What Trump would have to do to fire MuellerWhat Trump would have to do to fire Mueller 01:01What Trump would have to do to fire MuellerThat's because if Trump goes further than verbal assaults and tries to fire Mueller, he would usher in an epochal constitutional crisis. So as the President slips political constraints by shuffling his White House and foreign policy team and rages against convention, Mueller and his investigators have Trump penned in with no easy means of escape. "This continued attack against Mueller, against the Department of Justice and against the FBI is a pretext for Mr Trump eventually to fire Mr. Mueller, I believe." Trump has repeatedly said there was "no collusion" between his campaign and Russia and no other wrongdoing. After all, jettisoning the former FBI director demonstrably made Trump's political and legal exposure over the Russia investigation much worse.

Source: CNN March 20, 2018 05:02 UTC