Posted on 02/04/2018 9:39:56 AM PST by Kaslin
Former White House Chief of Staff Reince Preiebus appeared on NBC’s Meet the Press today with Chuck Todd. to discuss his time in the White Huse and current events surrounding President Donald J. Trump and the FBI. Priebus disputed media reports alleging that the president wanted special counsel Robert Mueller fired for handling of the Russian investigation into whether or not election interference occurred.
CHUCK TODD: All right. Let me start right on an issue that happened near the end of your tenure as White House chief of staff. Washington Post reported late last month the following, "Trump's ire at Mueller rose to such a level that then White House strategist Stephen K. Bannon and then-Chief of Staff Reince Priebus grew, quote, 'Incredibly concerned,' that he was going to fire Mueller and sought to enlist others to intervene with the president, according to a Trump advisor who requested anonymity to describe private conversations." This was all in that report that said White House Counsel Don McGahn said he'd resign if ordered to do this. What you can tell us about this event?REINCE PRIEBUS: Well, I mean, first of all, there's an ongoing investigation so there's some things that I can't get into, Chuck. But I will tell you this, which I think is something that I've talked to a couple people about, I never felt, of all the things that we went through in the West Wing, I never felt that the president was going to fire the special counsel.
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TODD: --what people heard, it's possible the president uttered the words, "I want Mueller fired. I want Mueller gone."
PRIEBUS: I never heard that.
TODD: But you never took it--
PRIEBUS: No, I never heard that.
TODD: --you never heard the specific--
PRIEBUS: I never heard that. No.
CHUCK TODD: --the sentiment was expressed?
PRIEBUS: I think it was very clear by the president's own words that he was concerned about the conflicts of interest that he felt that the special counsel had. And he made that very clear. Perhaps someone interpreted that to mean something else. But I know the difference between fire that person, why isn't that person gone, to what I read in that New York Times' piece.”
Priebus, who left his position as Chief of Staff last year, also said he does not believe the president is preparing to fire Robert Mueller right now, saying, “No, not at all," when asked by the host.
Priebus also added that the media’s fixation on whether or not Mueller will be fired is a “24/7 obsession.”
PRIEBUS: "I think it's news. I think it's a 24/7 obsession with this issue. Listen, it's a legitimate issue that the president and all of his supporters, at least the ones that go on television, reiterate in saying they want to cooperate with the special counsel. They're not going to get in the way. And I've not heard anything to the contrary of that mantra."
Coming up next...
Trump once said “pussy.”
And then, you know, there’s RussiaRussiaRussia.
Any articles about Melania’s shoes lately?
Desperate media - frantic to spin the news away from the exposure of mass corruption of DEMOCRATS in Washington.
I never pay any attention to news about the president unless it involves concrete action. The rest is either usually false or trivial.
what is with these guys...you mean NO ONE can fire Mueller or any of these FBI clowns. So who the hell has the authority to fire him ????
Good.
I think Reince has been doing a good job of keeping his mouth shut, and wish him every happiness in his new career and a sincere wish that he continue doing so.
Nice how that Punk Todd circles back to the Trump wants to fire the rats hero issue instead of the FBI spied on a presidential candidate to get the kill shot story.
Were FISA Courts used almost exclusively to spy on conservative Americans during the Obama years?
The numbers - the statistics will tell the truth...
Statistics on 'conservative or liberal' groups can't be "classified" - no names are used in the analysis ...
The public has a right to know.
I would like to know the answer to that question as well.
I have a suspicion that they have a special Judge lined up that would pretty much rubber stamp anything these crooks would send up there. I have a feeling they have done this many times over the past 8 years.
The numbers - the statistics will tell the truth...
Statistics on 'conservative or liberal' groups can't be "classified" - no names are used in the analysis ...
The public has a right to know.
Here, Here...Its something that Bannon should have learned.
I have the same feeling, and I think we might know his name. It’s the judge who on Friday announced that he was keeping the memos issued by Jim Comey regarding his meetings with Trump, under lock and key. The fact that Comey himself leaked several of them to his professor bud, notwithstanding.
Mueller isn’t investigating the president. And has confirmed that several times. So it’s literally impossible for Trump to obstruct justice.
Have some respect noobie
It was very wise of him to so so.
You left out that Trump once looked at a woman that he was not married to.
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