President Trump is reportedly open to the idea of a new special counsel to investigate how special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation came to be.
During Trump’s meeting with Republican senators on Capitol Hill on Tuesday, the president appeared “excited” about the prospect of a second special counsel when discussing Sen. Lindsey Graham’s call to bring on a new lead investigator, according to Fox News, citing an unnamed source.
The senator from South Carolina was in a lunch meeting with Trump and fellow GOP senators Tuesday when the topic was reportedly broached. Graham has called for a second special counsel in the past and has been vocal about questions he has relating to alleged abuse of the Foreign Surveillance Intelligence Act.
Graham wants the focus to shift to the FBI and former presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign, following news that special counsel Robert Mueller did not find any evidence of collusion between Trump and Russia.
“When it comes to the FISA warrant, the Clinton campaign, the counterintelligence investigation, it’s pretty much been swept under the rug except by a few Republicans in the House. Those days are over. Going forward, hopefully in a bipartisan fashion, we’ll begin to unpack the other side of the story,” Graham said at a Monday news conference.
Attorney General William Barr released a four-page summary of Mueller’s investigation Sunday that said Trump did not collude with Russia.
