GOP/ROBERT MUELLER/RUSSIA INVESTIGATION/SENATE/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “A Senate Republican ally of President Donald Trump said Thursday [4-25-19] that he has no concerns about the President’s alleged efforts to obstruct the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller, saying ‘it’s time to move on’ from the two-year-old probe. Sen. David Perdue, of Georgia, also defended Trump’s refusal to comply with subpoenas issued to his administration by House Democrats and said they need to decide if they are going to ‘legislate or investigate’…The points by Purdue — who is running for reelection this cycle in what could be a competitive race — are likely to be echoed by other congressional Republicans when they return Monday from a two-week recess that had them out of Washington when a redacted version of Mueller’s report was released to the public. Sen. Mitt Romney, a Utah Republican, blasted Trump’s actions that are outlined in the report. But most other Republicans have said little about the specific allegations of obstruction or cooperation with the Russians during the 2016 campaign, even as Democrats who control the House ratchet up their post-Mueller investigations. Those efforts include issuing multiple subpoenas that Trump is saying his administration will fight.”
–Ted Barrett and Kristin Wilson, “GOP senator has no concerns about obstruction allegations against Trump: ‘It’s time to move on’,” CNN Politics, CNN.com, April 25, 2019 6:53 pm