has to do with the recent testimony he gave to mueller or not, but i do think that could create tension. because the president wants someone who is a yes man, who will do what he wants to do, and mcgahn was not that and never going to be that. another interesting note from this jim acosta reporting, the chief white house correspondent, as for why trump doesn t just fire mcgahn, the source says it is typical trump. he whines about people but doesn t fire them like with jeff sessions. i think that s a very good point. and another line from jim acosta s reporting is obviously the fact that mcgahn had thought about or had at least threatened to resign in order to prevent trump from firing mueller. i think it is just another reminder that for so many people who work directly for the president, especially in the high-profile positions, so much of their jobs is about trying to prevent the president from shooting himself in the foot. and a lot of people, even the people who are loyal to hi
cooperated with special counsel robert mueller. 30 hours worth of conversations. but one high-level republican is already bucking the move as he heard the reports on mcgahn leaving, the senator who leads the committee in charge of brett kavanaugh s confirmation hearings to the president tweeted to the president directly, quote, i hope it s not true mcgahn is leaving white house counsel. you can t let that happen. note the timestamp. this is senator chuck grassley. it was too late, the president sent his tweet 23 minutes earlier. with me, senior justice correspondent evan perez. let me just glance down because i was handed reporting from jim acosta from all things on mcgahn. he did not have a good relationship with the president for more than a year. what do you know? reporter: brooke, i think that sums it up. look, i was just watching your intro there, and it really does capture the complications, like a lot of the president s relationships with a lot of the people that work for hi