President Donald Trump said Sunday that he is not considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller even as his administration was again forced to grapple with the growing Russia probe that has shadowed the White House for much of his initial year in office. Trump returned to the White House from Camp David and was asked if he was considering triggering the process to dismiss Mueller, who is investigating whether the president's Republican campaign coordinated with Russian officials during last year's election. Michael Caputo, a former Trump campaign aide, called the investigation an "attack on the presidency" and told CNN there are "more and more indications that the Mueller investigation is off the rails." The talk of firing Mueller has set off alarm bells among many Democrats, who warn it could trigger a constitutional crisis. "There's no conversation about that whatsoever in the White House," Short said.

Source: ABC News December 17, 2017 17:02 UTC