President Trump denies that he had asked former White House counsel Don McGahn to fire special counsel Robert Mueller.
President Donald Trump on Thursday denied that he had asked former White House counsel Don McGahn to fire special counsel Robert Mueller, a finding detailed in Mueller's report on Russian election interference and possible obstruction of justice by Trump.
The president added:"If I wanted to fire Mueller, I didn't need McGahn to do it, I could have done it myself."The New York Times reported in January 2018 that Trump had ordered McGahn to fire Mueller the previous June, but backed off his demand after the White House counsel had threatened to resign. The Times then reported in April 2018 that in December, Trump had said in definitive terms that the Mueller investigation, which began in May 2017, must be shut down.
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