Donald Trump gave an interview to the New York Times which revealed his thoughts on his suspicious second meeting with Vladimir Putin, special counsel Robert Mueller, James Comey, and Jeff Sessions.
“Jeff Sessions takes the job, gets into the job, recuses himself, which frankly I think is very unfair to the president,” he added. “How do you take a job and then recuse yourself? If he would have recused himself before the job, I would have said, ‘Thanks, Jeff, but I'm not going to take you.' It's extremely unfair — and that's a mild word — to the president.”
Mr. Trump also faulted Mr. Sessions for his testimony during Senate confirmation hearings when Mr. Sessions said he had not met with any Russians even though he had met at least twice with Ambassador Sergey I. Kislyak. “Jeff Sessions gave some bad answers,” the president said. “He gave some answers that were simple questions and should have been simple answers, but they weren't.”
Trump also said that his second, private meeting with Putin was very brief and they discussed….adoption. He said that he believed former FBI Director James Comey held the Russia (golden showers) dossier over his head as leverage, and that he was open to firing special counsel Robert Mueller, particularly if his investigation veered from Russia into Trump's business dealings.
In related news, three major figures in the Russia investigation — Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort — have been scheduled to testify before congressional intelligence committees next week.
