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Trump has “no intention” of firing Mueller: Spicer

By Reuters
24 June 2017   |   3:30 am
White House spokesman Sean Spicer says U.S. President Donald Trump has no intention of firing Robert Mueller, the special counsel investigating allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.

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