president tried to do just that. cnn has learned president trump ordered white house counsel don mcgahn to fire mueller last june, but mcgahn balked and threatened to resign. in a statement, trump's attorney would ohm say we decline to comment out of respect for the office of the special counsel and its process. are trump has repeatedly disparaged the investigation. but trump attempt to go ousting the man is perhaps one more point in a pattern of behavior some say could be obstruction of justice. in addition to trying to fire mueller, the president asked former fbi director james comey for his loyalty in january. then in february, trump asked comey to drop any investigation into fired national security adviser michael flynn. he fired comey officially in may, saying it was because of the fbi director's handling of