President Donald Trump tweeted on Saturday night that former White House counsel Don McGahn had a “much better chance” of getting fired than special counsel Robert Mueller.
Trump insisted that he “was NOT” going to fire Mueller amid the special counsel’s Russia investigation.
“Actually, lawyer Don McGahn had a much better chance of being fired than Mueller,” Trump tweeted. “Never a big fan!”
I was NOT going to fire Bob Mueller, and did not fire Bob Mueller. In fact, he was allowed to finish his Report with unprecedented help from the Trump Administration. Actually, lawyer Don McGahn had a much better chance of being fired than Mueller. Never a big fan!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 11, 2019
The President’s tweet is likely a response to recent reports that McGahn had rejected the White House’s request last month to publicly state Trump had not obstructed justice in the Russia probe.
The House Judiciary Committee is trying to get McGahn to testify about Mueller’s findings detailed in his report.
“Never a big fan!”
I imagine McGahn considers that statement a badge of honor.
IOW, according to his tweet, he was going to fire Mueller but his minion(s) wouldn’t do it.
Emm, someone’s getting nervous and cannot think straight.
“I was NOT going to fire Bob Mueller, and did not fire Bob Mueller. In fact, he was allowed to finish his Report with unprecedented help from the Trump Administration. Actually, lawyer Don McGahn had a much better chance of being fired than Mueller. Never a big fan!”
Even in short statements, Trump cannot hold a single coherent thought. He wasn’t going to fire Bob Mueller (because he was trying to have other people do so for him), and he did not allow Mueller to finish his report without interference. It continued only because he was not able to find a way to stop it earlier. Instead, he succeeded in limiting its scope sufficient that it remained well away from his most vulnerable secrets. Then he got his henchman to try to claim the report said something quite different from what it actually said, and is still fighting on all fronts to avoid having any shred of information it contains being released for independent evaluation. What he is doing is so obvious that only his supporters cannot see it.
“The Apprentice.” White House. Season 3.