FBI/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump took shots at the FBI and the Justice Department during a half-hour phone interview on ‘Fox and Friends’ Thursday morning [4-26-18], hinting that at ‘some point’ he might step in and take action. ‘You look at the corruption at the top of the FBI — it’s a disgrace,’ Trump said. ‘And our Justice Department, which I try and stay away from, but at some point I won’t.”The President suggested that because of special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into the possibility of the Trump campaign coordinating with Russia, he has decided that he will not be involved. However, he added, ‘I may change my mind at some point…’ Later Thursday morning, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved legislation to protect the special counsel from being fired, a rare bipartisan step that sends a warning signal to Trump not to fire Mueller. The legislation, which would give Mueller and other special counsels the ability to challenge their firing in court, has little chance of becoming law. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has vowed not to put it on the floor, House Republicans have shown no interest in the measure, and Trump would be unlikely to sign it.”
-Maegan Vazquez, “Trump says ‘at some point’ he won’t stay away from Justice Department,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, April 26, 2018 12:15 pm