McConnell dismisses bill to protect Mueller: ‘We are not going to do that’

Published November 14, 2018 5:41pm ET



Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said Wednesday that the Republican-led Senate would not take up any legislation aimed at protecting special counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by President Trump.

“We are not going to do that,” McConnell said when asked if the Senate would move on the bill.

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