Trump supporters have started arguing that following former FBI Director James Comey's testimony before Congress last Thursday, the services of Special Counsel Robert Mueller are no longer needed.
The reports follow Newsmax CEO and Trump confidante, Chris Ruddy, telling "PBS Newshour" he believes the president is considering firing Mueller.
"I think it's a matter of fundamental conscience".
"Although Ruddy said he thinks" it would be a very significant mistake", he claimed that there wasn't a justification for a special counsel. "I also want a commitment from Jeff Sessions that he will resign if the president of the United States fires Bob Mueller", the senator continued. "Don't waste our time", he tweeted.
Press secretary Sean Spicer told NPR's Tamara Keith, "Mr". And because Attorney General Jeff Sessions is recused from the Russian Federation case, he can't fire Mueller any more than the president can.
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Replying to a question from Sen.
"Special counsel Mueller may be fired only for good cause, and I am required to put that cause in writing". That's what I would do. It's unclear whether the president could override those rules and order Rosenstein to fire Mueller.
"Director Mueller is going to have the full degree of independence that he needs to conduct that investigation appropriately", Rosenstein said.
The California Democrat said if the president opts to terminate Mueller from his position lawmakers will reappoint Mueller to the position.
For many, the prospect of Mueller's firing immediately brought to mind the 1973 dismissal of special prosecutor Archibald Cox during the Watergate scandal. In what became known as the Saturday Night Massacre, President Richard Nixon ordered then-Attorney General Elliot Richardson to fire Cox. That leaves deputy attorney general Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller in the first place. He seems unlikely to carry out such a travesty of justice, only to go down in historical disgrace as Trump's Robert Bork.
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