He said in subsequent interviews that he had the Russian Federation investigation in mind when he made the decision. "There were many other conflicts that I haven't said, but I will at some point", Trump warned.
It was reported Thursday a wide-ranging, follow-the-money probe by former FBI Director Mueller was expanding to include business dealings of President Trump and his campaign associates, a Red Line the President warned not be crossed. His followers would insist it was a miracle: Holy water emanating from the nether regions of virtuous women, a prophecy that the Lord would soon be blessing America with golden showers of the Trump presidency.
President Trump previously told Fox News, "I can say that the people that have been hired are all Hillary Clinton supporters". I don't. It's not my thing.
President Trump is not alone in his position that Mr. Mueller is overreaching.
"In my opinion, he shared it so that I would think he had it out there", Trump told the newspaper.
When Donald Trump gets talking, no one, possibly not even the President, is sure what is going to come out.
Presidents Trump Macron and their wives tour Napoleon Bonaparte’s tomb at Les Invalides in Paris
Trump fired Comey in May.
Trump recalled that, after the meeting, Comey pulled him aside and informed him of the dossier.
"What was your reaction to that, when he said he leaked that information to the press?"
But Trump went further on Wednesday, telling the New York Times that he did not ask to speak with Comey alone in the White House and that he either did not have a tete-a-tete with Comey, or does not remember it, if it happened. "How do you take a job and then recuse yourself? I take him at his word, and that's why I'm gonna support his nomination".
Trump's criticism of his Attorney General was condemned by Walter Shaub, who recently stepped down as head of the Office of Government Ethics. "It sends a clear message that ethics doesn't matter".
Now here's a U.S. poll Trump would love: Clinton has lower numbers
The survey shows Clinton has lost popularity even among those who voted for her in the November elections. On top of that, her favorable numbers had always rebounded after the election cycle concludes.
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