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WASHINGTON, June 13, (APP/AFP) – Donald Trump
is considering firing former FBI chief Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating if Russia colluded in last year’s bitter election campaign, a friend of the US president said Monday.
Newsmax Media CEO Christopher Ruddy made the comments on the eve of
testimony at the Senate Intelligence Committee by US Attorney General Jeff
Sessions over the Trump-Russia probe.
His comments came just days after explosive comments by ousted FBI
director James Comey to the same committee, suggesting that Trump sought to interfere with the investigation.
“I think he’s considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. I
think he’s weighing that option,” Ruddy told PBS “NewsHour” when asked if Trump would let Mueller continue in his role in the Russia probe.
“I personally think it would be a very significant mistake,” Ruddy
added.
A White House official stressed that Ruddy “speaks for himself,” not
the Trump administration.
CNN cited a source close to Trump as saying the president was “being
advised by many people” to not fire Mueller, who led the FBI between 2001 and 2013.