Dianne Feinstein ‘increasingly concerned’ Trump will try to fire Mueller, Rosenstein

Published June 16, 2017 4:56pm ET



The top Democrat on the Senate Judiciary Committee said she’s worried President Trump will try to fire Robert Mueller and Rod Rosenstein.

“The message the president is sending through his tweets is that he believes the rule of law doesn’t apply to him and that anyone who thinks otherwise will be fired. That’s undemocratic on it’s face and a blatant violation of the president’s oath of office,” Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., said in a Friday statement.

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