him to remain in his role. They expressed concern that, if Sessions is replaced with a new Trump hire, that Attorney General could take control of the investigation from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein (who is only in charge because of Sessions’s recusal) and potentially influence it per Trump’s requests. “There was a time earlier in his tenure that I called him on to resign,” Senator Jeff Merkley (D-OR) said, according to CNN. “At this point, I would have to determine the consequences knowing the president may be trying to obstruct justice.” new balance 992 bb Trump took to Twitter in the wake of Flynn’s guilty plea, writing, “I had to fire General Flynn because he lied to the Vice President and the FBI. He has pled [sic] guilty to those lies. It is a shame because his actions during the transition were lawful. There was nothing to hide!” The tweet immediatelyraised eyebrows new balance 992 bb reported White House counsel Donald F. McGahn II refused to relay Trump's orders on firing Mueller to the Justice Department, saying he would quit before he did so. He reportedly told White House officials that Trump firing Mueller would have a "catastrophic effect" on the presidency. new balance 992 bb that House Democrats Elijah Cummings (D-MD, Ranking Member of the Committee on Oversight and Government Reform) and Eliot L. Engel (D-NY, Ranking Member of the Committee on Foreign Affairs) will examine whether or not Flynn violated federal law by secretly working on a partnership with Russia to build nuclear reactors in Saudi Arabia while serving as National Security Advisor. Cummings and Engel sent aletter new balance 992 bb
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