Ruddy also said Monday evening that Trump interviewed Mueller for the Federal Bureau of Investigation director position the day before he was named as special counsel. Allies of the President cast doubt on the idea that Mr. Trump would take such a drastic step, and White House officials said Mr.
"The President did talk with him in the days before he was named special counsel", Ruddy told PBS on Monday in the same interview where he said Trump was "considering terminating" Mueller as special counsel.
Rosenstein would not answer questions Tuesday about his role in Trump's firing of former FBI Director James Comey, May 9.
Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., speaks to reporters after leaving a briefing of the full Senate by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, amid controversy.
Trump told NBC's Lester Holt in an interview on May 11 days after Comey was sacked that he fired him because "this Russian Federation thing with Trump and Russian Federation is a made up story".
"If there were good cause, I would consider it", Rosenstein testified.
Comey testified to the Senate Intelligence Committee last week that he gave one of his associates, a Columbia professor, permission to share information from memos Comey wrote about his private conversations with Trump.
"Firing special prosecutors tends not to work as we all learned from Watergate", Starr said in an interview on "GMA", adding that "it would be very wise to allow the special counsel to do his work".
Asked on the American ABC's This Week program whether the President would promise not to interfere or order Mr Mueller's sacking, Mr Sekulow said: "Look, the President of the United States, as we all know, is a unitary executive".
Senate releases health care bill proposing Medicaid cuts, end to ACA penalties
Some moderates oppose the Medicaid cuts while conservatives oppose the subsidies which help people buy insurance. Like the House bill , the Senate measure would block federal payments to Planned Parenthood, two sources said .
MARGARET BRENNAN: Republican leaders Mitch McConnell and Paul Ryan expressed support today for Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating Russian election meddling and allegations of Trump campaign collusion.
High-profile supporters of President Donald Trump are turning on special counsel Robert Mueller, the man charged with investigating Russian interference in the US election and possible collusion with Trump's campaign.
Trump was apparently bothered by reports from conservative outlets like Breitbart News linking Mueller to Comey. "If there were not good cause, it would not matter what anybody says".
Sarah Huckabee Sanders, a White House spokeswoman, said on Monday that "Chris speaks for himself", but declined to comment further.
Because Sessions had recused himself from the Russia investigation over his connection to Trump's campaign and his undisclosed meetings with the Russian ambassador, it was Rosenstein's decision to appoint a special counsel to lead the investigation. And Rosenstein said Mueller could not be fired without his personal assent. "With respect to this subject, only the president or his attorneys are authorised to comment".
"There's no debate that's going on here", Ryan said after a reporter asked about suggestions from Trump friends Ruddy and Newt Gingrich that Mueller could be axed.
White House officials sought to downplay Ruddy's comments. "I think it was the right thing to do under the circumstances and I'm going to defend the integrity of that investigation".
The Senate Intelligence Committee hearing is the latest step in multiple ongoing investigations into Russian meddling in last year's USA presidential election.
"Mr. Ruddy never spoke to the president regarding this issue", Spicer said.
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