Rep. Greg Steube (R-FL) watched a Trump lie blow up in his face, as Mueller debunked Trump’s claim that he applied for the FBI Director job.
Mueller blows up Trump’s claim that he wanted to be FBI Director
This did not go well for Republicans:
Q: Mr. Mueller, over here. Mr. Mueller, he did you indeed interview for the FBI director job one day before you were pointed as special counsel?
Mueller: My understanding it was not applying for the job. I was asked to give my input on what it would take to do the job, which triggered the interview you’re talking about.
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Q: So you don’t recall on May 16th, 2016, that you interviewed with the president for the FBI director job?
Mueller: I interviewed about the president. It was about the job and not about me applying for the job.
Q: So your statement here today is that you didn’t interview to apply for the FBI director job?
Mueller: That’s correct.
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Trump is so out of touch with governing that he probably thought that he was interviewing Mueller for the job, but Mueller never wanted to be Trump’s FBI director and watching Mueller testify, it is impossible to imagine him working in a Trump administration.
To the surprise of absolutely no one, Trump lied about Mueller wanted to be FBI director just so that he could feed his ego and make himself look superior to Mueller. Robert Mueller isn’t a disgruntled job seeker. Rachel Maddow and MSNBC group. Follow Jason Easley on Facebook“>Trump’s lies are burning up with each word that Robert Mueller speaks to the House.
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