A GOP senator wrote a bill to protect Robert Mueller. Trump called him to try to kill it.

[babylonsister]

A GOP senator wrote a bill to protect Robert Mueller. Trump called him to try to kill it.
The president wants to keep his option to fire Mueller open.
Updated by Andrew [e-mail] Aug 24, 2017, 11:05am EDT


Since Special Counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to head the Justice Department’s Russia investigation back in May, Washington has speculated about whether President Donald Trump will end up firing him.

And according to a new report from Politico’s Josh Dawsey and Elana Schor, the president still seems to badly want to keep that option open.

Dawsey and Schor write that shortly after Sen. Thom Tillis (R-NC) introduced a bill that would let Mueller appeal his firing in court, Trump called up Tillis, signaled he was “unhappy” with the bill and said he didn’t want it to pass.

Tillis is a first-term senator who hasn’t been particularly known as a moderate or really for taking any high-profile stances at all. So it was a bit surprising when, earlier this month, he co-wrote a bill with Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) to protect Mueller from Trump, and went on television to tout it.

Justice Department regulations already state that the special counsel can only be fired for “good cause,” but Tillis and Coons’s bill — the Special Counsel Integrity Act — would make that regulation the law of the land. It would also state that the special counsel could only be fired by a Senate-confirmed official.


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https://www.vox.com/policy-and-politics/2017/8/24/16196792/robert-mueller-tillis-trump-russia

[LovesPNW]

1. Every one of these requests is another count of obstruction

Can't wait for that long walk through a short prison corridor ...

Orange suits him very well ... Like an Orange jumpsuit, for instance ...

[Leghorn21]

2. On and on, obstruction x 1000, time and again - just mind numbing ain't it - oi - nt

[Corvo Bianco]

10. So much oi

[procon]

5. Exactly.

Mueller might have dismissed a single incident because it might be just a one-off event and hard to prove there was any actual intent. But by now he has several occurrences of Trump trying to pressure various people to squelch all thing related to Russia. There is a pattern of obstruction now, and that makes Mueller's case even stronger.

[The Wielding Truth]

8. Yes. Trump just committed ANOTHER count of obstruction of justice.

[Chasstev365]

3. Finally a GOP who MIGHT be a Profile in Courage!

Let's hope more act the same way!

[uponit7771]

4. yeap, 75% chance he's firing Mueller

[Cryptoad]

6. Another ,,,,,

Obstruction of Justice charge !!!!!

[FSogol]

7. Pile on the abuse of power and obstruction of justice!

[ailsagirl]

12. When will it be enough to kick him O-U-T????

[Dr Hobbitstein]

9. Brazen. Obstruction. nt

[Corvo Bianco]

11. OMGosh, if Comey's firing is of any significance to the

investigation, maybe the best thing to do is not threaten more people

[iluvtennis]

13. What an idiot Humpty Dumpty Don the Con is - makes same mistake over & over, never learns nt

[Ilsa]

14. I'm ready man, ready to GET IT ON!

[Honeycombe8]

15. I thought the Senate passed a bill requiring Senate confirmation of any Mueller firing.

It's not for Mueller in particular, or Trump in particular. It says that a special counsel can only be fired with Senate confirmation.

So they think a special counsel would want to appeal the firing, after the Senate confirmed the firing? Doesn't make sense.

The special counsel is doing a job and didn't even seek it. Any special counsel is sought by the Congress, and the special counsel agrees or not. He is not likely to go to court to keep a job that he didn't seek out in the first place, is he?

[Ccarmona]

16. DT Just Doesn't Understand Separation of Powers

Or the Constitution. Even if it passes, DT can veto the Bill, then see if the Senate has enough votes to override. His ignorance will be his downfall.