Bessent excuses Trump's ugly Mueller remarks because the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago [View all]
Special Counsel Mueller had NOTHING to do with the raid on Mar-a-Lago. This raid happened after the Mueller report had come out. Robert Mueller had nothing to do with the FBI retrieval of the stolen documents
Bessent excuses Trump's ugly Mueller remarks because the FBI raided Mar-a-Lago
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Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent asserted on NBC on Sunday morning that those who were offended by Donald Trumps universally reviled Truth Social post about the death of former FBI Director Robert Mueller, should approach the controversy from the presidents point of view.
Meet the Press host Kristin Welker kicked off the conversation by reading Trumps posts where he wrote, Robert Mueller just died. Good. Im glad hes dead. He can no longer hurt innocent people, and then pressed, "Do you think its appropriate for the president of the United States to celebrate the death of an American citizen; someone whos a Bronze Star, Purple Heart Kristen and who served in Vietnam?
The nonplussed Bessent replied, Kristen, I was with the president in the green room at Davos and there was a video playing of what may have been an illegal raid on his home at Mar-a-Lago, and then recalled, They are going through his wifes wardrobe. And I watched the look in his eye, and I think that neither one of us can understand what has been done to the president and to his family.
Welker was quick to point out that Mueller had nothing to do with the court-approved raid looking for stolen government documents stored about the Florida resort, including in a bathroom.
Bessent, as he is known to do, cut off the host, and talked over her, asserting, I think that given what has been done to President Trump and his family, it is impossible for either of us to understand what he has been through.