Mueller Gets a New Boss Who's Blasted His Russia Investigation
- Acting Attorney General Whitaker could fire him or limit probe
- Whitaker would decide whether findings can be made public
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller is answering to a new boss, Matthew Whitaker, who has openly criticized his Russia investigation -- and has the power to constrain it or end it, just as President Donald Trump wishes.
Trump never forgave Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from overseeing the probe that Mueller now runs, and the president delivered on that long-festering frustration a day after the midterm elections were over.