Congressional Republicans Aren't Going To Protect Mueller, They're Gunning For Him
The Washington Post reports:
Republican senators who worked swiftly last summer to help write legislation protecting special counsel Robert S. Mueller III now are showing little urgency to get those measures passed.
... two different bipartisan proposals have been mired in negotiations for months.... Republicans appear to be losing their resolve to act.
“We’re still having the discussion,” Sen. Thom Tillis (R-N.C.), the co-author of one of the bills, said this week. “It’s not driven by any current events.”
Sen. Lindsey O. Graham (R-S.C.), another co-author of one of the bills, said, “I don’t really know,” when asked the status of negotiations....
On the other side of the Capitol, House Republicans have not drafted parallel legislation....
Graham is now a Trump golfing buddy and suckup, so I guess this isn't a priority for him anymore. What's in it for Graham? I wonder. A Cabinet position? Secretary of state? Attorney general?