Faced with new reports damaging to their top-billed viewer, the hosts of “Fox & Friends” decided to go an odd route Friday morning: assume their audience isn’t interested. A New York Times report published late Thursday and quickly confirmed by Fox News and other media said President Donald Trump attempted to fire Special Counsel Robert Mueller in June, alleging conflicts of interest in the investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump backed off after White House counsel Donald McGahn threatened to quit, saying the firing would have a “catastrophic” effect, the Times reported.

Source: Huffington Post January 26, 2018 15:22 UTC