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That the president last june ordered the white house counsel to fire robert mueller, mcgann protested and threatened to quit if he was ordered to go through with this. the president ultimately backed down. this is the first time that we know of, anderson of the president actually engaging in this and doing what had been seen as an option he was keeping open, and he was very consciously keeping it open last july in an interview with the "times". he has said i'm not thinking of firing robert mueller. obviously, it would have created a massive earthquake had he done so. >> let's just repeat this....

"times". he has said i'm not thinking of firing robert mueller. obviously, it would have created a massive earthquake had he done so. >> let's just repeat this. this is really huge. this is june of this past year, 2017. >> caller: yep, that is correct. >> and he went through and asked don mcgann, the white house counsel to do that. >> caller: he ordered the firing of him, and mcgann said if this happens i will quit. and that is how it ultimately went away. mcgann is not the first person to quit to impact the president's behavior. john kelly, a few times in his tenure as chief of staff. >> it's...