2016 ELECTION/DEMS/GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT/TRUMP PEOPLE: “A Republican senator behind a bill to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s job joined his Democratic co-author on Tuesday [3-27-18] in a bipartisan call for President Donald Trump to let Mueller’s investigation proceed ‘without impediment.’ Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.) aligned with Sen. Chris Coons (D-Del.) after weeks of downplaying the need for quick passage of their legislation designed to shield Mueller from being fired by Trump, who has repeatedly expressed frustration with the ongoing probe of Russian interference in the 2016 election. Tillis and Coons’ move comes one week after Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) and Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) delivered their own gestures of support for Mueller — while not endorsing legislation to protect his work…The Tillis-Coons bill, which gives special counsels the power to contest their firing after the fact, still must be merged with a competing measure from Sens. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) and Cory Booker (D-N.J.) before the Senate Judiciary Committee can consider it. The Judiciary panel’s chairman, Sen. Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa), has yet to publicly support either version pending ongoing talks on combining the plans.”
–Elana Schor, “Bipartisan Senate duo calls on Trump to back off Mueller,” Politico.com, Mar. 27, 2018 4:32pm