MSNBC’s Melber Claims Trump Can’t Fire Mueller; NBC Says He Can

Nicholas Fondacaro | July 20, 2017
Font Size

***To read the full blog, please check out the complete post on NewsBusters***

In the wake of President Trump’s interview with The New York Times, where he hammered his Attorney General and pressed on the Russia investigation, MSNBC’s Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber demonstrated that NBC can’t get its story straight. “And with regard to [Special Counsel] Mueller … just to be clear, neither the new FBI director nor the president has any ability to remove the special counsel,” Melber told colleague Katy Tur during Thursday’s MTP Daily. But just over a month earlier, their colleagues were freaking out about just that.

“And while all of that was playing out today, the future of Robert Mueller, the Special Counsel in the Russian investigation has called into question,” announced Anchor Lester Holt during June 13’s NBC Nightly News. “Will they stay or not? This comes after a friend of the President says he thinks Mr. Trump is considering removing Mueller.”

“President Trump under fire amid explosive allegations he's considering firing Robert Mueller, the special counsel heading the Russia probe,” added White House Correspondent Kristen Welker during her report.

...

donate