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>> i think mr. mueller is the perfect guy to get to the bottom of all of this and he will. and i think my job, among others, is to give him the space to do it. i intend to do that. ive got legislation protecting mr. mueller, and ill be glad to pass it tomorrow. >> it would certainly wouldnt hurt to put that extra safeguard in place given the latest stories. >> do you still trust after all youve heard, do you still trust special counsel robert mueller to conduct a fair and unbiased investigation?...

Memo. republicans who have seen it says it reveals abuses by the fbi and justice department related of course to the ongoing russia investigation. but democrats who have seen it say the facts are cherry picked and it is just another attempt to undermine the fbi. >> i havent seen it, we havent seen it. this morning democrats and even some republicans are expressing support for legislation to protect the special counsel, robert mueller, in the wake of reports that president trump wanted to fire hi...

Robert mueller is still very much employed. >> im not aware of the president ever intimating that he wanted to fire robert mueller. lets keep in mind a skup l things. robert mueller is still the special counsel. don mcgahn is still head of white house counsel office. taxpayers have spent millions and millions of dollars on a investigation thats not proven any collusion thus far with russia. >> it all comes as some lawmakers urge republican leadership to take up legislation protecting mueller fro...

You are starting to see in the gop about passing a bill, passing legislation to protect the special counsel because of this robert mueller. listen to what we have heard in the last 24 hours that exposes this. >> i have legislation protecting mr. mueller and ill be glad to pass it tomorrow. >> it certainly wouldnt hurt to put that extra safeguard in place given the latest stories. >> i dont think theres a need to protect mueller. if an issue arises, well take it up at that time. there is not an i...

That would give us time to move and act if we need to. i hope it doesnt come to that. >> i will do whatever it takes to make sure that mr. mueller can do his job. were a rule of law nation. were going to be a rule of law nation after trump. i havent yet seen evidence of collusion between president trump and the russians, but the investigation needs to go forth without dplit political interference. were not going to stop looking at the president because he claim "the new york times" was fake news...

Bills. >> i think mr. mueller is the perfect guy to get to @ bottom of all of this and he will. i think my job, among others, is to give thim the space to do. it. i have legislation protecting mr. mueller and ill be glad to pass it tomorrow. >> you said that you havent seen the need for legislation protecting mueller. do you see the need now? >> it probably wouldnt hurt for us to pass one of those bills. >> would you support legislation to protect mueller? >> i dont think theres a need for legis...

Senator lindsey graham is actually on board with some legislation to protect mueller. listen. >> i will do whatever it takes to make sure mr. mueller can do his job. were a rule of law nation before president trump, were going to be a rule of law nation after president trump. i havent yet seen any evidence of collusion between president trump and the russians, but the investigation needs to go forward without political interference. were not going to stop looking at the president because he clai...

In has to do on the heels of learning last week that the president wanted to fire the special counsel robert mueller. tell us about this divide. >> two bills in the senate aimed to protect the special counsel from interference from political pressure within the white house. those bills deal with it in slightly different manners. growing push among some democrats and some republicans on the senate side to see this legislation through and to resolve those differences, even the judiciary committee ...