Schumer Predicts Trump Firing Mueller Would Be GOP Tipping Point
- Senate Democrat leader also warns against Trump pardoning self
- President’s lawyer says pardons aren’t being discussed
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Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said President Donald Trump would trigger “a cataclysm’’ if he fires Special Counsel Robert Mueller or pardons himself, even as one of the president’s lawyers said pardons aren’t being discussed.
Schumer said he can’t imagine his Republican colleagues, including Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell and House Speaker Paul Ryan, “just standing by” if Trump moves to dismiss Mueller or pardons himself or someone close to him who’s under investigation.