Trump: Mueller Made a 'Fool out of Himself'

By Jeffrey Rodack | Thursday, 06 June 2019 11:00 AM

President Donald Trump said former special counsel Robert Mueller made a “fool out of himself” in discussing the results of the Russia investigation.

Trump’s comments came in an interview with Fox News host Laura Ingraham as he visited France to commemorate the 75th anniversary of D-Day.

“Let me tell you, he made such a fool out of himself ... because what people don’t report is the letter he had to do to straighten out his testimony because his testimony was wrong,” Trump said.

Trump was referring to Mueller’s initial suggestion that the president was not charged with obstruction of justice because of a Justice Department policy, Fox News said. Some had claimed those comments contradicted Attorney General William Barr’s statements.

A joint release was put out by the Justice Department and the special counsel’s office following Mueller’s public discussion of the final report. It noted: "The attorney general has previously stated that the special counsel repeatedly affirmed that he was not saying that, but for the (Office of Legal Counsel) opinion, he would have found the president obstructed justice.”

“The special counsel’s report and his statement today made clear that the office concluded it would not reach a determination — one way or the other — about whether the president committed a crime.”

In the interview, Trump also disclosed a new nickname for House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif.

“Nancy Pelosi, I call her Nervous Nancy. Nancy Pelosi doesn’t talk about it,” Trump said, referring to the joint statement. “Nancy Pelosi is a disaster, OK? She’s a disaster.”