FBI/MICHAEL COHEN/ROBERT MUELLER/TRUMP PEOPLE: “The longest-serving Republican senator in history offered a sharp rebuke Thursday [4-12-18] to anyone recommending that President Donald Trump fire special counsel Robert Mueller. ‘Anyone advising the President — in public or over the airwaves — to fire Bob Mueller does not have the President or the nation’s best interest at heart. Full stop,’ Sen. Orrin Hatch, R-Utah, tweeted…Trump has increased his attacks against Mueller after FBI agents raided his attorney Michael Cohen’s office and hotel room Monday [4-9-18]. The President lashed out at Mueller’s investigation, calling it a ‘disgrace’ and publicly mulling if he should get rid of Mueller. White House press secretary Sarah Sanders told reporters on Tuesday that the President “certainly believes he has the power” to fire Mueller. Back in March — when Trump first attacked Mueller by name on Twitter — Hatch said in a statement that he has urged the White House “in public and in private to allow the special prosecutor to continue his investigation uninterrupted.”
-Veronica Stracqualursi, “Orrin Hatch calls out Trump allies advising him to fire Mueller,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, April 12, 2018 9:29 am