"We've continued to cooperate in every single possible way in that investigation," White House legislative affairs director Marc Short said. White House not talking about firing Mueller, top aide says

The White House legislative affairs director on Sunday shot down speculation that President Donald Trump is seriously weighing the idea of firing special counsel Robert Mueller.

"There's no conversation about that in the White House whatsoever," Marc Short said on NBC's "Meet the Press."


"You guys keep bringing that up," he added. "We've continued to cooperate in every single possible way in that investigation."

“Taxpayers have spent millions and millions of dollars on this investigation that has not yet proven any sense of collusion with the Russians,” Short said.

His remarks come a day after a lawyer for the Trump transition team accused Mueller of unlawfully obtaining tens of thousands of private emails from the General Services administration during its investigation.

White House lawyer Ty Cobb on Saturday declined comment about the transition team’s specific complaint, but insisted to POLITICO that Mueller isn't about to be axed.

“As the White House has repeatedly and emphatically said for months, there is no consideration at the White House of terminating the special counsel,” Cobb said.

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On Sunday, Mueller's spokesman said all the acquisitions were legal.

And Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn echoed Short's sentiment about firing Mueller.

“I believe the president’s own lawyer says that’s not going to happen. I think that would be a mistake myself,” the Texas Republican said Sunday on ABC’s “This Week."

