White House Press Secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders insisted for what she said was the “1000th time” on Thursday that President Donald Trump had no plans to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller even though she described his investigation as a “hoax.”

Fox News host Bill Hemmer pointed out during an interview with the White House press secretary that Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) had recently spoken out on the Senate floor about the possibility of Trump firing Mueller. Warner noted that the president had fired former FBI Director James Comey after vowing not to.

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Hemmer also wondered if Trump agreed with Sen. Rand Paul’s (R-KY) assertion that federal government employees should be investigated by the Department of Justice for allegedly trying to undermine Trump’s election.

“I think it’s something that certainly should be looked at,” Sanders opined, adding that she would “address Sen.

Warner’s concern — for the 1000th time, we have no intention of firing Bob Mueller.”

“We’re continuing to work closely and cooperate with him,” she continued. “We look forward to seeing this hoax wrap up very soon. We think it is just further evidence that the Democrats have no plan, they have no agenda, they have nothing to talk to about other than attacking this president.”

“While they’ve been focused on Russia, this president has been focused on America,” Sanders insisted. “And hopefully some of the Democrats will make some New Year’s resolutions to come back and talk about working with this president to help Americans instead of working to attack this president.”

Watch the video below from Fox News.