READ: The Beginning Of The Stephen Miller-Written ‘Screed’ Firing Comey

on June 25, 2018 in Washington, DC.
WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 25: Stephen Miller, senior advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, departs the White House June 25, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump is scheduled to attend a campaign event in South Carolina later... WASHINGTON, DC - JUNE 25: Stephen Miller, senior advisor to U.S. President Donald Trump, departs the White House June 25, 2018 in Washington, DC. Trump is scheduled to attend a campaign event in South Carolina later this evening. (Photo by Win McNamee/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Special counsel Robert Mueller’s redacted report confirmed New York Times reporting in 2017 that investigators had obtained the original letter President Trump drafted with Stephen Miller to fire James Comey.

Sources had described it to the Times as a “screed.” It was never sent.

Thursday’s report provides the opening of the final version of the Miller-drafted letter, which he and Trump had worked on at Trump’s golf resort in New Jersey.

Trump read the opening paragraphs of the letter to his advisors and told them his decision to fire Comey was final. Nonetheless, White House Counsel Don McGahn sought to slow walk the decision.

When they were back in Washington, Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein were brought into the loop. Rosenstein was tasked with writing a recommendation that Comey be fired — a recommendation that focused on his handling of the Hillary Clinton investigation. Trump however insisted against his advisors’ counsel that a reference to the Russia probe still be included in the cover letter announcing the termination that was released with Rosenstein’s recommendation.

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  1. Nonetheless, White House Counsel Don McGahn sought to slow walk the decision.

    Whatever McGahn mighta said to others, I can’t get away from the suspicion that his defense of the investigation was primarily meant to further Turtle’s Senate’s moves to pack the Federal bench with Federalist Society luminaries.

  2. Avatar for jep07 jep07 says:

    Good to see someone finally realized Miller’s a screed-writer, not a speech-writer.
    Every ---- Single ---- Word

  3. "Trump however insisted against his advisors’ counsel that a reference to the Russia probe still be included in the cover letter announcing the termination that was released with Rosenstein’s recommendation."

    i hate this era

  4. if only the President wasn’t a stupid Scooby Doo villain.

  5. Was this translated from the original German?

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