White House: No Plan To Fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller

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WASHINGTON (AP) — The White House says President Donald Trump isn’t thinking about or talking about firing special counsel Robert Mueller.

That’s the late word from White House lawyer Ty Cobb, who released a statement late Sunday after a series of Trump tweets led members of Congress and others to speculate that the president may be considering orchestrating Mueller’s firing.

Mueller has been investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election – a probe Trump believes is politically motivated. Mueller is also looking at Trump for possible obstruction of justice related to his decision last May to fire James Comey as FBI director.

Cobb’s statement says: “In response to media speculation and related questions being posed to the Administration, the White House yet again confirms that the President is not considering or discussing the firing of the Special Counsel, Robert Mueller.”

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  1. President Donald Trump isn’t thinking about or talking about firing special counsel Robert Mueller.

    That’s a lie. He thinks and talks about it a lot, I’ll bet.

    Also, Trump never fires anyone. He’ll get someone else to do it.

  2. A very lame attempt at slow rolling Congress so they don’t pass something to prevent Trump from having Mueller removed.

    But consider the sheer audacity on display here. Trump does not have the authority to fire Mueller. Any attempt by the WH to pressure the DoJ to remove Mueller will be viewed through an OOJ lens.

    Yet…here is his freaking lawyer, announcing to the world that the question has been considered…just rejected for right now. The only reasonable statement would be something along the lines of “The President is completely aware that he has no statutory control over Mr. Mueller or his investigation. He was appointed by the DoJ, and his continued work is entirely up to their discretion and procedures”

    Anything else, including the statement Cobb did release, is merely helping Mueller build yet another OOJ case against his client.

  3. Agreed, Trump is not thinking or talking about firing Mueller… He wrote a note to Sessions to have him do it.

  4. You say: “Mueller has been investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election – a probe Trump believes is politically motivated.”
    Do you mean?: "Mueller has been investigating Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election – a probe Trump says is politically motivated.

  5. Your version is correct. The “believe” version is almost never correct.

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