according to interviews with eight anonymous people. including advisers, people close to the president and others. the second reported instance in which the president moved to push out the prosecutor charged with investigating russian interference in the 2016 elections. after reportedly ordering his white house counsel, don mcgann to ask the justice department to dismiss him last june. mcgann threatened to quit. the episode was in december was allegedly sparked by reports by bloomberg, "reuters" and "the wall street journal," that mueller issued subpoenas involving trump business records. that report from the "times" comes as cnn reports that the president is once again weighing whether to fire rod rosenstein after earlier reports said trump had considered removing his deputy attorney general last year. however, white house staffers reportedly do not take trump's word seriously. quote the venting has usually been dismissed by his advisers. many of whom insist that they have come to see the statements