CONGRESS/DEMS/GOP/INTELLIGENCE/JUSTICE DEPARTMENT/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “Democratic lawmakers on Monday [9-24-18] renewed their calls for Republicans in Congress to pass legislation to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference amid heightened uncertainty over Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein’s fate in the Trump administration. Virginia Sen. Mark Warner, the top Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee, told reporters that he believes ‘there’s broad bipartisan support to protect the Mueller investigation,’ and said ‘that ought to be passed right away.’ Warner added, ‘There’s been a lot of my Republican colleagues along the way who have said if the time comes, they’ll step up. We’ll see later this week if that time comes along.’ Some Republican lawmakers on Monday expressed concern over the possibility that Rosenstein could be fired, but did not join in the calls from Democratic lawmakers to advance legislation. Rosenstein, who currently oversees the Russia probe, will meet with President Donald Trump on Thursday amid questions over how long he will remain in the administration after The New York Times reported that he secretly suggested recording the President and weighed forcibly removing him from office.”
–Clare Foran, Jeremy Herb and Manu Raju, “Democrats call for GOP to protect Mueller investigation with Rosenstein future in limbo,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, September 24, 2018 7:07 pm