Citing Recusal, Trump Says He Wouldn’t Have Hired Sessions
Asked if Mr. Mueller’s investigation would cross a red line if it expanded to look at his family’s finances beyond
any relationship to Russia, Mr. Trump said, “I would say yes.” He would not say what he would do about it.
I didn’t do anything wrong.”
By PETER BAKER, MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT and MAGGIE HABERMANJULY 19, 2017
In edited audio excerpts from an interview with New York Times reporters, President Trump discussed Jeff Sessions, Donald Trump Jr., Robert S. Mueller III
and the newly disclosed conversation he had with Vladimir V. Putin.
In the interview, Mr. Trump said he believed Mr. Comey told him about the dossier
to implicitly make clear he had something to hold over the president.
WASHINGTON — President Trump said on Wednesday that he never would have appointed Attorney General Jeff Sessions had he known Mr.
Mr. Comey testified before Congress that he disclosed the details of the dossier to Mr. Trump because he thought
that the news media would soon be publishing details from it and that Mr. Trump had a right to know what information was out there about him.
Mr. Trump never said he would order the Justice Department to fire Mr. Mueller, nor would he outline circumstances under which he might do so.