Trump Sought to Fire Mueller in December
Source: New York Times
In early December, President Trump, furious over news reports about a new round of subpoenas from the office of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, told advisers in no uncertain terms that Mr. Muellers investigation had to be shut down.
The presidents anger was fueled by reports that the subpoenas were for obtaining information about his business dealings with Deutsche Bank, according to interviews with eight White House officials, people close to the president and others familiar with the episode. To Mr. Trump, the subpoenas suggested that Mr. Mueller had expanded the investigation in a way that crossed the red line he had set last year in an interview with The New York Times.
In the hours that followed Mr. Trumps initial anger over the Deutsche Bank reports, his lawyers and advisers worked quickly to learn about the subpoenas, and ultimately were told by Mr. Muellers office that the reports were not accurate, leading the president to back down.
Mr. Trumps quick conclusion that the erroneous news reports warranted firing Mr. Mueller is also an insight Mr. Trumps state of mind about the special counsel. Despite assurances from leading Republicans like Speaker Paul D. Ryan that the president has not thought about firing Mr. Mueller, the December episode was the second time Mr. Trump is now known to have considered taking that step. The other instance was in June, when the White House counsel, Donald F. McGahn II, threatened to quit unless Mr. Trump stopped trying to get him to fire Mr. Mueller.
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H2O Man
(73,668 posts)I'd wager that he's rather unpleasant to be around today.
bucolic_frolic
(43,443 posts)himself, or the rule of law.
He doesn't get to judge himself. He was hired as president. The man needs a good schooling in political theory as it developed over the last 500 years, from Rousseau to Hobbes to Adams. He's trying to ignore all that, or more likely doesn't even know it exists. After all there was no one before Trump, and no one after Trump. There is just Trump.
FakeNoose
(32,854 posts)He took an oath on a Bible to uphold the US Constitution, in front of God and the entire nation on January 20, 2016.
Cha
(297,935 posts)he's guilty. .
Stuart G
(38,454 posts)EarthFirst
(2,905 posts)Someone; somewhere still has him in line enough to prevent this.