Robert Mueller is an ‘American hero’ and a ‘class act’ says Donald Trump’s former White House lawyer Ty Cobb
- Ty Cobb, who left the White House last year, ‘objects to’ the strategy of Donald Trump and his surrogates to discredit Robert Mueller and his investigation
- He says Mueller has a ‘backbone of steel’ and is ‘justice oriented’
Former White House lawyer Ty Cobb said in a new podcast that he considers special counsel Robert Mueller to be “an American hero” and “a class act” and does not share US President Donald Trump’s oft-stated view that the probe of Russian election interference is a politically motivated “witch hunt”.
Cobb, who joined the White House shortly after Mueller’s investigation began in 2017, departed in May last year as Trump and his surrogates took a more aggressive approach in trying to discredit the investigation.
In an interview for the ABC News podcast The Investigation, Cobb said he does not expect Mueller to show collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia and that he disagrees with the strategy that Trump and others, including his personal lawyer Rudy Giuliani, have employed.
“They have ratcheted up the public’s concerns about the investigation and its legitimacy,” Cobb said. “I object to that approach. But it’s his choice. He’s the president.”
Cobb said he has known Mueller for 30 years “as a prosecutor and a friend.”