PressTV-Trump planned to fire Mueller but reversed course: Report

US President Donald Trump had ordered the firing of special prosecutor Robert Mueller investigating Russia’s alleged meddling in the 2016 US presidential election, but later reversed course, according to media reports.

Trump gave the order in June 2017, but White House counsel Don McGahn refused, saying it would have a “catastrophic effect” on Trump’s presidency, The New York Times reported Thursday.

After McGahn threatened to quit, Trump backed down, the newspaper reported, citing four anonymous sources. The White House declined to comment on the matter, the newspaper said.

Trump had accused Mueller of three conflicts of interest that he argued disqualified him from conducting the investigation, the report said.

The alleged conflicts of interest consisted of Mueller’s termination of his membership at a Trump golf course over a dispute about fees, his previous representation of the president’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, and an interview…

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