The president suggested on Twitter that he may have taped conversations.
Amid frenzied speculation that he was about to fire the special counsel or Rosenstein or both, a seemingly unconcerned Trump set out to celebrate the second anniversary of the launch of his incredible presidential run with a vow to "Make America Great Again". "Witch Hunt." The message apparently referred to Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney general whose role leading the federal investigation has become increasingly complicated.
The Democratic National Committee, in a statement Friday, said that Rosenstein, who has authority over Mueller, needs to recuse himself from the Russian Federation investigation and that control of the investigation should not be given to another presidential appointee. The White House initially claimed that Rosenstein's memo contributed to Trump's decision to fire Comey.
Mueller, the special counsel named by the Justice Department to probe the Russia matter, is investigating whether anyone associated with Trump or his campaign had any illegal dealings with Russian officials or others with ties to the Kremlin. Robert Mueller reports to Rosenstein, but is authorized to pursue the investigation independently.
However, also Sunday, Trump's personal lawyer, Jay Sekulow said there was no investigation of Trump and the president's tweet was only referring to the Post story.
President#Donald Trump confirmed that he is under investigation due to the dismissal of former FBI Director #James Comey.
"They made up a phony collusion with the Russians story, found zero proof, so now they go for obstruction of justice on the phony story".
Billionaire Moshiri to spearhead Everton’s Italian job
Indeed, it is only by virtue of Falcinelli’s prowess in the final third that Crotone still remains in contention to survive. In Romelu Lukaku, Koeman has a player with the capability of firing Everton to far headier heights than seventh place.
And if Rosenstein and Brand were both out of the picture, responsibility for the investigation would fall to Dana Boente, the acting head of the department's national security division and the current us attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia.
"If we want to put all this behind us, let's find out what happened, put it out there, and let's not undermine the credibility of the investigation, and so my view on it is that is the best thing that could happen for the president and for the country", he told CNN.
Mueller's investigation appeared to be reaching a broadening circle of current and former officials.
A close Trump associate said this week the president was considering firing Mueller, although the White House later denied it. "The president issued that tweet, that social media statement, based on a fake report, a report with no documented sources, from the Washington Post". The newspaper noted Mueller had requested interviews with CIA Director Dan Coats, National Security Agency chief Michael Rogers and Richard Ledgett, the former NSA deputy director.
Trump had tweeted: "I am being investigated for firing the FBI Director by the man who told me to fire the FBI Director!" Comey's firing likely will be part of that probe.
Russia's Foreign Ministry said in a statement that Trump is "returning us to the forgotten rhetoric of the Cold War". But Rosenstein, too, may ultimately have to hand off oversight given his role in Trump's decision to fire Comey. John McCain in the Keating Five banking scandal, and whose Dowd Report for Major League Baseball got Pete Rose banished for life for gambling.
Comments