Trump says he learned a lot from Nixon: 'Don't fire people'

BY BRETT SAMUELS

05/08/20 08:35 AM EDT

"President Trump on Friday said he "learned a lot from Richard Nixon" as he reflected on his handling of the Russia investigation.

"I learned a lot from Richard Nixon. Don’t fire people," Trump said during a phone interview with "Fox & Friends.

"I learned a lot. I study history," he continued. "And the firing of everybody — I should’ve in one way, but I’m glad I didn’t, because look at the way it turned out. They’re all a bunch of crooks and they got caught."

"Of course there was one difference, one big difference," Trump went on. "Number one, he may have been guilty. And number two, he had tapes all over the place. I wasn’t guilty. I did nothing wrong, and there are no tapes. But I wish there were tapes in my case."

Trump has fired numerous officials in his administration, including multiple people associated with the Russia investigation.

He ousted former FBI Director James Comey, which led to the appointment of special counsel Robert Mueller, and pushed out former Attorney General Jeff Sessions in November 2018. Sessions fired former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who the president frequently criticized, in March 2018."

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