Scaramucci: I've advised Trump against firing Mueller
Source: Politico
By LOUIS NELSON 07/25/2017 09:45 AM EDT
Newly-appointed White House communications director Anthony Scaramucci said Tuesday that he has previously advised President Donald Trump not to fire Robert Mueller, the special prosecutor overseeing an investigation into last years presidential election.
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Scaramucci, who joined the White House last week, said he has spoken to the president about Mueller and counseled him to leave the special prosecutor in place.
I'll be on the record with this: In candid conversations with the president, I've said, 'why would you fire him?' Scaramucci told conservative radio host Hugh Hewitt in a Tuesday morning interview.
The communications director quickly pivoted to the question of presidential pardons and whether Trump would issue them for campaign staffers, family members, White House officials or himself in relation to the Russia investigations. The Washington Post reported last week that the president has inquired about his power to issue pardons, and Trump himself wrote on Twitter Saturday that that the president has "complete power to pardon."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/story/2017/07/25/trump-do-not-fire-robert-mueller-anthony-scaramucci-240931
Leghorn21
(13,527 posts)This is too fuckin rich!!!!
PJMcK
(22,056 posts)The Idiot will have to contradict his new Miscommunications Director.
It's what he does.
WhiteTara
(29,728 posts)flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)You know, like Kellyanne used to do back before she sold her soul to the Devil. But she's useless now, so Rumpus needs fresh meat to make him look good!
TomCADem
(17,390 posts)This is reminiscent of Nikki Haley trying to distance herself from Trump on Russia issues in order save her own career by making clear that Trump's views are not her own.