Or did NPR get the story from Ruddy?
‘Donald Trump interviewed Robert Mueller for the position of FBI director, a senior administration official has confirmed.
The confirmation comes one day after Trump friend and Newsmax Media CEO Chris Ruddy appeared on “PBS Newshour” Monday and said the president had interviewed Mueller for the position just days before he was appointed to be special counsel.
“The president did talk with him in the days before he was named special counsel,” Ruddy said. “I think there’s a conflict there.”’
Here’s the one that says definitely Ruddy was the source:
‘A day before former FBI Director Robert Mueller accepted the appointment to be the special counsel probing Russian meddling in the presidential election, President Trump met with him to talk about taking another turn as FBI director.
The interview was first mentioned byTrump friend and Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy in an interview on PBS’ “NewsHour” Monday evening.
Mr. Trump, Ruddy said, “was looking at [Mueller] potentially to become the next FBI director. That hasn’t been published but it’s true.”’
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/trump-interviewed-robert-mueller-for-fbi-director/
Newsmax said that got the story from NPR.
But this is a sting, so it must be the opposite of that.