GOP senator: Special prosecutor 'on the table'

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Source: The Hill

LAS VEGAS — Sen. Dean Heller (R) said Friday he believes a special prosecutor should be appointed to look into links between the Trump campaign and Russian operatives if investigations currently ongoing in the House and Senate encounter obstacles.

Heller, the most vulnerable Republican senator up for re-election in 2018, said he was troubled by Trump’s claim that he was thinking about current investigations when he made the decision to fire FBI director James Comey this week.

“I'm uncomfortable with the timing of all this, and that's why I think an independent prosecutor should be on the table if in fact the select committee in the Senate and the House cannot get to answers,” Heller told reporters after addressing a local chamber of commerce event.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/state-watch/333198-gop-senator-special-prosecutor-on-the-table

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Is this the first repuke to advocate a special prosecutor? If so, the cracks are forming.

[Wellstone ruled]

1. Hellar is just trying to save his ass.

His polling numbers show him going on a long Vacation.

[deurbano]

2. That's pathetic, isn't it? Not a principled one in the lot.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Dean Heller is a lacky for Wynn,Adelson,and Ruffin.

The Guy does not give a rat's ass about the average Nevadan.

[Erick the Read]

16. He IS Just Trying to Save His Ass

Other GOP Senators want to save theirs as well, and that is our sword!

[Iskander]

3. Rats Know No Loyalty

Enough of these rodents are going to turn when it comes time to save their own asses.

[Kleveland]

9. A trapped animal has been known to chew off its leg to escape........

Pretty much what I expect to see happening more and more....

They may have a limp and a hell of a scar afterwards!

The Repugs certainly are no stranger to animalistic survival behavior.... every man for himself!

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Any special prosecutor

is going to have to have independence from party, and integrity

and, they're going to have to rely on information already gathered by
career IC personnel

and they're going to need space and lots of money

So there are choke points the GOP can control, all the while dodging
cries of 'fake Democrat news' from the land of Orange.

This has mountains to climb

[a kennedy]

6. but who IS this Senator?? First timer I'm sure, got Harry's spot right???

not saying this isn't good news but, how much influence does he carry, really. JMHO.

[rollin74]

7. Catherine Cortez Masto got Harry's seat

Heller has been in since 2011

[a kennedy]

10. Thank you.....Nevada isn't the hot bed of political influence, am I right??

[BumRushDaShow]

11. No that wasn't Harry Reid's seat. A Dem got that one in 2016.

Catherine Cortez Masto.

This guy's seat is up next year and since NV has been going blue, he is probably the most vulnerable of those up next year.

[a kennedy]

15. Thanks for this .......

should be more knowledgeable about Nevada's Senators.

[BumRushDaShow]

17. I had this thread up in a tab earlier

and finally got around to responding and saw that you got your answer almost an hour before my response!

I hope we can pick up that seat!!!!

[mn9driver]

8. The GOP Senators up for reelection next year will play this game:

They will be very reasonable and open to getting rid of Trump, working seriously on health care, looking hard at climate issues.

Not making any promises, mind you but being oh so reasonable and open minded. Once they are elected all that talk will disappear.

The way to win against them will be to point out that a vote for ANY republican Senator is a vote for Trump, a vote for death-care and a vote for anti-science. What an (R) candidate says means NOTHING as long they they control the House and Senate.

This needs to be said over and over.

[warmfeet]

12. Well said.

I love your avatar, by the way. Senator Wellstone was, and is, a hero of mine.

[thesquanderer]

13. Advocating it *IF* the other committees fail is not really advocating it. (n/t)

[Xipe Totec]

14. El Machete is available for Special Prosecutor on short notice.

[Scoopster]

18. Guess who's running for re-election?! n/t

[ThoughtCriminal]

19. "Troubled" and "Uncomfortable"

Doesn't get things done. Just words. As long as the GOP has a majority in Congress, they will obstruct.