Prominent Trump supporters are pushing for firing of Special Counsel RobertMueller

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Trump supporters have started arguing that following former FBI Director James Comey’s testimony before Congress last Thursday, the services of Special Counsel Robert Mueller are no longer needed.

They’re advancing two cases. The first is that because Comey confirmed last Thursday that Trump wasn’t personally under investigation during the early weeks of his presidency — before Comey’s firing — there’s no good reason for Mueller’s investigation to continue. Ann Coulter encapsulated this line of reasoning in a tweet:

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Coulter’s case overlooks the fact that investigations into the Trump campaign for possible collusion with Russia already involve some of Trump’s closest confidantes and advisers. It also overlooks Comey’s indication last Thursday that Mueller’s probe includes an investigation of Trump for possible obstruction of justice. So while Trump may no have been personally under investigation before, things have changed.

The second case is that Mueller is unfit to investigate anything related to Comey because the two have a personal relationship and a professional respect for each other. Conservative columnist Byron York summarized this case in his latest column — a column shared on Twitter by Laura Ingraham, editor in chief of LifeZette, who’s rumored to be in the mix for a communications job in the White House:

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https://thinkprogress.org/prominent-trump-supporters-are-pushing-for-firing-of-special-counsel-robert-mueller-3b6bde47ebcf

[NastyRiffraff]

1. And so it begins

I'm old enough to remember Nixon's "Saturday Night Massacre" when Archibald Cox was fired and the AG and Deputy AG resigned. Normally I'd say that after that complete cockup, no president would dare fire a Special Counsel investigating his or her administration. (Oh, how I long for "her"!) But, we're talking about Trump, so who the hell knows?

[luvMIdog]

2. Of course they are. I think they have the audacity to fire him :(

[BigmanPigman]

3. He will have someone else fire him. Independent Investigation is our only hope!

All the dems want one but the GOP in the House won't sign their bill for obvious reasons. Call Congress and pressure them or this BS will go on forever and this country will be destroyed while we wait. [phone] and demand an Independent Investigation. MoveOn.org makes this week the BIG WEEK to call about this AND the Senate passing the House version of ACA repeal (McConnell IS doing it right now!). He has an 80% chance of passing it with newly written rules it won't even go to committee or the public!

[beachbum bob]

4. Indicates how fearful they are of mueller and the team he is building...

Any firing of mueller will lead to a 2018 democratic tidal wave....

[Cicada]

5. I hope Trump DOES fire him

Trump will not be jailed and will not be removed from office even if Mueller finds he broke laws. But if Trump fires him then some Trump supporters will stop supporting him.

[AlexSFCA]

6. the new fbi director can

potentially remove all evidence pertaining to this investigation. GOP is pushing congress to shut down this entirely. 2018 election might be jeopardy if voting integrity is not preserved.

[SDJay]

7. Firing Mueller Would Be the Ultimate Obstruction

in my opinion, but the positive of such a desperate move would be a shitstorm the likes of which those of us too young to remember the Saturday Night Massacre have never seen. The IC would only see their disgust with this POTUS intensified exponentially, and we'd see more incriminating info than ever before.