Trump Says NYT Story On Sessions Recusal Was ‘Off’ But Won’t Elaborate

06 January 2018- Thurmont MD- U.S. President Donald J. Trump speaks at Camp David after holding meetings with staff, members of his Cabinet and Republican members of Congress to discuss the Republican legislative agenda for 2018. Photo Credit: Chris Kleponis/Sipa USA
THURMONT, MD - JANUARY 6: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press after holding meetings at Camp David on January 6, 2018 in Thurmont, Maryland. President Trump met with staff, members of his Cabinet and Repu... THURMONT, MD - JANUARY 6: U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to the press after holding meetings at Camp David on January 6, 2018 in Thurmont, Maryland. President Trump met with staff, members of his Cabinet and Republican members of Congress to discuss the Republican legislative agenda for 2018. (Photo by Chris Kleponis-Pool/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump on Saturday said that a New York Times report that the he directed Attorney General Jeff Sessions not to recuse himself from the Russia probe was “off,” but he did not outright deny making that demand.

“Everything I did is 100 percent proper. The story by the way in the Times was way off, or at least off. Everything that I’ve done is 100 percent proper. That’s what I do, is I do things proper,” Trump said when asked if he told the White House counsel to tell Sessions not to recuse himself, as the New York Times reported.

Asked how the New York Times story was “off,” Trump simply replied, “You’ll find out. But the story was off.”

Trump also addressed why he felt compelled to defend his mental stability in a Saturday morning Twitter rant.

“Only because I went to the best colleges, or college. I went to — I had a situation where I was a very excellent student, came out and made billions and billions of dollars, became one of the top business people. Went to television and for ten years was a tremendous success, as you probably have heard. Ran for president one time and won,” Trump said when asked about his tweets.

Trump then denied that he spoke with the author of the new book “Fire and Fury,” Michael Wolff, and said he was “heartened” that members of the “fake news media” defended him “because they know the author and they know he’s a fraud.”

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  1. We’ve heard that before. “We’d find out” there were tapes of James Comey’s awkward evening with 45, and “we’d find out” that Obama put a wiretapp(!!!) on 45 in Trump Tower. As y’all were, drive on!

  2. Avatar for 1gg 1gg says:

    " That’s what I do, is I do things proper,” Except speak English.
    It’s properly!

  3. Yes – the WH (and Hair Furor) will latch on to a misplaced “a” or “the” in the article and say the entire narrative is “fake news”.

  4. Avatar for pine pine says:

    " New York Times story was “off,” Trump simply replied, “You’ll find out. But the story was off.”

    For some reason that sounds strangely like this,You’ll find out and being off and all:

    "One Day After Asking Congress For $18 Billion To Fund Border Wall, Trump Still Tries To Convince His Supporters That Mexico Will Pay For It "

  5. Avatar for krux krux says:

    We’re just warming up here. We’re not at peak crazy on the book topic. He’s got so many things to lie about/deflect from this week it’s hard to keep them straight.

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