Trumps flirtation with firing Mueller inspires demands from Democrats to protect special counsel
Congressional Democrats on Friday demanded that lawmakers act to protect special counsel Robert S. Mueller III after revelations President Trump sought to oust him last summer from overseeing the probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Several Democrats and one moderate Republican called for votes on Senate legislation that would prevent presidents from firing special counsels unless a panel of three federal judges agreed with the move, citing the revelations that Trump came close to pushing out Mueller last June. The president backed off only after White House Counsel Donald F. McGahn threatened to quit, according to two people familiar with the episode.
Republican leaders show no new urgency to address the matter, saying that the president's threats are isolated and in the past.
"If these latest reports are true, it seems to me that they show the president listened to good advice from his advisers," Sen. Charles E. Grassley (R-Iowa), who chairs the Judiciary Committee with jurisdiction over any special-counsel bill, said Friday. "Based on his statements from the last couple weeks, he and his lawyers appear to be cooperating with Mueller."
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