The following article by Amber Phillips was posted on the Washington Post website January 26, 2018:
Before it came out that President Trump sought to fire Robert Mueller last June, Trump and his aides repeatedly said he wasn’t giving “any thought” to the idea. (Video: Jenny Starrs/Photo: Jabin Botsford/The Washington Post)
This story has been updated with more Republican reaction to the news.
The firing of special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has long been a red line for most Republicans in Congress who are trying to work with their president.
But it’s a red line they’d rather not act on — and now, with news that President Trump actually made moves to do it, they may be forced to. Continue reading “The Mueller confrontation that Republicans were trying to avoid has just arrived”