More Trump lies!

Donald J. Trump:
Robert Mueller came to the Oval Office (along with other potential candidates) seeking to be named the Director of the FBI. He had already been in that position for 12 years, I told him NO. The next day he was named Special Counsel - A total Conflict of Interest. NICE!
[twitter.com]

"Volume II of the report, which addresses the obstruction-of-justice investigation, says that in the days following Mueller's appointment as special counsel, Trump told advisers, including former chief strategist Steve Bannon, that Mueller had conflicts of interest that precluded him from being an objective investigator.

Among those conflicts, Trump cited his belief that Mueller "had interviewed for the FBI Director position shortly before being appointed" special counsel.

Bannon "recalled telling the President that the purported conflicts were 'ridiculous' and that none of them was real or could come close to justifying precluding Mueller from serving as Special Counsel," the report said. "As for Mueller's interview for FBI Director, Bannon recalled that the White House had invited Mueller to speak to the President to offer a perspective on the institution of the FBI."

Bannon also told prosecutors that the White House considered "beseeching" Mueller to become FBI director again, but "he did not come in looking for the job.""