JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA: “President Donald Trump said ‘we’re going to have to see’ when asked about the future of Special Counsel Robert Mueller, who is reportedly investigating whether Trump attempted to obstruct justice.
‘Well, he is very very good friends with (former FBI Director James) Comey, which is very bothersome,’ the President said in a Fox News clip that aired Thursday [6-22-17]. ‘We’re going to have to see.’
Trump fired Comey over dissatisfaction with how the FBI head was handling the investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein later appointed Mueller, a former FBI director, as special counsel to oversee the investigation, including potential collusion between Trump’s campaign associates and Russian officials.”
-Eugene Scott, “Trump: ‘Bothersome’ that Mueller is ‘very good friends’ with Comey,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, June 23, 2017 09:09am