Yates warns Trump against impeding special counsel probe
NEW YORK (AP) — Sally Yates, the former acting U.S. attorney general, said Friday that she is just as concerned President Donald Trump might fire Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein as she is that he might move against Robert Mueller, the special counsel leading a Justice Department probe into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
Yates warned that the deputy attorney general has tremendous ability to influence the scope of the Justice Department's investigation, including whether to execute search warrants, bring charges and present articles of impeachment to Congress.