WASHINGTON (AP) — Congressional Republicans made clear Tuesday they won't take steps to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired, insisting it's unnecessary and opting instead to wait out the storm.
As head of the Russia investigation, Mueller has become a favorite target of President Donald Trump's Twitter feed. Trump has declared the probe a "total WITCH HUNT with massive conflicts of interest!"
It's language no recent president has used for a federal inquiry. But House and Senate leaders have remained quiet, and decidedly unruffled.