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President backed down from that after white house counsel don mcgahn threatened to resign. that s according to four people told of the matter. the washington post adds mcgahn did not deliver his resignation threat directly to trump but was serious about his threat to leave, according to a person familiar. last night, the white house put out a statement from one of the president s lawyers declining to comment writing out of respect for the office of the special counsel and its process but earlier this morning, president trump responded to the report as he meets with world leaders in davos, switzerland. reporter: mr. president, why did you fire robert mueller? why did you want to fire robert mueller? fake news, folks, fake news. typical new york times fake story. fake news, says the president. two sources told the times of what trump saw as three conflicts. first, a dispute years ago over fees at trump national golf club in sterling, virginia, that prompted mueller, the fbi ....
the washington post has now confirmed their version of this story. their headline they just moved is trump moved to fire special counsel mueller in june bringing the white house s top lawyer to the brink of quitting. this is not, again, first reported by the times now being matched by the post. president trump sought the firing of robert mueller last june shortly after the special counsel took over the investigation into russian interference and backed off only after mcgahn threatened to resign. the she down was confirmed by two people. the times reporting again was four people who were told of the matter. according to the washington post, mcgahn did not deliver his resignation threat directly to trump but was serious about his threat to leave. this incident could become part of mueller s examination whether trump has taken steps to try to stymie the investigation. joining us live is democratic member of the senate judiciary ....
That president trump ordered special counsel robert mueller be fired last june. the new york times was first to report the news and that the president backed down after white house counsel don mcgann threatened to resign according to four people told of the matter. the washington post adds that mcgann did not deliver his resignation threat directly to trump, but was serious about his threat to leave. according to a person familiar. last night, the white house put out a statement from one of the president s lawyers declining to comment, quote out of respect for the off the of the special counsel and its process, that from ty cobb. this morning, president trump responded to the report, as he met with world leaders in davos, switzerland. why did you want to fire robert mule centre. fake news, fake news. typical new york times fake story. fake news, says the president. so two sources told the times of what trump saw as three conflicts with mueller. first, a dispute years ago ....
The showdown was confirmed by two people. the times reporting again was four people who were told of the matter. according to the washington post, mcgahn did not deliver his resignation threat directly to trump but was serious about his threat to leave. this incident could become part of mueller s examination whether trump has taken steps to try to stymie the investigation. joining us live is democratic member of the senate judiciary committee who has been aggressive on the obstruction of justice and freedom of this investigation to follow the facts. thank you for coming in. thank you, rachel. let me get your top line reaction to this news. this is not the president acting to fire robert mueller now in case people are tuning in and freaking out about that. these are reports this happened last year, shortly after he was appointed. these reports are absolutely stunning, deeply frightening because they show again that the president will stop at nothing to protect himself from th ....
Disciplinary. then i m out of here, guys, kelly apparently said. some interpreted it as a resignation threat, but according to a senior administration festival. he was leavinging, early just to be home. coming to the balance of spending more than husband predecessor his predecessor. scott is doing a great job. president trump also defending his plan to secure the u.s. border with mexico. now this weekend hundreds of national guard troops are being deployed there with the pentagon calling for thousands more to join them. ....