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White House Watch: Mueller, Indictment, and the Dossier

October 30, 2017 06:49 AM

Is Robert Mueller in danger of getting the boot? The special counsel investigating Russian interference in the 2016 elections has been in the sights of allies of Donald Trump for a while. And on Friday, Fox News reported on a “fresh round of calls from conservative critics for his resignation” even before it was revealed Mueller’s investigation had sealed its first indictment.

For what it’s worth, I’m told there’s been no talk at the Justice Department of getting rid of Mueller. The burden of doing so would fall to the deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller in the first place back in May. But the power of firing Mueller would ultimately lie with President Trump.

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