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“Lest we all forget the FIRST heap of trouble Trump got into was because he asked MUELLER to be his head of FBI.”

Not so, apparently.

This from CNN:

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President Trump has said repeatedly that Robert Mueller interviewed for the FBI director job just before he was appointed as special counsel in May 2017.

Mueller provided more context about that conversation, from his point of view, under tough questioning from GOP Rep. Greg Steube.

Mueller said he was asked by the President for input about on the post, but said he was not interviewing for the job itself.

Here’s the exchange:

Mueller: My understanding, I was not applying for the job. I was asked to give my input about what it would take to do the job, which, triggered the interview you are talking about.

Steube: So you don’t recall on May 16, 2017 that you interviewed with the President, regarding the FBI Director job?

Mueller: I interviewed with the President and it was about the job but not about me applying for the job.

Steube: So your statement here today is that you didn’t interview to apply for the FBI director job?

Mueller: That’s correct.
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