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10:01, 17-Oct-2017
Trump not considering firing Robert Mueller
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US President Donald Trump said on Monday that he is not considering firing Justice Department special counsel Robert Mueller, who is currently investigating allegations of Russian interference in last year's US presidential election.
Speaking to reporters in the White House Rose Garden, Trump said he would like to see the probe led by the former FBI director end, and answered "No" when asked whether he was considering firing Mueller.
"The whole Russian thing was an excuse for the Democrats losing the election," Trump said before adding that there has been, "absolutely no collusion."
"It's been stated that they have no collusion. They ought to get to the end of it because I think the American public is sick of it," he said.
The Justice Department appointed Mueller in May, just over a week after Trump fired James Comey as FBI director.
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