You really cannot believe ANYTHING that Trump says. I suppose the people who voted for him might like being lied to. But for the rest of us being lied to just means "zero trust".
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Robert MuellerMueller 'should look at' whether Trump lied to the public over wanting to fire special counsel: …
Mueller 'should look at' whether Trump lied to the public over wanting to fire special counsel: Ken Starr
Coming upTrump can fire Mueller for 'any reason,' former independent counsel says
The former independent counsel who investigated President Bill Clinton said President Donald Trump can fire special counsel Robert Mueller “for any reason.”
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But the former counsel, Ken Starr, also told ABC News' "This Week" co-anchor Martha Raddatz that Mueller should “look at” whether Trump lied to the public about wanting to fire the special counsel.
Starr said he takes "very seriously" any possibility that the president
may have misled the public when he told reporters last August that he
had not even thought of firing Mueller.
As The Washington Post noted, Starr’s investigative report on President Clinton cited his public denial of having sexual relations with Monica Lewinsky as the basis for one of the 11 grounds for impeachment.
"If the reports are correct that President Trump sought to have Mueller fired, then his public denial would be false," Starr said. "So would that be grounds for impeachment?"
"I think lying to the American people is a serious issue that has to be
explored. I take lying to the American people very, very seriously,"
Starr responded. "So absolutely... I think that is something that Bob Mueller should look at."
But Starr maintained that President Trump does have the power to fire Mueller.
“He can ask for Mueller to be fired for any reason," Starr said. "The
president's power is extremely broad, as long as he's not engaged in
discrimination or accepting bribes.”
Still, Starr said, "It would have been extremely unwise" for Trump to
have fired Mueller, as the president reportedly considered doing last
June.
Mueller is leading the federal investigation of Russia's alleged
interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible collusion with Trump
associates.
Raddatz pressed Starr on whether the president's firing the special counsel would show "corrupt intent."
Starr said the president is "very open" about his feelings on Mueller, his attitude of "'I don't like this guy.'"
Regarding Trump's view of Mueller, Starr said, "I don’t see that as corrupt, I just don’t."
The former independent counsel added, "We just have a Trump Tower set of
ethics here, and that is what we’re seeing in the president. I hope
that he will control that more in the remaining years of his term. But I
think we’re seeing … business tactics. I just don’t see the corruption.
He’s so transparent. He tells everyone, 'Look, I want to get rid of
this guy.'"
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