Trump Says Reports on Ordering Mueller’s Firing ’Fake News’
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US President Donald Trump claimed Friday that reports suggesting that he had ordered the firing of Robert Mueller, who oversees the Russia investigation, were "fake news."
When asked to comment on The New York Times report, claiming that the US president had ordered Mueller's firing last June, but changed his mind when the White House counsel threatened to resign, Trump told reporters on the sidelines of the World Economic Forum that it was "fake news."
Trump's statement comes two days after he said that was "looking forward" to being interviewed by Mueller as part of the Russia probe.
The statement was followed by a CNN report, saying that Mueller has provided President Donald Trump's legal team with a range of topics for an interview.
The topics include questions about the president allegedly asking former FBI Director James Comey to drop his investigation against dismissed National Security Adviser Michael Flynn over his alleged links to Russia as well as questions about Trump's reactions to Comey's testimony.
Source: News Agencies, Edited by website team
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