Other typical attacks against special counsels in the past--broad investigatory focus, lack of accountability, and budgetary uncertainty--don't jump out as ironclad reasons to fire Mueller either.
In short, the political consequences for firing Mueller would be significant. If Trump hasn't committed any crimes, he's paying a premium to end an investigation that won't find much of anything.
- Democrats win if Trump fires Special Counsel Robert Mueller, AL.com, January 30, 2019.
2. Joseph Maguire, the acting director of National Intelligence, faced scrutiny Thursday from lawmakers on both sides of the aisle as he testified before the House Intelligence Committee.
Maguire discussed his reasoning for initially blocking a whistleblower complaint's transmission to members of Congress. The complaint centered on a call between President Donald Trump and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky in which Trump urged his counterpart to investigate Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden over Biden's son's connections to a Ukrainian gas company.
Reports of the complaint prompted House Democrats to open an impeachment inquiry against Trump.
During his testimony, Maguire said he delayed passing along the complaint to Congress because of executive privilege to protect communications with the president. Maguire said that because presidential communications are confidential due to executive privilege, he couldn't immediately pass along the complaint to Congress.
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