Dems Are Plotting Legislation That Would Stop The GOP From Hiding Mueller’s Findings

Democratic Sen. Richard Blumenthal said on Thursday that he and his colleagues are considering legislation that would protect Robert Mueller’s special counsel investigation and guarantee that Donald Trump and Republicans can’t keep the probe’s findings private.

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“We’re thinking about legislation to assure there is disclosure of all the findings and evidence in that investigation, in the event that Robert Mueller is, in fact, fired,” Blumenthal said in an interview with MSNBC’s Chris Hayes.

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Well, I am worried about [the Mueller investigation] and so worried about it that we are thinking about ways that we can attach the special prosecutor protection legislation to other bills that may be moving through the United States Senate, must-pass bills relating to appropriations or the continuing resolution. Equally important, we’re thinking about legislation to assure there is disclosure of all the findings and evidence in that investigation, in the event that Robert Mueller is, in fact, fired. So the public knows and so that the investigators are held accountable.

Firing Mueller is only one way to undermine the special counsel probe

There is so much emphasis on the potential firing of Robert Mueller that it’s easy to overlook other ways the president can undermine the special counsel investigation, or at least try to dodge the probe’s conclusions.

Even if Trump doesn’t push Mueller out, he and his Republican puppets in Congress can sidestep the special counsel’s ultimate findings by attempting to keep them private.

After all, if the public doesn’t know what conclusions Robert Mueller reached, then Trump doesn’t have to worry about being held accountable.

Luckily, the Democrats – emboldened by their massive gains in the midterm elections – aren’t about to let the president or his Republican loyalists in Congress get away with it.

A blue wave of accountability is ready to sweep into Washington in 2019, and Donald Trump’s days of being protected by a Republican majority in Congress are over.

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Sean Colarossi

Sean Colarossi currently resides in Cleveland, Ohio. He earned his Bachelor of Arts degree in Journalism from the University of Massachusetts Amherst and was an organizing fellow for both of President Obama’s presidential campaigns. He also worked with Planned Parenthood as an Affordable Care Act Outreach Organizer in 2014, helping northeast Ohio residents obtain health insurance coverage.