'Article II allows me to do whatever I want,' insisted the president. 'Article II would have allowed me to fire [Mueller].'
Stephanopoulos pushed back, pointing out that McGahn's testimony to the special counsel and the report told a different story.
"I don't care what he says," Trump replied."It doesn't matter. That was to show everyone what a good counsel he was. Now he may have got confused with the fact that I've always said to anybody that would listen: Robert Mueller was conflicted." The president also argued that McGahn lied under oath about being told to fire Mueller because he"wanted to make himself look like a good lawyer" or perhaps misunderstood Trump, because he constantly criticized the special counsel."Robert Mueller had a total conflict of interest," the president argued.
"Look, Article II [of the Constitution], I would be allowed to fire Robert Mueller," he asserted."Assuming I did all the things... Number one, I didn't. He wasn't fired ... But more importantly, Article II allows me to do whatever I want. Article II would have allowed me to fire him," Trump claimed. President Donald Trump reacts to having the song Happy Birthday sung to him before speaking about expanding healthcare coverage for small businesses in the Rose Garden of the White House on June 14 in Washington, D.C.Again, the president insisted that he"wasn't gonna fire" Mueller, pointing out that actions like that did not go very well for former President Richard Nixon, who resigned from office back in 1974.
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