25 Jan 2018 8:02 pm
That's not a denial.NYT: Trump called for Mueller's firing in June 2017
President Donald Trump called for special counsel Robert Mueller's firing last June, The New York Times reported Thursday evening, citing four people told of the matter.
But the President never went through with the order, according to the Times report, because White House counsel Don McGahn threatened to quit instead of carrying out the order.
"We decline to comment out of respect for the Office of the Special Counsel and its process," White House lawyer Ty Cobb told CNN.
https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/25/politics ... index.html
This is the second time this week that we have heard about someone in his administration threatening to resign rather than carry out his order to fire someone.