A bipartisan bill that would provide special counsel Robert Mueller legal recourse in the event of his firing passed the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, but it failed to win the approval of one of Trump’s most outspoken critics in the Republican party.
Nebraska Senator Ben Sasse joined several of his GOP colleagues raising concerns about the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act, which would allow special counsels removed by the Justice Department to challenge the decision in court. The legislation, sponsored by Republicans Lindsey Graham and Thom Tillis alongside Democrats Chris Coons and Cory Booker, is intended to prevent what some say would cause a constitutional crisis. But Sasse argues that the measure would unintentionally spark a different one.
