Article snippet: MORE said Sunday he is not considering firing special counsel Robert Mueller, amid concerns that the administration was trying to halt the investigation into Russian election meddling. "No, I'm not," Trump said after a reporter asked him if he was thinking about firing the special counsel. His remark comes among mounting rumors that Trump was considering firing Mueller and attacks by Trump allies on the special counsel. The president was also asked about a slew of Trump transition team emails obtained by Mueller as apart of the probe. "I can't imagine there's anything on them frankly because as we've said there's no collusion, no collusion," he continued. A lawyer for Trump's transition team said on Saturday that the emails were obtained illegally. Mueller's team responded by defending their possession of the emails. “When we have obtained emails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owner’s consent or appropriate criminal process,” Peter Carr, a spokesman for the special counsel’s office, said in a statement to The Hill. Trump’s comments come as Republicans have ramped up pressure on the Mueller probe, saying there are signs of ant-Trump bias. Text messages surfaced last week between FBI agent Peter Strzok and colleague Lisa Page criticizing Trump during the presidential campaign. Strzok, who was dismissed from Mueller's team earlier this year, had said Sen. MORE (R-Va.) that subpoenas would be issued for ... Link to the full article to read more