President Donald Trump cited former U.S. attorney Joe DiGenova’s analysis Wednesday of the questions special counsel Robert Mueller wants to ask him.
“The questions are an intrusion into the President’s Article 2 powers under the Constitution to fire any Executive Branch Employee…what the President was thinking is an outrageous…..as to the President’s unfettered power to fire anyone…” Joe Digenova, former US Attorney
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2018
DiGenova first made his analysis during a hit on The Michael Smerconish Program on Tuesday. Sean Hannity played it Fox News later that night.
The former U.S. attorney continued “to ask questions as Mr. Mueller apparently processed to do about what the president was thinking when he fired Comey or Flynn or anybody else is in outrageous sophomoric, juvenile intrusion into the president’s unfettered power to fire anyone in the executive branch.”
“It is a symptom of how ridiculous this appointment was by Rod Rosenstein when he made the appointment with no evidence of a crime.”
Trump has railed against the investigation in recent weeks, and described the recently leaked questions a “set up.”
There was no Collusion (it is a Hoax) and there is no Obstruction of Justice (that is a setup & trap). What there is is Negotiations going on with North Korea over Nuclear War, Negotiations going on with China over Trade Deficits, Negotiations on NAFTA, and much more. Witch Hunt!
— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 2, 2018
Here are the questions Mueller wants to ask Trump: https://t.co/SlQ3LloALL pic.twitter.com/rLMYTmRJZ7
— Amy Fiscus (@amyfiscus) May 1, 2018