Murphy claimed she'd made an independent decision. Trump then tweeted it was his recommendation.

[highplainsdem]

Manu Raju tweet with Emily Murphy's letter:

Link to tweet

Trump's tweets about this, following the release of the letter:

Link to tweet

Link to tweet

[russiamommy]

1. Good observation

[thinkingagain]

2. So either she's a liar or he is ( both I assume)

Maybe a tweet should be asked who’s the liar?

[highplainsdem]

3. Tweet from Joy Reid show's account saying WH sent counsel to guide Murphy:

Link to tweet

[C_U_L8R]

4. There's no honor being a magat

Trump will undermine you as soon as it suits him.

[crickets]

5. I highly doubt her independence. Murphy had a WH minder installed right before the election.

White House attorney dispatched to agency blocking Biden transition - November 10, 2020
https://news.yahoo.com/white-house-attorney-dispatched-to-agency-blocking-biden-transition-173301811.html

WASHINGTON — Five days before the presidential election, the Trump administration dispatched attorney Trent Benishek of the White House general counsel’s office to the General Services Administration. [snip]

GSA put out a press release, which said that as the new general counsel of the GSA, as well as its top ethics official, Benishek would “advise in the formulation and promulgation of GSA policies and regulations, oversee the agency’s litigation, and provide overall direction.” [snip]

But one top official who was involved in the Obama transition in 2008 speculated that the young attorney was put there “to keep tabs on Murphy.” The former transition member, who would discuss the matter only on the condition of anonymity, went further, speculating that Benishek “was installed there so the [White House] could fire the administrator and chief of staff, then have [Benishek] take over the agency to stop the ascertainment,” a reference to the process the GSA undertakes during a presidential transition.

Though Murphy is a Republican, she is not a White House insider, meaning that she may not be fully trusted to do the president’s bidding.