Desperate Democrats are in panic mode, now that President Trump’s lawyer is calling on Mueller to end his sham of a “Russia probe.”
Lawmakers sounded the alarms on Saturday, in the wake of the firing of disgraced FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe, who is reportedly at the center of the upcoming IG report, as a leaker who lied to FBI investigators, covered for Hillary, and lied under oath.
From Washington Examiner
Democratic lawmakers sounded the alarm on Saturday about President Trump possibly committing obstruction of justice after his attorney suggested special counsel Robert Mueller should be fired after FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe got the boot Friday.
Trump’s personal lawyer, John Dowd, told the Daily Beast he hopes to see Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who is overseeing Mueller’s Russia investigation, fire Mueller like Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired McCabe. He originally indicated that we was speaking on behalf of Trump, but later clarified that he was speaking on behalf of himself and not the president.
Democrats, who are already weary of the president’s criticism of the Russia investigation, skewered Dowd’s comments on Twitter Saturday.
Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Intelligence Committee, urged members of Congress from both sides of the aisle to “speak up” and defend Mueller’s work.
Every member of Congress, Republican and Democrat, needs to speak up in defense of the Special Counsel. Now. https://t.co/bg9pVtkdOv
— Mark Warner (@MarkWarner) March 17, 2018
“Every member of Congress, Republican and Democrat, needs to speak up in defense of the Special Counsel. Now,” Warner wrote.
“Every member of Congress, Republican and Democrat, needs to speak up in defense of the Special Counsel. Now,” Warner wrote.
Similarly, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., warned the administration that there will be “severe consequences” from both Democrats and Republicans if they follow Dowd’s wishes and fire Mueller.
“Mr. Dowd’s comments are yet another indication that the first instinct of @realDonaldTrump and his legal team is not to cooperate with Special Counsel Mueller, but to undermine him at every turn,” he wrote.
The president, the administration, and his legal team must not take any steps to curtail, interfere with, or end the special counsel’s investigation or there will be severe consequences from both Democrats and Republicans. 2/2
— Chuck Schumer (@SenSchumer) March 17, 2018
Schumer added: “The president, the administration, and his legal team must not take any steps to curtail, interfere with, or end the special counsel’s investigation or there will be severe consequences from both Democrats and Republicans.”
Rep. Yvette Clarke, D-N.Y., called the idea of canning Mueller an “obvious abuse of power.”
Stunning, but sadly, not surprising. This is an obvious abuse of power. I condemn any effort by 45 and his Administration to interfere with the Special Counsel’s investigation. https://t.co/ginKaqqudC
— Yvette D. Clarke (@RepYvetteClarke) March 17, 2018
“Stunning, but sadly, not surprising. This is an obvious abuse of power. I condemn any effort by 45 and his Administration to interfere with the Special Counsel’s investigation,” she wrote.
“Trump’s lawyer John Dowd – and Trump himself – are recklessly courting a constitutional crisis with this loose talk of ending the Mueller investigation. And they know it, which suggests knowledge that the truth is even worse,” wrote Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va.
Trump’s lawyer John Dowd – and Trump himself – are recklessly courting a constitutional crisis with this loose talk of ending the Mueller investigation.
And they know it, which suggests knowledge that the truth is even worse. https://t.co/2spkdu1NmR
— Rep. Don Beyer (@RepDonBeyer) March 17, 2018
Rep. Raja Krishnamoorthi, D-Ill., said the investigation “must run its course” no matter how much the administration opposes it.
Whether or not President Trump’s lawyer will admit it, the President wants to end the Mueller investigation and views it as a witch hunt, even as indictments have continued. The Special Counsel’s investigation must run its course no matter how much the investigated oppose it. https://t.co/2YYW6p9Gfb
— Raja Krishnamoorthi (@CongressmanRaja) March 17, 2018
“Whether or not President Trump’s lawyer will admit it, the President wants to end the Mueller investigation and views it as a witch hunt, even as indictments have continued. The Special Counsel’s investigation must run its course no matter how much the investigated oppose it,” the Illinois congressman tweeted.
The widespread backlash came less than 24 hours after it was announced McCabe was fired before he planned to officially retire on Sunday with a full pension.
