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BY ERIC HAM
A handful of House Republicans have endorsed House legislation that would protect special counsel Robert Mueller from any attempt by President Donald Trump to remove him, even as GOP leaders insist that such legislation is unnecessary. This comes after four senators: South Carolina Republican Lindsey Graham; North Carolina Republican Thom Tillis; Delaware Democrat Chris Coons; and New Jersey Democrat Cory Booker renewed their effort to enshrine protections for Mueller and any future special counsel with their own Senate bill.
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President Donald Trump’s improbable rise to the White House caught many by surprise. Outspent and out-staffed, his unexpected victory over former U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, had Washington reeling. Still, since taking the oath of office, his Administration has been anything but smooth. Stunning setbacks, crippling defeats, and perennial controversies have marked his one-year in office. Yet through it all, the former real-estate tycoon and reality television star continues to reshape Washington and the geo-political landscape issue-by-issue; challenge-by-challenge; crisis-by-crisis.
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Several House Republicans endorse bill to protect Mueller
FIGHTING FOR MUELLER. From left: Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Sen Thom Tillis, R-N.C.; Sen. Chris Coons, D-Del.; and Sen. Cory Booker, D-N.J. filed legislation last week.
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ABOVE: President Donald J. Trump announces the coordinated attacked by the armed forces of the United States, France, and the United Kingdom against the Syrian regime of Bashar al-Assad in response to the recent chemical attack against Syrian civilians by the Assad regime | April 13, 2018 (Official White House Photo by Joyce N. Boghosian).
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Special Counsel Robert Mueller is under attack by the president, but House and Senate members have filed bills to protect him from being fired by Trump.
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