THE MORNING PLUM:If President Trump took the drastic step of trying to remove special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, would congressional Republicans step up and act to constrain him? “My expectation would be that this would be the last straw for Republicans — that they would finally have to stand up to the president,” Schiff told me. “But with this president, who can say?” Republicans, Schiff added, “have shown a willingness to make excuses for the most destructive behavior of a president in office that I can remember.”Trump appears to be mulling this step. President Trump is calling it a "witch hunt," lawmakers are applauding it and the Justice Department says it's in the "public interest," but what can the newly appointed special prosecutor really do and can he still be fired? So here is one area in which Senate Republicans are willing to try to constrain Trump, and he doesn’t appear inclined to resist those efforts.

Source: Washington Post June 13, 2017 14:45 UTC