removed. What that strategic end might have been, one can only speculate.


52 posted on 06/12/2017 5:32:17 PM PDT by mbrfl
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To: Alberta's Child

It has already been established that Trump has never been under no estimation, so go ahead and pull the trigger of the special counsel, which was created on a lie by Comey.


53 posted on 06/12/2017 5:32:22 PM PDT by TennTuxedo
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To: Helicondelta
Dear President Trump, I WROTE THIS FOR YOU IN CASE YOU NEED HELP ON THIS MATTER:

"Robert Mueller made the fatal mistake of stacking his counsel with prosecutors who are also Democrat donors. Because of this overtly politically-biased recruiting practice by Mueller which renders a fair and impartial investigation impossible, I have no choice but to exercise my Constitutional authority and terminate Mueller along with the Special Counsel."

MAGA!

54 posted on 06/12/2017 5:33:12 PM PDT by CivilWarBrewing (Feminism DESTROYED females)
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To: Helicondelta

Do it President Trump, do it! Fire his corrupt Comey-loving ass! The Hateful Left will squeal like pigs, let them. We will back you. Fire Mueller now!


55 posted on 06/12/2017 5:34:32 PM PDT by RooRoobird20 ("Democrats haven't been this angry since Republicans freed the slaves.")
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To: Soul of the South

Rosenstein wrote the definitive memo outlining the various reasons for firing Comey; he also strongly recommended Comey’s termination.


56 posted on 06/12/2017 5:35:13 PM PDT by 45Auto (Big holes are (almost) always better.)
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To: Cboldt

The press will throw him a party.


57 posted on 06/12/2017 5:36:07 PM PDT by xzins (Retired US Army chaplain. Those who truly support our troops pray for their victory.)
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To: Helicondelta

Some speculation out there that this rumor is actually meant to build Mueller’s cred further because the white house expects that he is going to exonerate Trump.


58 posted on 06/12/2017 5:36:14 PM PDT by Junior_G (Funny how liberals' love affair with Muslims began on 9/11)
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To: Logical me
President Trump just don’t get it yet.

If I had a dollar for every time I read that nonsense here on FreeRepublic they wouldn't need another quarterly fundraiser until 2075.

59 posted on 06/12/2017 5:36:21 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: TennTuxedo
It has already been established that Trump has never been under no estimation...

Well he's mostly exceeded my estimation, so I agree.

60 posted on 06/12/2017 5:37:16 PM PDT by Steely Tom (Liberals think in propaganda)
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