who to believe? Looks like Trump was desperate to deflect

Posted on: July 24, 2019 at 11:31:26 CT

Robert Mueller denied he was interviewing for the position of FBI director when he met with President Trump just before he was appointed special counsel.

Rep. Louie Gohmert, R-Texas, asked Mueller on Wednesday about the May 2017 conversation with Trump during a hearing with the House Judiciary Committee.

“When you talked to President Trump the day before you were appointed as special counsel, you were talking to him about FBI director position, again, did he mention James Comey?”

“Not as a candidate," Mueller said.

Mueller was again asked about his said.

Mueller was again asked about his conversation later in his testimony.

“Did you interview for the FBI director job one day before you were appointed as special counsel?” asked Rep. Greg Steube, R-Fla.

“My understanding, I was not applying for the job. I was asked to give my input on what it would take to do the job,” Mueller replied.

Mueller’s statements contradict Trump claiming the May 2017 discussion was a conflict of interest throughout the special counsel’s Russia investigation.

Since at least July 2018, Trump has publicly asserted he “turned him down to head the FBI” one day before he was appointed to lead the investigation, and that the matter was a conflict of interest that should prevent Mueller from serving as special counsel.