McConnell on Bill to Protect Mueller: We're Not Going to Do That

Sen. Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., dismissed any suggestion of legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by President Donald Trump, the Washington Examiner is reporting.

“We are not going to do that,” McConnell said.

“As you can imagine, I talk to the president fairly often, He’s given no indication the Mueller investigation will not be allowed to finish.”

Despite Trump’s vocal opposition to Mueller’s Russia probe, McConnell said the president has “never said he wants to shut it down.”

Sen. Jeff Flake, R-Ariz and Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del., are expected to push for a floor vote next week on a bill to safeguard Mueller, according to Axios. The move was sparked by the abrupt resignation of Attorney General Jeff Sessions last week.

But without unanimous consent, the bill can only reach the floor if McConnell schedules it.

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