Jonathan Chait | If Trump Fires Mueller, Republicans Won't Object



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Former FBI director Robert Mueller. (photo: Getty Images) 
Jonathan Chait, New York Magazine 
Chait writes: "The Republican Party has largely coalesced around Trump. If - or when - Trump quashes Mueller's investigation, the veto-proof majorities to restore Mueller's power will almost certainly fail to materialize." 
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