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On top of the high-profile testimony of Attorney General Jeff Sessions before the Senate Intelligence Committee Tuesday, the media was swarming over a rumor President Trump was looking to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller. “Is the President now considering firing special prosecutor Robert Mueller who is now overseeing the Russia investigation,” speculated ABC Anchor David Muir during World News Tonight. All of the Big Three Networks (ABC, CBS, and NBC) pushed the rumor despite the fact that their source admits he never spoke with the President and thinks he wouldn’t do it.
The media’s hysteria was triggered by Chris Ruddy, the CEO of Newsmax who appeared on PBS’s Newshour and stated: “Well, I think he's considering perhaps terminating the special counsel. I think he's-- he's weighing that option.” That was enough to send them into a full blown panic.
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Haley Slams UN Rights Council’s ‘Relentless, Pathological Campaign’ Against Israel
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. Craig Millward
