A White House lawyer managing the president's response to special counsel Robert Mueller's Russia investigation denied rumors that the president is considering firing the special counsel.

In a statement to Politico, Ty Cobb said that the rumors floating around Capitol Hill that President Trump Donald John TrumpBiden on Trump's refusal to commit to peaceful transfer of power: 'What country are we in?' Romney: 'Unthinkable and unacceptable' to not commit to peaceful transition of power Two Louisville police officers shot amid Breonna Taylor grand jury protests MORE is considering firing Mueller are untrue.

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"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.

Democratic Rep. Jackie Speier Karen (Jackie) Lorraine Jacqueline SpeierOvernight Defense: House to vote on military justice bill spurred by Vanessa Guillén death | Biden courts veterans after Trump's military controversies House to vote on 'I Am Vanessa Guillén' bill Overnight Defense: Trump's battle with Pentagon poses risks in November | Lawmakers launch Fort Hood probe | Military members can't opt out of tax deferral MORE (Calif.) told a local news station on Friday that a "rumor" on the Hill indicated that Trump was preparing to fire the special counsel as soon as this week.

“The rumor on the Hill when I left yesterday was that the president was going to make a significant speech at the end of next week. And on Dec. 22, when we are out of D.C., he was going to fire Robert Mueller," Speier told California's KQED News on Friday.

Speier added that she believes Trump wants the special counsel investigation shut down as soon as possible.

"We can read between the lines I think," Speier said. "I believe this president wants all of this shut down. He wants to shut down these investigations, and he wants to fire special counsel Mueller."

White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders denied that the president was considering firing Mueller during a press conference in October.

"There is no intention or plan to make any changes in regards to the special counsel," she said at the time. “I think we should let the process play through before we start looking at that."