White House Director of Legislative Affairs Marc Short on Sunday said that he is “not aware” that President Donald Trump’s “ever” suggested that he would fire Robert Mueller, the special counsel overseeing the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, though Trump reportedly tried to do so last year.
“I’m not aware of the President ever intimating that he wanted to fire Robert Mueller,” Short said on “Fox News Sunday.” “I’m not familiar in any conversation with the President ever intimating that he wanted to fire Robert Mueller.”
Short says that Trump has “been frustrated by this investigation.”
“He feels like there’s been millions of dollars in taxpayer dollars spent, and no evidence yet of collusion,” Short said. “The White House continues to cooperate in every manner providing any document that the special counsel has asked for.”
The New York Times on Thursday reported that Trump tried to fire Mueller last summer, but backed off when White House counsel Don McGahn said he would resign rather than fire the special counsel.
They should replay the Hannity egg on his face moment for Short’s benefit. Because of all news sources, Fox has confirmed this happened! Surely they pushed back, no??
Very touching that he is worried about the tax payers’ money being wasted. I am sure that he is going to cut the frequency of his visits to Florida for the same reason.
“He feels like there’s been millions of dollars in taxpayer dollars spent”
Hmm Benghazi?
Any aide who claims unawareness of anything is probably speaking the truth if understanding anything whatsoever is included in awareness. Isn’t that a prerequisite to getting a job in this WH? It’s the Sergeant Schultz team.
As I understand it, he ordered it.