Trump Fury Over Mueller ‘Conflicts’ Goes Back to Oval Office Meeting
- Mueller met with Trump on FBI job day before taking over probe
- President suggested Sessions should remove special counsel
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President Donald Trump sat with Robert Mueller in the Oval Office in May of last year to interview him for a job: director of the FBI.
The next afternoon, Trump was in another Oval Office meeting when an aide interrupted with news that Mueller had taken a different post: special counsel to investigate Trump’s campaign.