ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT; “A Senate panel on [4-26-18] Thursday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired without cause, in a bipartisan show of support for the ongoing investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election. Serious political and legal hurdles stand in the way of it becoming law. The bill, authored by two Democrats and two Republicans, would enshrine into law a Justice Department guideline that a special counsel can’t be fired without cause. In addition, it would give special counsels a 10-day window to challenge a dismissal in federal court. The proposal, which passed the Senate Judiciary Committee 14 to 7, is the result of weeks of negotiations between Republicans and Democrats on the panel and is the first major congressional activity to protect Mr. Mueller’s probe. Four Republicans joined all of the panel’s Democrats in supporting the measure. The measure would also require special counsels to report to Congress at the end of their investigations.”
–Byron Tau, “Senate Panel Votes to Protect Mueller, But Hurdles Remain,” The Wall Street Journal, April 26, 2018 11:57 am