30 July, 2017
"Forty-eight percent of voters said it would be inappropriate for President Trump to fire Robert Mueller", said Morning Consult Co-founder and Chief Research Officer Kyle Dropp.
Despite President Trump downplaying the investigation and stating that he had been reassured by Russian president Vladimir Putin that there was no attempt to interfere in the US election, Collins said Russians were "masters at misinformation".
I was startled. But then I realized, he's right.
An obviously angry President Donald Trump is keeping up his Twitter offensive against perceived enemies, including a fierce attack against his own attorney general, prompting condemnation from even Republican Party leaders and usually loyal conservative media outlets. During my interview, I said, with McCain's comment in mind: "I don't question Mr. Starr's motives, but I do question his judgment". A few days ago, Ward called on Senator McCain to resign due to his brain cancer diagnosis.
But the Trump team is making a mistake. Trump's silence about Ward's despicable and shameful comment is deafening.
There is one White House contributor to Democrats who that will not be investigated by the president's lawyers. Starr had no prosecutorial experience at all.
For what it's worth, this is not the first time that Collins has shared her two cents on how Trump ought to conduct himself when it comes to the Russian investigation.
It is definitely fair game for Trump's legal team to question Mueller's judgment regarding an expansion of the scope of his investigation into areas that are arguably irrelevant to possible collusion between the 2016 Trump campaign and the Russian government.
40 percent of all those polled approve of the way Mueller is handling the Russian Federation investigation, while 27 percent disapprove.
Of the 15 attorneys now on staff for Mueller, at least seven have donated to Democratic candidates and campaigns, including Trump's 2016 rival Hillary Clinton. The president went so far over the weekend as to declare he has "complete power to pardon".
Lanny Davis served as special counsel to President Clinton in 1996-98 and co-founded the law firm, Davis Goldberg Galper, and the affiliated strategic communications and public affairs firm, Trident DMG, which specializes in crisis management and reputation enhancement.
