The Mueller report details how McGahn received at least 2 phone calls with Pres. Trump in which the president 'directed him to call' Deputy AG Rosenstein to have Mueller 'removed.' Pres. Trump claims he never told McGahn to fire Mueller.
In an interview with Mueller, McGahn recalled Trump telling him "Mueller has to go" and "call me back when you" tell the deputy attorney general.Jose Luis Magana / AP fileGet breaking news alerts and special reports. The news and stories that matter, delivered weekday mornings.
Trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, meanwhile, told"Fox News Sunday" that McGahn was"confused" about what took place. Trump followed up on the request more directly in the second call, saying something like,"Call Rod, tell Rod that Mueller has conflicts and can't be the Special Counsel" and"Mueller has to go," McGahn recalled, according to the report.In response, McGahn decided he would resign"because he did not want to participate in events that he described as akin to the Saturday Night Massacre," Mueller wrote. McGahn ultimately did not do so.
The"evidence shows that the President was not just seeking an examination of whether conflicts existed but instead was looking to use asserted conflicts as a way to terminate the Special Counsel," Mueller wrote.
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