Republicans Say It's Not Yet Time To Protect Mueller From A Trump Firing
WASHINGTON â Senate Republicans said Tuesday that they donât believe Donald Trump will interfere with Special Counsel Robert Muellerâs investigation and gave no indication that they would try immediately to protect Mueller from being fired.
Mueller announced Monday the indictment of Paul Manafort  who was chairman of Trumpâs campaign from May 2016 to August 2016  and Manafortâs business partner Rick Gates for alleged financial crimes between 2006 and 2015 related to their work advising a Ukrainian political party. Mueller also announced that George Papadopoulos had pleaded guilty in early October to one count of lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russians while he was advising the  Trump  campaign on foreign policy.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein named Mueller  a former FBI director  special counsel in May to investigate any collusion between the  Trump  campaign and Russian officials involved in Russiaâs interference with the 2016 election.
Booker disagreed  telling BuzzFeed News that his bill is a âcommon sense  credible way to go  not just for this president but for presidents 20 years from now  40 years from now.â He declined to speculate whether he thought  Trump  would fire Mueller  saying  âI have learned not to make any predictions about  Donald Trump .â
WASHINGTON â Senate Republicans said Tuesday that they donât believe  [TGT]  will interfere with Special Counsel Robert Muellerâs investigation and gave no indication that they would try immediately to protect Mueller from being fired.
Mueller announced Monday the indictment of Paul Manafort  who was chairman of Trumpâs campaign from May 2016 to August 2016  and Manafortâs business partner Rick Gates for alleged financial crimes between 2006 and 2015 related to their work advising a Ukrainian political party. Mueller also announced that George Papadopoulos had pleaded guilty in early October to one count of lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russians while he was advising the   [TGT]   campaign on foreign policy.
Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein named Mueller  a former FBI director  special counsel in May to investigate any collusion between the  Trump  campaign and Russian officials involved in Russiaâs interference with the 2016 election.
Booker disagreed  telling BuzzFeed News that his bill is a âcommon sense  credible way to go  not just for this president but for presidents 20 years from now  40 years from now.â He declined to speculate whether he thought  Trump  would fire Mueller  saying  âI have learned not to make any predictions about  Donald Trump .â