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Senators move to protect Mueller as Trump criticizes probe

[Spokesman-Review]. WASHINGTON ‐ A bipartisan group of four senators is moving to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s job as President Donald Trump publicly muses about firing him.

Republican Sens. Thom Tillis of North Carolina and Lindsey Graham of South Carolina and Democratic Sens. Chris Coons of Delaware and Cory Booker of New Jersey plan to introduce legislation Wednesday that would give any special counsel a 10-day window in which he or she could seek expedited judicial review of a firing, according to two people familiar with the legislation. They were not authorized to discuss the bill ahead of its release and requested anonymity.

The legislation, which combines two bipartisan bills introduced last summer, signals escalating concerns in Congress as Trump has fumed about a Monday FBI raid of the office of his personal attorney, Michael Cohen. Trump has privately pondered firing Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and publicly criticized Mueller and his Russia probe.

In addition to investigating potential ties between Russia and the Trump campaign, Mueller is also examining whether the president’s actions constitute obstruction of justice. As the investigation has worn on, Trump has repeatedly called it a "witch hunt." On Monday, after the Cohen raid, he said it was "an attack on our country." The raid was overseen by the U.S. Attorney’s office in Manhattan and was based in part on a referral from Mueller, said Cohen’s lawyer, Stephen Ryan.

After introducing similar bills in August, when Trump first began criticizing the Mueller probe, both Tillis and Graham had been quiet for months on whether the legislation was still needed as Democrats continued to push for a bill. Both Republicans said they didn’t think Trump would really move to fire Mueller. But the senators moved to push out a new, combined bill in the hours after Trump’s tirade.

Under the legislation, the expedited review would determine whether the special counsel was fired for good cause. The bill would also ensure that any staff, documents and other investigation materials were preserved as the matter was pending.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-04-11 05:23|| || Front Page|| [11134 views ] Top

#1 A pox on Graham and these UniParty bastids! Trump has every right to end this kabuki dance any time he pleases. He's not one of them and they simply refuse to get behind the man.

Donald is a better man than me. I would have told them to stick the job up their crooked, lazy arses a long time ago.

Posted by Besoeker 2018-04-11 05:30|| 2018-04-11 05:30|| Front Page Top

#2 Trump has every right to end this kabuki dance any time he pleases.

I thinks his biggest problem is that he wants to restore the constitutional republic he was born in - which, in particular, makes him too respectful of the forms of it.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-04-11 05:45|| 2018-04-11 05:45|| Front Page Top

#3 I thinks his biggest problem is that he wants to restore the constitutional republic he was born in - which, in particular, makes him too respectful of the forms of it.

Trump is a successful business man, and now successful politician. For the most part, the UniParty is a cadre of losers who have sat around with the thumbs up their arses for decades pissing away other peoples money (OPM).

Posted by Besoeker 2018-04-11 05:54|| 2018-04-11 05:54|| Front Page Top

#4 While feathering their nests, Besoeker - don't forget feathering their nests.

Posted by g(r)omgoru 2018-04-11 05:56|| 2018-04-11 05:56|| Front Page Top

#5 They are gambling we will be come demoralized and return to accepting business as usual. Like myself, many I talk with are not demoralized but sullenly annoyed and pondering how to oppose business as usual.

Posted by M. Murcek 2018-04-11 10:26|| 2018-04-11 10:26|| Front Page Top

#6 Can they consitutionally do that? I mean Trump is the head of the Executive branch.

Perhaps Trump should respond by firing a few Congressmen and Senators. Just to make the point.

Posted by CrazyFool 2018-04-11 11:17|| 2018-04-11 11:17|| Front Page Top

#7 A definite unconstitutional infringement on the separation of powers between the Executive, Legislative, and Judiciary.

I think Graham knows that it would be struck down before the ink was dry. He's grandstanding for the constitutionally ignorant and RINOs that elected him.

Posted by Sock Puppet of Doom 2018-04-11 11:39|| 2018-04-11 11:39|| Front Page Top

#8 I decided not to post it as an article so here it is:
AP: Zuckerberg working with Mueller

As for the federal Russia probe that has occupied much of Washington’s attention for months, he said he had not been interviewed by special counsel Mueller’s team, but “I know we’re working with them.” He offered no details, citing a concern about confidentiality rules of the investigation.

Earlier this year Mueller charged 13 Russian individuals and three Russian companies in a plot to interfere in the 2016 presidential election through a social media propaganda effort that included online ad purchases using U.S. aliases and politicking on U.S. soil. A number of the Russian ads were on Facebook.

Posted by 3dc 2018-04-11 13:14|| 2018-04-11 13:14|| Front Page Top

#9 #7 Graham is grandstanding. SC should be able to do better than Graham.

Posted by JohnQC 2018-04-11 17:21|| 2018-04-11 17:21|| Front Page Top

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