“I have been proven innocent for six years on everything — from fake impeachments to Mueller, who found no collusion, and now I have to do it more? It is not acceptable. It is so unfair. It is so political,” Trump told Fox, adding “I am not going to partake in it.”
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the White House did not receive any advance notice of the appointment.
“This is — the Department of Justice makes their own decision when it relates to criminal investigation. We were not involved,” Jean-Pierre said.
When asked specifically about Trump’s comments to Fox, Jean-Pierre reaffirmed the White House’s stance.
“We do not politicize the Department of Justice. That is something that the president said during the campaign. That is something that the president said during his early days of being in the White House, and that continues to be true. We were not involved in this particular issue,” Jean-Pierre said.
This article was written by By Kelly Garrity and originally published on www.politico.com