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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Jul 25, 2017, 10:45 AM Jul 2017

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 year’s 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

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Scaramucci: I've advised Trump against firing Mueller (Original Post) DonViejo Jul 2017 OP
10-4, got it!: President Mooch has superseded Pres. Bannon and/or Pres. Kush, oo rah! Leghorn21 Jul 2017 #1
Time for Trump to send a tweet PJMcK Jul 2017 #2
Hurry Bobby Three Sticks Hurry! WhiteTara Jul 2017 #3
Apparently Mooch hasn't figure out he's not there to give advice. He's there to say "I love Trump!" flibbitygiblets Jul 2017 #4
Mr. Nikki Haley Tries To Cover His Own Ass TomCADem Jul 2017 #5

Leghorn21

(13,520 posts)
1. 10-4, got it!: President Mooch has superseded Pres. Bannon and/or Pres. Kush, oo rah!
Tue Jul 25, 2017, 10:53 AM
Jul 2017

This is too fuckin rich!!!!

PJMcK

(21,922 posts)
2. Time for Trump to send a tweet
Tue Jul 25, 2017, 11:00 AM
Jul 2017

The Idiot will have to contradict his new Miscommunications Director.

It's what he does.

flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
4. Apparently Mooch hasn't figure out he's not there to give advice. He's there to say "I love Trump!"
Tue Jul 25, 2017, 11:22 AM
Jul 2017

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

(17,378 posts)
5. Mr. Nikki Haley Tries To Cover His Own Ass
Wed Jul 26, 2017, 01:04 AM
Jul 2017

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.

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