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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Trump’s WH counsel has been wrong about a lot of stuff. Strutting about claiming Mueller will finish his investigation. Then Mueller doesn’t finish it. He’s not serving POTUS well, IMO.
I think it was a FREEPER who said, you know you are getting over a target if you are taking a lot of flak.
Well, well. They brought in MAGGIE HABERMAN to co-author this. They usually save her for their biggest lies.
The leak is from Mueller’s office.
Wanna bet it was just the subject of firing Mueller that came up; nothing actionable.
The deep state is mired in its own crap and deeply. The NYT can never be trusted.
Unless Mueller was fired, this is not really news.
Yep, could very easily be Very Fake News...
Mueller and his gang of blind shooters are doing a pretty good job of firing themselves.
Is Mueller still getting an IC tap feed from the offices of Trump?
He ordered cross dressers out of the military too and Mattis countermanded that order without a peep from Trump. Trump’s tough guy personality was only for tv, in reality he is a wimp who gets run over every day by his Generals and everyone else.
That’s why lefty articles require 4 authors anymore, each bringing their own imaginary source.
You’d think anonymous sources would embarrass them by now, but no.
It’s ok. He’ll really get fired soon I think.
Why is this not under news/activism? This should be in the sidebar under breaking news.
“So why now?”
It always happens as a distraction because of good press in Europe.
However, if he pushes that insane amnesty plan, I won’t be voting for him ever again. Very demoralizing. The country will be lost. Reagan’s amnesty all over again.
...which is why it doesnt pass the smell test.
Does Mueller report to the White House Counsel??
“Mr. Mueller learned about the episode in recent months as his investigators interviewed current and former senior White House officials”
More leaking by slimeball Mueller.
Its the NYT . Ping me when it comes from a reliable source. Besides , Ild love to see mueller unemployed.
Since the POTUS can fire anyone serving in the Executive Branch, why is this a problem?
If true, the POTUS changed his mind after consulting his Advisors, including his own Lawyer.
If the POTUS was really Hitler / Stalin as the Liberals describe him, Mulehead would have just vanished off the face of the Earth.
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