Sens. Thom Tillis (R-NC) and Chris Coons (D-DE) are reiterating their call for Special Counsel Robert Mueller to be allowed to finish his Russia investigation unimpeded.
In a statement released on Tuesday, the senators said that many of their constituents across the ideological spectrum want Mueller to finish the job without interference.
“We urge President Trump to allow the Special Counsel to complete his work without impediment, which is in the best interest of the American people, the President, and our nation,” they said.
The two lawmakers have been sounding the alarm about Mueller’s vulnerability since August, when they introduced the Special Counsel Integrity Act. Stalled in the Senate, the legislation mandates that only the Senate-confirmed attorney general, or next highest ranked Department of Justice official in the event of a recusal, can fire the special counsel. If that happens, the bill allows the special counsel to challenge the decision before a three-judge panel, which could overturn the ousting.
I get ants in my house every spring and it never occurred to me to simply urge them to go somewhere else. I’m going to have to try that.
Just remember to use sternly-worded urgings…
But ants have a larger brain.
Well, if they walk on my desk I smush them with stickies. It doesn’t get sterner than that.
As commendable as it is that these senators made this statement, isn’t this really just waving a red cape in front of a bull? Dump can’t help himself. If you tell him not to push that big red button, the first thing he’s going to do is push that big red button! Just like a little kid…