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Title    President Trump Backed Off from Ordering Special Counsel Mueller Fired
Date    Saturday January 27 2018, @10:22AM
Author    martyb
Topic   
from the lifesyles-of-the-rich-and-famous dept.
https://soylentnews.org/politics/article.pl?sid=18/01/27/0250222

An Anonymous Coward writes:

The New York Times reports "Trump Ordered Mueller Fired, but Backed Off When White House Counsel Threatened to Quit":

President Trump ordered the firing last June of Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel overseeing the Russia investigation, according to four people told of the matter, but ultimately backed down after the White House counsel threatened to resign rather than carry out the directive.

Previously:
Mueller Investigation: Three Former Trump Aides Charged
Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to the F.B.I.
UK Election Results; Fired FBI Director's Testimony on Trump; Trump Nominates New FBI Director

Original Submission

Links
  1. "Trump Ordered Mueller Fired, but Backed Off When White House Counsel Threatened to Quit" - https://www.nytimes.com/2018/01/25/us/politics/trump-mueller-special-counsel-russia.html
  2. "Mueller Investigation: Three Former Trump Aides Charged" - https://soylentnews.org/breakingnews/article.pl?sid=17/10/30/1950255
  3. "Michael Flynn Pleads Guilty to Lying to the F.B.I." - https://soylentnews.org/politics/article.pl?sid=17/12/02/1025228
  4. "UK Election Results; Fired FBI Director's Testimony on Trump; Trump Nominates New FBI Director" - https://soylentnews.org/politics/article.pl?sid=17/06/09/1220246
  5. "Original Submission" - https://soylentnews.org/submit.pl?op=viewsub&subid=24528
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