McConnell, Flake clash over protecting Mueller probe
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Sen. Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) clashed during a closed-door lunch meeting Thursday, with McConnell challenging Flake’s effort to force a vote on legislation protecting special counsel Robert Mueller.
McConnell pressured Flake to back off his strategy of blocking judicial nominees in the Senate Judiciary Committee in an effort to force a vote on his bill that would protect the special counsel from being fired without good cause.
Flake, however, dug in his heels and made clear that he’s not going to budge.
McConnell was equally implacable, according to senators who witnessed the argument.
“It’s a standoff,” said a Republican senator who attended the lunch.
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