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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. i've got legislation protecting mr. mueller, and i'll be glad to pass it tomorrow. >> it would certainly wouldn't hurt to put that extra safeguard in place given the latest stories. >> do you still trust after all you've heard, do you still trust special counsel robert mueller to conduct a fair and unbiased investigation? >> 100%, particularly if he's given the time, the resources and the independence to do his job....

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 haven't seen it, we haven't 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 him last june. >> i've got legislation protecting mr. mueller and i'll be glad to pass it tomorrow. ...

Robert mueller is still very much employed. >> i'm not aware of the president ever intimating that he wanted to fire robert mueller. let's 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 that's not proven any collusion thus far with russia. >> it all comes as some lawmakers urge republican leadership to take up legislation protecting mueller from being fired, but there does seem to be some disagreement within the gop about whether that's re...

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 i'll be glad to pass it tomorrow. >> it certainly wouldn't hurt to put that extra safeguard in place given the latest stories. >> i don't think there's a need to protect mueller. if an issue arises, we'll take it up at that time. there is not an issue. why create one? >> if they release the memo, how do the susan collins' react? >> this put...

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