Trump, Aides Ramp Up Calls For Special Counsel Robert Mueller To End Russia Probe
President Trump and aides are stepping up their calls for Special Counsel Robert Mueller to end the Russia investigation, even as the president decides whether to testify and a former CIA director says that Russians may “have something” on Trump.
In his latest salvo on Twitter, Trump on Wednesday cited claims by Harvard law professor Alan Dershowitz that a special counsel should not have been appointed in the first place.
“There was no probable cause for believing that there was any crime, collusion or otherwise, or obstruction of justice!” Trump tweeted in quoting Dershowitz, a frequent commentator on Fox News.
As critics accused Trump of looking for an excuse to fire Mueller, former CIA director John Brennan said the president may be fearful of Russian president Vladimir Putin and his government.
“One can speculate as to why, that the Russians may have something on him personally that they could always roll out and make his life more difficult,” Brennan said on MSNBC’s Morning Joe.
Brennan worked for President Barack Obama and has been a fierce critic of Trump.
