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Trump-russia investigation could fire mr. mueller, either by declaring that mr. mueller has overstepped in some way, or by changing justice department regulations to eliminate the rules protecting special counsels. once hes gotten rid of those rules, he can fire him thereafter for any reason he wants to. or unrecused attorney general could declare that, you know, the regular justice department can handle this investigation after all. we dont need a special counsel. an unrecused attorney general ...

Charlie savage from the "the new york times" lays out what an unrecused attorney general could do to shut down mueller and the fbis investigation. quote, an attorney general who is not recused from the trump hch russia information could fire mr. mueller either by declaring that mr. mueller has overstepped in some way or by changing justice department regulations to eliminate the rule protecting special counsels. and then once hes gotten rid of the rules he can fire him for whatever reason he wan...

So many officialing to shut done that investigation, having fired james comey, having gone after his own attorney general, going after robert mueller, talking to people in his administration enlawyers trying to impugn the credibility of mueller. i dont know if theyve figured out how to do that but they are aiming to do that. why do you believe that the mueller investigation itself can be fired. >> under the law only the person who appointed him, rod rosenstein with dishis him and only if he comm...

Change, which he now says hes going to make, unless and until that happens, the fbi still reports to the justice department, to the attorney general at the justice department. of course, this attorney general is recused from any investigations related to the presidential campaign, including the russia investigation. attorney general sessions has been the subject of days and days of public abuse from the president who started criticizing him in "the new york times" interview for having recused hi...

One person said he would actually berate employees in front of each other. despite that, hes very well regarded, very highly respected within the bureau. if mueller were to be sort of deliberately humiliated by the white house, that would have major law enforcement repercussions, and with the republican party as we know it is very, very intimately supportive of and connected to federal law enforcement community. so its important to remember that piece of all this. >> they may be, but i dont thin...

President has. >> right, and the challenge with that is that mueller has been around for so long. he knows so many people, particularly in the federal law enforcement community. he has so much bipartisan support that taking him down would just be really difficult. ive been talking to a lot of former federal law enforcement officials over the last few days. the consensus is even though mueller as the leadership of the fbi generated some controversy. one person said he would actually berate employ...

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When do you think that would happen? >> in case you couldnt make out what the president said, would like to testify before special counsel robert mueller. chief white house correspondent john roberts is live with this story. the many of them at this hour, john roberts. >> yeah, take a pick. its like a chinese menu. this is the second time the presidents legal team has been shaken up. john dowd came on in june of 2017 after the president said then lead outside attorney mark kasowitz left. dowd ha...

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Thinks he shouldnt do it. and ty cobb thinks he should do it to bring it to a close. dowd in a statement over the weekend in the wake of the mccabe firing says the mueller investigation should be shut down. i pray that acting attorney rod rosenstein will follow the brave example of jeff sessions and bring an end to the alleged russia collusion investigation manufactured by james comey based upon a fraudulent and corrupt dossier. the president seemed to be on a similar pace to dowd heaping critic...