WASHINGTON _ Donald Trump's 2020 campaign manager wants the president to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions and end special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference that intelligence agencies say was meant to help Trump's 2016 campaign.
"Time to fire Sessions. End the Mueller investigation. You can't obstruct something that was phony against you," Brad Parscale tweeted Tuesday. "The IG report gives @realDonaldTrump the truth to end it all."
Justice Department Inspector General Michael Horowitz has testified that the report he issued last week was about the investigation into Democrat Hillary Clinton's use of a private email server, not Mueller's continuing probe. FBI Director Christopher Wray reiterated his support for Mueller's probe during a Senate hearing on Monday.
No Senate Republicans have yet called for the firing of Sessions or Mueller, although Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley said there appeared to have been a double standard, with Clinton receiving "kid-glove" treatment and Mueller using "brass-knuckle" tactics against Trump.
Parscale served as digital adviser to Trump's campaign during the 2016 race. He has testified in closed-door interviews before congressional committees investigating Russian interference in the election.
Some lawmakers have called Parscale an important figure in those inquiries into possible Russian collusion with the Trump campaign, though he has insisted he knew nothing about Russia's efforts. It's unclear whether he has himself been interviewed by Mueller's team.
Parscale was triggered by Republican Rep. Trey Gowdy's questioning of Horowitz during a House Oversight committee hearing Tuesday.
"Clinton email findings decided even before questioning," he tweeted, citing Gowdy's questioning.
"Russia investigation was a political witch hunt and tainted from the start. It is now time for it all to end. THIS WAS ALL A POLITICAL SCAM TO HURT @realDonaldTrump," Parscale tweeted.
