https://www.yahoo.com/new...itics.html

WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller last June, but he backed off the order after White House lawyer Don McGahn threatened to resign, according to a report Thursday in The New York Times.

The newspaper reports that Trump demanded Mueller's firing just weeks after the special counsel was first appointed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

McGahn said he would not deliver the order to the Justice Department, according to The Times, which cites four people familiar with the request by the president.


I it. HA HA HA HA HA....

he fired Comey and then tried to fire Mueller too? this is very similiar to the way Nixon behaved during Watergate.Trump is trying to obstruct and derail this investigation.He's playing with fire.

Of course he is calling it "fake news" which ony fuels reporters to go deeper and deeper into that sive of a WH and unocover even more inappropriate behavior, which of course leads to obstuction behavior... Mueller has talked to so many people and who knows what else was said?!

Keep talking Trump!

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SuperFurryAnimal said:

CNN reporting according to one person familiar with the matter.

Ahh, Furry, don't worry, you'll be able to write him in prison.

13cjk13 said:

SuperFurryAnimal said:

CNN reporting according to one person familiar with the matter.

Ahh, Furry, don't worry, you'll be able to write him in prison.

Revolution will happen if Trump is jailed.

Watched it break wide open last night.

Of course, in Davo's Trump is saying that the NY Times is fake news.

PennyPurple said:

Watched it break wide open last night.

Of course, in Davo's Trump is saying that the NY Times is fake news.

Even Faux News confirmed it and then returned to the high speed chase somewhere in Florida....

According to the Times report, which cited "four people told of the matter," Trump claimed that Mueller had three conflicts of interest that disqualified him from overseeing the investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.

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NON STORY NON EVENT.

Nothing new. Mueller's credability has always been in question.

SuperFurryAnimal said:

According to the Times report, which cited "four people told of the matter," Trump claimed that Mueller had three conflicts of interest that disqualified him from overseeing the investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.

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NON STORY NON EVENT.

Nothing new. Mueller's credability has always been in question.

ok.

DiminutiveRocker said:

SuperFurryAnimal said:

According to the Times report, which cited "four people told of the matter," Trump claimed that Mueller had three conflicts of interest that disqualified him from overseeing the investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.

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NON STORY NON EVENT.

Nothing new. Mueller's credability has always been in question.

ok.

Last I checked Mueller is leading the investigation? TRUE?

SuperFurryAnimal said:

DiminutiveRocker said:

ok.

Last I checked Mueller is leading the investigation? TRUE?

Yes, Trump's plan to fire him did not happen because McGhan threatened to quit if he did

DiminutiveRocker said:

SuperFurryAnimal said:

Last I checked Mueller is leading the investigation? TRUE?

Yes, Trump's plan to fire him did not happen because McGhan threatened to quit if he did

You tell me why this SOURCE would not go directly to Mueller with the info instead of going directly to the NYT?

SuperFurryAnimal said:

DiminutiveRocker said:

Yes, Trump's plan to fire him did not happen because McGhan threatened to quit if he did

You tell me why this SOURCE would not go directly to Mueller with the info instead of going directly to the NYT?

Ask him if you want to know - but it'll come out during he impeachment proceedings - you shouldn't have to wait much longer. Cough cough FLYNN Cough cough PriebUS Cough cough BANNON Cough cough


Get it?

DiminutiveRocker said:

SuperFurryAnimal said:

You tell me why this SOURCE would not go directly to Mueller with the info instead of going directly to the NYT?

Ask him if you want to know - but it'll come out during he impeachment proceedings - you shouldn't have to wait much longer. Cough cough FLYNN Cough cough PriebUS Cough cough BANNON Cough cough


Get it?

Yeah I get it is an investigation into collusion with Russia.

Get it?

SuperFurryAnimal said:

DiminutiveRocker said:

Yes, Trump's plan to fire him did not happen because McGhan threatened to quit if he did

You tell me why this SOURCE would not go directly to Mueller with the info instead of going directly to the NYT?

Who said they didn't go to Mueller? I'm sure Mueller has known all along that Trump wants him gone.

SuperFurryAnimal said:

DiminutiveRocker said:

Ask him if you want to know - but it'll come out during he impeachment proceedings - you shouldn't have to wait much longer. Cough cough FLYNN Cough cough PriebUS Cough cough BANNON Cough cough


Get it?

