Per Watergate, Trump cannot legally fire Mueller

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12. I think Rosenstein is already on record as stating he would not fire Mueller....

except for cause shown. But then Rosenstein recommended Comey be fired, remember? So....

Trump would hire someone or go to the next lower level to get someone to fire Mueller. That's the goal. Whether it goes to the Supreme court is inconsequential to him. The only thing that would matter is interfering or stopping the investigation by Mueller.

The appeal to the S.Ct. would have to have an injunction in it, ordering Mueller stay in his job until S.Ct. decides the case. But even so, that would still interfere with the progress of the investigation.

It's a win-win for Trump, but only in the short term, maybe.

Mueller gone for a few weeks, a mole in the FBI (the new FBI Director), and a mole heading the DOJ (just passed committee confirmation), and an AG Sessions who is more a lapdog than a man (even tho on paper he is recused...that is not the way the real world works)....that would do it. Trump would be cleared.

The only thing that would stop Mueller leaving as soon as it happens, is if the Congress had passed that bill that required Congressional Review of special counsel firing. But it didn't pass the bill (isn't that interesting?).

It's possible Mueller would be gone only a week or two. He WILL be gone, if Trump fires him, though. They'll walk him out the door asap.