US President Donald Trump says he will not fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller, although some in his team are “very upset” about the counsel’s decision to obtain thousands of their emails as part of an ongoing investigation into the alleged collusion with Russia.
It was reported on Saturday that Mueller obtained “many tens of thousands” of private emails from Trump’s transition team and was using them to open up new leads in his widening inquiry.
Asked Sunday night about the issue, Trump said his lawyers thought Mueller’s move was “pretty sad.”
“I can’t imagine there’s anything on (the emails), frankly, because as we said, there’s no collusion. No collusion whatsoever,” Trump said. “But a lot of lawyers thought that was pretty sad.”
The emails reportedly include conversations about sensitive topics, such as policy planning, potential appointments and the political views of senators involved in the confirmation process.
Kory Langhofer,…