John Dowd.
Brendan Mcdermid / Reuters
President Donald Trump's personal attorney said on Saturday he prays that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein shuts down special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia probe in the wake of the firing of former FBI director Andrew McCabe.
"I pray that Acting Attorney General Rosenstein will follow the brilliant and courageous example of the FBI Office of Professional Responsibility and Attorney General Jeff Sessions and bring an end to alleged Russia Collusion investigation manufactured by McCabe’s boss James Comey based upon a fraudulent and corrupt Dossier,” Dowd told BuzzFeed News via email.
Dowd first gave the statement to the Daily Beast, who ran a story headlined, "Trump’s Lawyer: It’s Time to Fire Robert Mueller." (The website later changed the headline to, "Trump’s Lawyer: It’s Time to End the Mueller Probe".)
The Daily Beast also reported Dowd told them he was "speaking on behalf of the president, in his capacity as the president’s attorney."
When contacted by BuzzFeed News about whether he and the president wanted Mueller fired, and if so why, Dowd said, "NO! Not fire. Just end it on the merits in light of recent revelations."
When asked what "recent revelations" he was referring to, Dowd said, "House, Senate Intel, the texts messages of CI [counterintelligence] agents."
CNN later reported that "a person close to the president" said that Dowd was speaking for himself and not the president.
Robert Mueller.
Joshua Roberts / Reuters
Sessions fired McCabe, a 21-year FBI veteran who became a frequent Trump target on Twitter, on Friday night after an internal report concluded McCabe made "an unauthorized disclosure to the news media and lacked candor — including under oath — on multiple occasions."
McCabe, who had been set to retire on Sunday, said he was in order to demean his integrity as a witness in the special counsel's probe.
"I am being singled out and treated this way because of the role I played, the actions I took, and the events I witnessed in the aftermath of the firing of James Comey," McCabe said in a statement. "This attack on my credibility is one part of a larger effort not just to slander me personally, but to taint the FBI, law enforcement, and intelligence professionals more generally. It is part of this Administration’s ongoing war on the FBI and the efforts of the Special Counsel investigation, which continue to this day. Their persistence in this campaign only highlights the importance of the Special Counsel’s work."
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