AP Photo Priebus: Trump isn't getting ready to fire Mueller

Former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus on Sunday said President Donald Trump is "not at all" preparing to fire special counsel Robert Mueller.

Priebus' statement comes several days after the release of a memo alleging FBI bias pertaining to surveillance warrants against former Trump campaign adviser Carter Page that relied on a dossier compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele.


Democrats have claimed the memo could undermine Mueller's probe into whether Russia colluded with Trump's presidential campaign.

"I think he expressed his concerns with the conflicts. But I never heard the idea or the concept that this person needed to be fired," Priebus said on NBC's "Meet the Press."

Last month, The New York Times reported that Trump last year ordered Mueller to be fired but ultimately decided against it after White House counsel Don McGahn threatened to quit.

"I've never felt that there was some sort of collusion or some kind of obstruction situation going on in the West Wing," Priebus said.