Trump’s attacks on Robert Mueller have been met with warnings across Congress that he better back away from the Special Counsel or face dire consequences.
Rep. Trey Gowdy (R-SC) warned on Fox News Sunday that the Senate has leverage over Trump, ” Well, I’m not sure the House can do a lot. We don’t have advice and consent. I think the president is going to have a really difficult time nominating and having approved another attorney general. It’s going to be — I would just counsel the president, it’s going to be very, very long bad 2018. And it’s going to be distracting from other things that he wants to do and was elected to do. Let it play out its course. If you’ve done nothing wrong, you should want the investigation to be as wholesome and thorough as possible.”
In the Senate, Democratic leader Sen. Chuck Schumer warned of severe consequences for Trump if he acts against Mueller, “The president, the administration, and his legal team must not take any steps to curtail, interfere with, or end the special counsel’s investigation or there will be severe consequences from both Democrats and Republicans.”
Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) warned that the Senate would act against Trump if he goes after Mueller, “I mean, talking to my colleagues all along, it was, you know, once he goes after Mueller, then we will take action,“I think that people see that as a massive red line that can’t be crossed. So, I hope that that’s the case. And I would just hope that enough people would prevail on the president now: ‘Don’t go there.‘”