A Question

[queentonic]

Any chance the Trumpster will fire Mueller when Mueller shows up to interrogate him? It would be the Trumpster's style to make it a reality TV moment wouldn't you think? Especially if the meeting is video taped. Can't you see him doing the Apprentice thing "You're Fired" throwing red meat to his base?

[Arkansas Granny]

1. I hadnt considered that, but his fans would love it.

[TexasProgresive]

2. Another question

As Robert Mueller works for Deputy Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein and not tRump does tRump have the authority to fire him? My understanding is that the Justice department operates independent of the executive. Because Session's recused himself it falls on Rosenstein to oversee the . tRump can only fire Sessions but not Rosenstein and certainly not Mueller. The following snip is from a source that I don't like, "The Washington Times," but it gives a pretty good explanation of the situation. It is from November of 2016.

Q&A: Why Justice Dept. operates independent of White House
By BY ERIC TUCKER - Associated Press - Wednesday, November 23, 2016
White House officials and Justice Department lawyers aren’t even meant to talk with each other about ongoing criminal investigations or civil enforcement actions, though there is leeway granted for matters of national security, including terrorism.

A 2007 Justice Department memorandum says that though it’s important for the Justice Department and White House to communicate freely on many matters, the department will advise the White House of criminal or civil-enforcement matters “only where it is important for the performance of the president’s duties and where appropriate from a law enforcement perspective.”

“This limitation recognizes the president’s ability to perform his constitutional obligation to ‘take care that the laws be faithfully executed’ while ensuring that there is public confidence that the laws of the United States are administered and enforced in an impartial manner,” the memo states.

And:

Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions, Trump’s pick for attorney general, has expressed an appreciation for the independent nature of the job. He asked Loretta Lynch during her confirmation hearing as attorney general last year if she was “able and willing to tell the president of the United States no if he asks permission or a legal opinion that supports an action you believe is wrong?” Lynch said she was.

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2016/nov/23/qa-why-justice-dept-operates-free-of-white-house-s/