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Now Is It A Constitutional Crisis?

If not this, what?  If not now, when?  The adults in the Republican Party better have a plan.  Because pretending that they’d never have to deal with “Trump Fires Mueller” headlines just became a quaint, and obsolete notion. He tried once.  What’s to stop a second attempt?  The New York Times reported Trump did indeed, despite repeated denials, try to oust Robert Mueller back in June, but backed down when his legal counsel threatened to resign over it.

Legislation has been floating around for months in Congress that would protect Mueller.  But senior Republicans have never really taken it seriously, hoping what was reported Thursday night would never happen.  So, now what?

Congressional Democrats are pushing one measure that would prevent presidents from firing special counsels unless a panel of three federal judges agreed.  Another bill would allow a fired special counsel to appeal his case to federal judges.  Neither has gained much traction because Republicans say, Trump and the White House are cooperating with Mueller.

This is the fourth time Trump has tried to fire a top surrogate only to back down.

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