Panetta: Trump will do damage if he fires Rosenstein and Mueller

The following article by Rebecca Morin was posted on the Politico website February 4, 2018:

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Former CIA Director Leon Panetta warned President Donald Trump on Sunday against firing special counsel Robert Mueller or Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein.

“If he tries to go after them and tries to somehow appear to be obstructing the process that’s involved in this investigation; he’s going to hurt himself,” Panetta said on “Fox News Sunday.” “But more importantly, he’s going to hurt the country.”

Trump has grown increasingly frustrated with Rosenstein, who is overseeing Mueller’s probe on whether Russia colluded with the president’s 2016 campaign. Continue reading “Panetta: Trump will do damage if he fires Rosenstein and Mueller”