President Donald Trump tried to fire special counsel Robert Mueller in June 2017 but backed down after White House lawyer Don McGahn threatened to resign rather than carry out the order, according to a new report from The New York Times. That month, Sean Hannity’s Fox News show featured dozens of calls for Mueller to resign, recuse himself, or be fired. Watch:
Video: The drumbeat of calls for Trump to fire Mueller that aired on Hannity in June 2017
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