Ty Cobb, the White House attorney who served as President Trump's lead counsel during the early stages of Special Counsel Mueller's probe, calls the former FBI director and federal prosecutor an 'American hero' in an interview.
Cobb also disagreed with the president's assessment that the Russia investigation is a "witch hunt."Get breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.Ty Cobb, the White House attorney who served as President Donald Trump's lead counsel during the early stages of
"I think Bob Mueller's an American hero,” Cobb, who joined the White House in the summer of 2017 and left in May 2018, said."I think Bob Mueller's a guy that, you know even though he came from an, arguably, privileged background, you know, has a backbone of steel." "I don't feel the investigation is a witch hunt," he said. “I wish it had happened on a quicker timetable. But it didn't. And that's, you know, and that's unfortunate. But at the same time, it's not, it’s not a real criticism of the special counsel that on the timing because there were a lot of surprises."
"I’d be embarrassed if this is still haunting the White House by Thanksgiving and worse if it's still haunting him by year end," Cobb said, adding:"I think the relevant areas of inquiry by the special counsel are narrow.". NBC News reported at the time of his departure from the White House that based on conversations with Cobb, he appeared largely in favor of Trump granting an interview to Mueller under the right conditions — which never did occur.
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