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What Congress Can Do If Trump Fires Mueller
The president thinks the Republicans will fold. But they can reinstate the independent-counsel law, for one time only.
Looking up in the House.
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During the election campaign, Donald Trump declared he could "shoot somebody" in the middle of Fifth Avenue and not lose a vote. As president, he's calculating that he can ignore the rule of law and that there are enough quisling Republicans to let him get away with it.
He is, without question, scheming how to get rid of special counsel Robert Mueller, who is investigating Trump's connections to Russia. The betting in Washington is that he's willing to ignore Congress and Justice Department rules, and do this by executive order if necessary.