House Speaker Paul Ryan warned against firing special counsel Robert Mueller and said Thursday that Mueller and officials at the Justice Department should “be left to do their jobs.”

“My point is really clear. I’ve been saying the same thing all along. He should be left to do his job,” Ryan, R-Wis., told CBS News of Mueller. “We have a system based upon the rule of law. We need to respect that system, and I think we should just leave these guys to do their jobs.”