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'End of my Presidency': Trump's first reaction to Mueller's appointment

Robert Mueller's appointment as Special Counsel came days after Trump fired FBI Director James Comey.

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Robert Mueller. Photo: Reuters

Justin Sink | Bloomberg
When Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to probe Russian election meddling, Donald Trump told visitors in the Oval Office that the investigation would destroy his presidency.

"Oh my God," Trump said as he slumped in his chair, according to notes taken by assistant attorney general Jody Hunt and incorporated into the special counsel report released Thursday. "This is terrible. This is the end of my presidency. I’m f---ed."

Trump then became angry, according to the report, and attacked then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who was also in the Oval Office, for allowing the appointment of Mueller as special counsel.

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