Mr. Mueller is a former FBI director, and for years he worked closely with Mr. Comey. At the time of the probe, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller as special counsel, was a U.S. attorney and Mueller was FBI director. GRASSLEY CALLS FOR SPECIAL COUNSEL TO INVESTIGATE URANIUM ONE DEALGrassley, however, stopped short of suggesting he didn’t trust Mueller. There’s no way that I can make any accusations against Mr. Mueller because he is a man of high ethical standards,” Grassley told “Fox & Friends” on Thursday. SENATORS INTRODUCE BILL TO PROTECT SPECIAL COUNSEL FROM FIRINGComey’s attorney, David Kelley, also has disputed the characterizations of the Mueller-Comey relationship interviews in the past.

Source: Fox News October 27, 2017 18:49 UTC