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GOP, Dem senators will try again to protect Robert Mueller from being fired

By Kelly Cohen
Published January 8, 2019 4:12pm ET
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GOP, Dem senators will try again to protect Robert Mueller from being fired
In a statement aimed at North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said Thursday, "The worst possible thing you can do is meet with President Trump in person and try to play him." | (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite)

A bipartisan group of senators this week will renew its effort to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by President Trump.

Sens. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.; Chris Coons, D-Del.; Thom Tillis, R-N.C.; and Cory Booker, D-N.J., will soon reintroduce the Special Counsel Independence and Integrity Act, which was passed out of the Senate Judiciary Committee last April.

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