Breaking: The vote on the bill to protect Mueller just got delayed until April 26th
From The Hill:
Legislation protecting special counsel Robert Mueller is running into steep political headwinds even as President Trump is weighing cracking down on the Russia investigation.
The bill got a boost of momentum when GOP Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) said it would get a committee vote, but the legislation almost immediately got bogged down in partisan finger pointing and entrenched skepticism among most Republicans
A blame game has broken out among Judiciary Committee members about why the bill is being punted until days before the next recess. Grassley, in a whirlwind move, tried to get the panel to take up the bill late last week; instead, a vote isn’t expected until April 26.
The legislation would limit Trump’s ability to fire Mueller and let him be reinstated if a court determines he wasn’t fired for “good cause.” In a sign of Republicans’ anxiety that Trump could try to interfere with the Russia probe months before the midterm elections, a small but growing number of Republicans are signaling they are open to the idea of the bill.
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