Zuckerberg says company working with Mueller probe

The President also believes that the search warrant executed against Cohen was a symptom of an investigation raging wildly out of control.

And as much as Trump may tweet about the supposed death of attorney-client privilege, the fact remains that searches of lawyers’ office are not undertaken lightly, on a whim and in a vague hope to find something relevant.

According to Rowley, Mueller would ultimately be brought into the picture if the Federal Bureau of Investigation finds information on Cohen that causes the lawyer to flip on Trump and reveal that POTUS was aware of Daniels’ payout. One source said Trump views the raid on Cohen, which was executed by US Attorney’s office for the Southern District of NY and not Mueller, as a ruse and directly related to the special counsel’s investigation. Trump called the Federal Bureau of Investigation raid disgraceful and “an attack on our country in a true sense”. If Trump ordered Rosenstein to fire Mueller and the request was refused, Trump would have the ability to dismiss Rosenstein and order his replacement to terminate Mueller.

Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the White House “has been advised that the president certainly has the power” to fire Mueller.

“I want to separate me continuing to have the dialogue and get to a bill from like, ‘It’s gotta be passed by midnight tomorrow or all is lost.’ I don’t buy that”, said Tillis, who added that a bill could potentially be brought up as soon as “the next couple of weeks”.

Justice Department guidelines say only Deputy Attorney Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller last May, has the authority to fire him and only for specific cause.

Mueller referred the matter to the USA attorney’s office in Manhattan.

The Times report, based on interviews with eight sources, said the President backed down after Mueller’s office told Trump’s lawyers and advisers that reports about the subpoenas were inaccurate. Trump has said he didn’t know about the payment. The payment was made just days before the 2016 presidential election.

Zuckerberg is under intense scrutiny following revelations that Cambridge Analytica, a data firm with ties to President Trump’s campaign, improperly obtained and shared personal data from up to 87 million Facebook users.

Cortes’ rant was eventually interrupted by political commentator Ana Navarro, who pegged herself as one of those true Republicans who can’t stand Trump because “he’s hijacked the Republican party”.

“I’d fire the SOB in three seconds if it were me”, opined conservative TV commentator Lou Dobbs of Mueller during a segment on Fox News Monday night, referring to Mueller. Trump told McGahn to tell Rod Rosenstein, the deputy attorney-general and Mueller’s superior, that the time for Mueller to go had come.

A spokesman for Mueller’s office did not immediately return a call seeking comment.

The president’s lawyers would quickly discover the news reports were not accurate and that the subpoenas were connected to the family business of Jared Kushner.

WASHINGTON ― A bipartisan effort in the Senate to send a more unified message in support of special counsel Robert Mueller and his investigation into Russia’s election meddling fell apart last month as lawmakers bolted for the recent two-week congressional recess.

Some of the documents are said to involve Mr. Trump’s communications with Cohen. Mueller has already used the threat of criminal prosecution as leverage to flip Michael Flynn, Rick Gates, George Papadopoulos, and others who are now cooperating with the investigation.

President Donald Trump, right, sitting next to Vice President Mike Pence, left, spoke in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, Monday, at the start of a meeting with military leaders.

“The president will remain in the United States to oversee the American response to Syria and to monitor developments around the world”, Sanders said. She has been suing to invalidate the nondisclosure agreement she signed before the election and has offered to return the money she was paid in order to “set the record straight”.