Yeah I get it is an investigation into collusion with Russia.

Get it?

Did you know that reporter Bob Woodward was assigned the break-in of the Democratic headquarters at the Watergate Hotel... where did that lead I wonder....

Try again... on second thought, actually don't. This is embarrassingly easy.

PennyPurple said:

SuperFurryAnimal said:

You tell me why this SOURCE would not go directly to Mueller with the info instead of going directly to the NYT?

Who said they didn't go to Mueller? I'm sure Mueller has known all along that Trump wants him gone.

Sure he does. And he has loads of testimony that we do not know about. If Trump denies it he is lying. If he admits it... could be obstruction.

PennyPurple said:

SuperFurryAnimal said:

You tell me why this SOURCE would not go directly to Mueller with the info instead of going directly to the NYT?

Who said they didn't go to Mueller? I'm sure Mueller has known all along that Trump wants him gone.

What are you talking about? I stated an investigation is going on and suposedly the people who are part of the investigation gave an interview to the NYT. That should be enough for even Mueller to want the NYT sources.

DiminutiveRocker said:

PennyPurple said:

Who said they didn't go to Mueller? I'm sure Mueller has known all along that Trump wants him gone.

Sure he does. And he has loads of testimony that we do not know about. If Trump denies it he is lying. If he admits it... could be obstruction.

The problem with that theory is firing Mueller would not stop the investigation.

Trump could have even fired Mueller and it would not proven "obstruction" because the investigation would have continued. As far as the investigation it is over collusion with Russia. My prediction is they will not find any collusion but smaller stuff related to finances by some of the people questioned.

SuperFurryAnimal said:

DiminutiveRocker said:

Sure he does. And he has loads of testimony that we do not know about. If Trump denies it he is lying. If he admits it... could be obstruction.

The problem with that theory is firing Mueller would not stop the investigation.

There is no problem with the theory - you cannot direct that your WH counsel fire the person who (appointed by the Justice Department) is investigating people in your adminsitration and your campaign. *THAT* is obstructing justice. If Mueller runs across his other mis-doings while investigating for Russian collusion - that does not mean they cannot charge him or hold him responsible.

Firing Comey... trying to fire Mueller... what *IS* Trump so afriad of I wonder? If there is nothing there then he should just relax and let it continue unhindered.

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DiminutiveRocker said:

SuperFurryAnimal said:

The problem with that theory is firing Mueller would not stop the investigation.

There is no problem with the theory - you cannot direct that your WH counsel fire the person who (appointed by the Justice Department) is investigating people in your adminsitration and your campaign. *THAT* is obstructing justice. If Mueller runs across his other mis-doings while investigating for Russian collusion - that does not mean they cannot charge him or hold him responsible.

Firing Comey... trying to fire Mueller... what *IS* Trump so afriad of I wonder? If there is nothing there then he should just relax and let it continue unhindered.

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This really is the part in the life story of the failed businessman where he files bankruptcy and walks away. He just can't understand that it doesnt work like that now. LOCK HIM UP.

13cjk13 said:

DiminutiveRocker said:

There is no problem with the theory - you cannot direct that your WH counsel fire the person who (appointed by the Justice Department) is investigating people in your adminsitration and your campaign. *THAT* is obstructing justice. If Mueller runs across his other mis-doings while investigating for Russian collusion - that does not mean they cannot charge him or hold him responsible.

Firing Comey... trying to fire Mueller... what *IS* Trump so afriad of I wonder? If there is nothing there then he should just relax and let it continue unhindered.

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This really is the part in the life story of the failed businessman where he files bankruptcy and walks away. He just can't understand that it doesnt work like that now. LOCK HIM UP.

First someone needs to remind him that he is not CEO of the country and that this is not a TV show....

We need more Trump "foot in his mouth" tweets.

luv4u said:

We need more Trump "foot in his mouth" tweets.

LOL I was going to say "do we?" but then... yes, we do!

DiminutiveRocker said:

luv4u said:

We need more Trump "foot in his mouth" tweets.

LOL I was going to say "do we?" but then... yes, we do!

Yep Mueller giving him all the rope he needs

luv4u said:

DiminutiveRocker said:

LOL I was going to say "do we?" but then... yes, we do!

Yep Mueller giving him all the rope he needs

for sure