Donald Trump responded to news of Mueller's 2017 appointment by telling then-AG Jeff Sessions that he was 'fucked,' according to a redacted version of Mueller's report
President Donald Trump responded to news of special counsel Robert Mueller's 2017 appointment by telling then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions that he was "fucked," according to a redacted version of Mueller's report released Thursday.. “This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I’m fucked.
It was Rosenstein, not Sessions, who appointed Mueller because Sessions had recused himself from all Justice Department matters related to the 2016 election in the wake of revelations that he had made misleading statements to the Senate Judiciary Committee about his interactions with Russia's then-ambassador to the U.S. during the campaign.
Trump told Sessions that his selection as attorney general had been his most important appointment and claimed Sessions “let him down,” according to Mueller’s report. The president contrasted Sessions with former Attorneys General Eric Holder, who served under President Barack Obama, and Robert Kennedy, who served under his brother, President John F. Kennedy.
“Everyone tells me if you get one of these independent counsels it ruins your presidency,” Trump said. “It takes years and years and I won’t be able to do anything. This is the worst thing that ever happened to me.”
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