Trump Dismisses Reports He Tried To Fire Mueller: ‘Fake News, Fake News’

US President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with Israel's Prime Minister on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, eastern Switzerland, on January 25, 2018. / AFP PHO... US President Donald Trump speaks during a bilateral meeting with Israel's Prime Minister on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum (WEF) annual meeting in Davos, eastern Switzerland, on January 25, 2018. / AFP PHOTO / Nicholas Kamm (Photo credit should read NICHOLAS KAMM/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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President Donald Trump on Friday morning dismissed reports that he sought to fire special counsel Robert Mueller over the summer, calling the report in the New York Times “fake news.”

“Fake news, fake news,” Trump told reporters at the Davos World Economic Forum early Friday morning. “Typical New York Times. Fake stories.”

The New York Times reported Thursday night that Trump wanted to fire Mueller in the summer of 2017 and had drawn up a list of conflicts of interest he saw that should keep Mueller from leading the Russia probe. Trump backed away from that plan when White House counsel Don McGahn threatened to quit over the move, per the New York Times.

Several other outlets, including Fox News, the Washington Post, and Politico, followed up with confirmation of the New York Times’ reporting.

Trump attorney Ty Cobb declined to comment to the New York Times about its report that Trump sought to fire Mueller.

The revelation that Trump wanted to fire Mueller follows several reports this week indicating that the special counsel’s investigation into potential obstruction of justice is heating up.

 

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  1. Avatar for zd123 zd123 says:

    Trump attorney Ty Cobb declined to comment to the New York Times about its report that Trump sought to fire Mueller.

    That seems like the wrong lawyer to ask—how would McGahn react to the question? Many people think he is behind the leak and trying to make himself look good…so probably ‘no comment’, with a wry smile.

  2. There have been all kinds of whispers that some big blockbuster revelation about Trump-Russia was imminent, and now this.

    But I don’t think this is it. I think any day or week now we will get another story equally unsettling.

  3. Impeach Donald Trump before he surrenders to Russia.

  4. Trump: Presidents don’t work. They take credit and disperse blame.

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