Director Robert S. Mueller (Image by (Not Known) commons.wikimedia.org) Details DMCA | Members of Congress were aghast on Thursday after President Donald Trump suggested that he would move to fire special counsel Robert Mueller if his investigation into Russia’s election meddling turned towards Trump’s finances. But those same members said that they were unable to preemptively shield Mueller from the threat of presidential interference. Mueller enjoys bipartisan support on the Hill, where lawmakers expressed continued confidence in his ability to oversee the investigation. In an interview Wednesday with The New York Times, Trump issued a stark warning to Mueller to avoid looking into look into his personal finances. |