Shall we protect Robert Mueller now, Mr. McConnell?
By Editorial Board January 26 at 6:59 PM
“I DON’T HEAR much pressure to pass anything,” Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) said in November when asked about bills that would protect special counsel Robert S. Mueller III should President Trump try to fire him. “There’s been no indication that the president or the White House are not cooperating with the special counsel,” Mr. McConnell explained.
Now there is an indication, and a pretty strong one. The New York Times reported and The Post quickly confirmed Thursday that the president moved to fire Mr. Mueller in June, shortly after the special counsel’s appointment. Mr. Trump pulled back only after White House Counsel Donald F. McGahn threatened to resign.
Though it is unclear what motivated Mr. McGahn to resist, the White House counsel deserves credit for preventing a constitutional crisis. It’s the second revelation in a week of a senior federal officer pushing back against the president’s desire to fire law enforcement officials he deemed insufficiently loyal. That Mr. Trump pressed for these dismissals while his associates and possibly he himself were under investigation raises the question of obstruction of justice.
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