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Here we go again-Why Trump can't fire Mueller at least, not directly
For all of the recent conversation about President Trump potentially firing special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, there’s an important but often-ignored caveat.
Trump can’t fire Mueller — at least not directly or at least without eventually getting an unprecedented rubber stamp from the Supreme Court.
We first looked at this issue in June, when the threat posed to the administration by Mueller’s appointment was largely theoretical. In the months since, Mueller’s team has announced charges against people associated with Trump’s 2016 campaign and seems poised to spend at least another year exploring Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign and any links to Trump’s team. In response, Trump allies, including Fox News Channel, have made a deliberate attempt to undermine the work of Mueller and the FBI, some clearly anticipating that Trump may want to cut off the investigation sooner rather than later.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/12/19/why-trump-cant-fire-mueller-at-least-not-directly/?utm_term=.6cf1260f7cce
Trump can’t fire Mueller — at least not directly or at least without eventually getting an unprecedented rubber stamp from the Supreme Court.
We first looked at this issue in June, when the threat posed to the administration by Mueller’s appointment was largely theoretical. In the months since, Mueller’s team has announced charges against people associated with Trump’s 2016 campaign and seems poised to spend at least another year exploring Russian interference in the 2016 presidential campaign and any links to Trump’s team. In response, Trump allies, including Fox News Channel, have made a deliberate attempt to undermine the work of Mueller and the FBI, some clearly anticipating that Trump may want to cut off the investigation sooner rather than later.
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/politics/wp/2017/12/19/why-trump-cant-fire-mueller-at-least-not-directly/?utm_term=.6cf1260f7cce
I count at least six justices who will vote against Trump
Breyer
Kagan
Sotomayor
Roberts
Kennedy
Ginsburg.
That doesn't mean the porno president won't try.