During the opening of a meeting with military leaders Monday night, President Trump reacted to the news that FBI agents raided Michael Cohen's office, home, and hotel room and answered questions about whether he might fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
After news broke that the FBI earlier in the day had seized documents in properties linked to Cohen in New York, reportedly through a referral from Mueller, the president was pressed by reporters about the possibility of dismissing the former bureau director as special counsel.
“Why don’t I just fire Mueller? Well, I think it’s a disgrace what’s going on. We’ll see what happens,” Trump said. “but I think it’s a really sad situation when you look at what happened, and many people have said you should fire him.”
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Trump on Monday called the raid against Cohen “a disgraceful situation” and “a total witch hunt,” and accused Justice Department officials of political bias, despite the fact that several members of Mueller’s team, including the former FBI director himself, are registered Republicans.
“This is the most biased group of people, these people have the biggest conflicts of interest I’ve ever seen,” Trump said. “Democrats all — or just about all, either Democrats or a couple of Republicans that worked for President Obama.”
Democratic leaders are responding to the President's remarks Monday night by warning against taking action against Mueller. However, it will be up to the Republican majority to protect the special counsel.
Trump on whether he'll fire Mueller: 'We'll see what happens' (Politico)