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Trump says report he ordered Mueller firing is "fake news"

President Trump is dismissing a new report that says he ordered the firing of special counsel Robert Mueller seven months ago. The New York Times report, confirmed by the Washington Post, says chief White House lawyer Donald McGahn refused to go along, and the president then changed his mind. Major Garrett reports.
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