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Trump Ordered Mueller Fired, but Backed Off When White House Counsel Threatened to Quit (NYT)
NY Slimes ^
| January 25, 2017
| MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MAGGIE HABERMAN
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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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: fake; fakenews; mueller; trump; trumpmueller
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To: Golden Eagle
Mueller should have been fired day 1 he is a Clinton loving hack
To: Responsibility2nd
All this stuff is to muddy the airwaves with something, anything to distract and smear, while validating the nonsense of those who live on the fringe.
Even getting the 'memo' out will not stop it. Indictments or bust.
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posted on
01/25/2018 6:04:56 PM PST
by
Lagmeister
( false prophets shall rise, and shall show signs and wonders Mark 13:22)
To: Golden Eagle
Trump is killing it in Davos, spreading the message to the world and the knives are out at home to knock that trip off the front page. Disgusting.
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posted on
01/25/2018 6:07:34 PM PST
by
databoss
To: BobL
If Trump plays his cards right, he can get enough allies elected in November to overrule the democrats, or get enough elected to change Republican leadership in Congress and use the simple majority rule. The democrats would be destroyed after 8 years.
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posted on
01/25/2018 6:07:48 PM PST
by
odawg
To: Golden Eagle
How would the NYT know this? Leak or lie?
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posted on
01/25/2018 6:08:46 PM PST
by
dforest
(Never let a Muslim cut your hair.)
To: Uncle Sam 911
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posted on
01/25/2018 6:10:03 PM PST
by
Flycatcher
(God speaks to us, through the supernal lightness of birds, in a special type of poetry.)
To: BobL
I dont think the Dems will give an inch on Chain Migration...so I dont expect anything to come of it. This is more Trumps way of showing how full of crap they are.
Winner. Winner. Chicken Dinner. And this isn’t his final offer. I’m sure he’ll up it to 3 million amnesty in exchange for the wall and an end to non nuclear family chain migration. The Dems will NEVER agree to that. GUARANTEED.
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posted on
01/25/2018 6:11:03 PM PST
by
lodi90
To: Paladin2
Let see if this is weakness or fake news.m We will know by 8 am.
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posted on
01/25/2018 6:14:29 PM PST
by
raiderboy
( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall" DJT)
To: Eddie01
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posted on
01/25/2018 6:15:38 PM PST
by
raiderboy
( "...if we have to close down our government, weÂ’re building that wall" DJT)
To: Golden Eagle
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To: Maudeen
Nixon’s White House Counsel was John Dean. Trump should be careful with his—no attorney client privilege, for one thing.
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posted on
01/25/2018 6:16:13 PM PST
by
Defiant
(I may be deplorable, but I'm not getting in that basket.)
To: Golden Eagle
"according to four people told of the matter,
Sounds like the ultimate in badly sourced #FakeNews. All this means is that 4 (anonymous) ppl heard the same rumor. It's only gossip at this point. Anonymous unsourced gossip.
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posted on
01/25/2018 6:16:38 PM PST
by
Enchante
(FusionGPS "dirty dossier" scandal links Hillary, FBI, CIA, Dept of Justice... "Deep State" is real)
To: Gahanna Bob
Maybe they should have a Monthly Fake News Awards.
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posted on
01/25/2018 6:17:13 PM PST
by
EdnaMode
Comment #75 Removed by Moderator
To: Golden Eagle
Why would we be finding out about this now? This has the whiff of desperation to keep the Trump wants to FIRE MUELLER! meme in the air.
To: raiderboy
Looks like a WASHINGTONIAN DOUCHEBAG to me.
This is firing squad, Hutu, Tutsi, existential type stuff.
Trump needs to get REAL, and the window is 99% CLOSED.
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posted on
01/25/2018 6:18:27 PM PST
by
Rome2000
((SMASH THE CPUSA-SIC SEMPER TYRANNIS-CLOSE ALL MOSQUES))
To: Golden Eagle
This is a distraction from the news that
the FBI lovebirds were transmitting HRC investigation information over non-secure, non-government networks. It is amazing how the anti-Trump stories pop up almost immediately after this type of info comes out.
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01/25/2018 6:18:50 PM PST
by
Major Matt Mason
(The U.S. Senate - where American freedom goes to die.)
To: Golden Eagle
From New York Slimes? Must be 🐂💩💩💩👎
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