The Bipartisan Fight To Protect Robert Mueller

As the Special Counsel empanels a Grand Jury an effort is underway to protect his job

Technically this means the President has the legal authority to fire the Special Counsel — the person who’s investigating him.

The Coons/Tillis and Graham/Booker bills both seek to prevent such a conflict of interest by making the dismissal of the Special Counsel much harder. The Coons/Tillis bill would allow the Special Counsel to appeal a firing to a panel of federal judges. The Graham/Booker will would require the Attorney General or Acting A.G. to get permission from a similar federal judicial panel before any firing could take place.

The differences between the bills are largely procedural and have more to do with differing interpretations of the separation of powers between the Executive and Legislative branches than any serious disagreement over policy. Both groups of authors have indicated that they may merge their bills when lawmakers return to Washington in September. By extension, it is unlikely that either measure will see any motion until then.

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