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| Donald Trump firing Robert Mueller from Russia investigation would be ‘last straw’, warns senior Democrat | Donald Trump firing Robert Mueller from Russia investigation would be ‘last straw’, warns senior Democrat |
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| A senior Democratic congressman has said it would be “the last straw” if Donald Trump fired special prosecutor Robert Mueller – as it was reported that the President was considering getting rid of the man appointed to investigate him. | |
| Congressman Adam Schiff, the most senior Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, said Congress would not sit still if Mr Trump fired Mr Mueller and tried to appoint his own replacement. Mr Mueller is currently heading an investigation into whether Trump campaign advisers colluded with Russian operatives to influence the 2016 US election. | |
| “I don't think the Congress would sit still and allow the president to pick his own investigator,” he said. | “I don't think the Congress would sit still and allow the president to pick his own investigator,” he said. |
| Mr Schiff spoke out after a friend of Mr Trump, Chris Ruddy, the CEO of Newsmax, emerged from the White House and said the President was considering “terminating” Mr Mueller. | |
| In an interview with PBS, Mr Ruddy said: “I think [Mr Trump's] weighing that option.” | |
| Mr Mueller, a former FBI Director, was appointed by the Justice Department to oversee the Russia probe after Mr Trump fired his FBI chief James Comey. | |