Trump loyalist Matt Schlapp predicted Thursday special counsel Robert Mueller would be fired as Attorney General William Barr takes the reins at the Justice Department.
“Tomorrow will be the first day that President Trump will have a fully operational confirmed Attorney General. Let that sink in. Mueller will be gone soon,” Schlapp tweeted.
Tomorrow will be the first day that President Trump will have a fully operational confirmed Attorney General. Let that sink in. Mueller will be gone soon.
— Matt Schlapp (@mschlapp) February 14, 2019
Schlapp, the chairman of the American Conservative Union, is married to Mercedes Schlapp, who serves as White House’s director of strategic communications.
The Senate confirmed Barr on Thursday, giving him oversight of Mueller’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election and the Trump campaign.
The Justice Department under former Attorney General Jeff Sessions had suffered repeated blows from President Trump over Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from overseeing the investigation. Trump installed an ally, Matthew Whitaker, as acting attorney general after Sessions was forced to resign in November.
Barr, who’d previously written a memo that was critical of the probe, sought to assure Democrats during his confirmation hearing that he would allow Mueller to complete his investigation, but would not commit to making Mueller’s final report public.
The Senate voted mostly along party lines, 54-45, to confirm Barr.
