firing mr. mueller, in other words, trying to avoid a saturday night massacre. two other senators, chris coons of delaware, and tom telis of north carolina, co sponsors of a bill to protect mueller s job called on this white house to allow the special council to complete his work without impediment. an interesting conversation we have planned for you tonight. here with us to do that. bob bower, former white house council to president obama, and back with us is phillip rucker. welcome to you gentlemen, and as we say in the business, i ve just been handed some news tonight. this is from the reuters news kags, i need to get you both to react. a little known former prosecutor, with a dock tore it in med evil history will play a central role on donald trump s legal team as many top tier lawyers shy away from representing him.
to refuse any order or request to interfere in the special counsel s investigation, including but not limited to firing mr. mueller. in other words, trying to avoid a saturday night massacre. two other senators, chris kunz of delaware and tom tell lis of north carolina, democrat and republican, who are cosponsors of a bill to protect mueller s job, today called on this white house to allow the special counsel to complete his work without impediment. an interesting conversation we have planned for you tonight. here with us to do that. bob bower, former white house council to president obama, and back with us is phillip rucker. welcome to you gentlemen, and as we say in the business, i ve just been handed some news tonight. this is from the reuters news agency. i need to get you both to react. a little-nope former little-known former prosecutor with a doctorate in medieval history will play a central role on u.s. president donald trump s team as many top-tier lawyers
counsel s investigation, including but not limited to firing mr. mueller, cutting off fund organize resources, limiting staffing, or inhibiting his ability to follow the facts where they may lead and hold those accountable who may have broken the law. joining us now eric swalwell from california and democratic congressman mike quigley from illinois. they re both members of the house intelligence committee. congressman swalwell, you ve been a federal prosecutor. what do you make of this attempt in the direct communication with high-level justice department officials to preserve robert mueller s job? it s critical right now, lawrence. we re at a period of the investigation where it looks like by the witnesses that bob mueller and his team continue to interview, that they are getting closer and closer to the president. and this is a very fragile time for the investigation in that the president has told the world, has telegraphed that he wants bob mueller gone. and he has allies in congr
investigation proceed, quote, without impediment. the senator said, quote, the american people should have confidence in the department of justice ability to conduct independent investigations. we urge the president to allow the special counsel to continue his work without impediment which is in the best interests of the american people, the president and this investigation. now nine senators on the judiciary committee have sent letters to high-ranking justice department officials saying we ask that you publicly commit to refuse any order or request whether expressed or implied to interfere in the special counsel s investigation, including but not limited to firing mr. mueller, cutting off fund organize resources, limiting staffing, or inhibiting his ability to follow the facts where they may lead and hold those accountable who may have broken the law. joining us now eric swalwell from california and democratic congressman mike quigley from
you never want to be on the other side of a fighting marine or get into a fight with a marine. he seems to have forgotten, bob mueller is a marine and a decorated marine at that. and that he s a republican as well. a registered republican. he said that it was only democrats on mueller s team. which is not true. senator lindsey graham said he does not think the president has the legal authority to fire the special counsel. watch this. it s not harsh words, it s reality. i don t see any reason to fire mr. mueller. you re going to have calls to fire him. i think anything directed at firing mr. mueller blows up the whole town and that becomes the end of governing and the presidency as we know it. and i have zero concern that mueller s going to be fired by trump. zero. he said earlier, remember, it would be the beginning of the end of trump s presidency if he did that. what do you think about that?