The US Congress "will not sit still" if US President Donald Trump fires Robert Mueller, the special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia's meddling in the US elections, said today the leader of the Democrats in the House Intelligence Committee, Adam Schiff.
Schiff said that such a move would be "the last straw" for many in Congress and would have "echoes of the Watergate affair", during which then US President Richard Nixon fired special prosecutor Archibald Cox for his testimony about the wiretapping of Democrats led by White House. houses.
Trump's allies have begun to raise questions about Mueller's impartiality, hinting that Trump could replace him since he, as a former director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), worked alongside former FBI Director James Comey.
On May 9, Trump suddenly fired Comey, who was leading the investigation into Russian meddling in the US presidential election and the Trump campaign's ties to Russian authorities.
Schiff said that if Trump fires Mueller, Congress could appoint its own independent counsel to investigate the case.
"I don't think Congress is going to sit back and let the president (Trump) pick his own investigator," Schiff told MSNBC.
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