He said that if Mr. Trump demanded that he fire Mr. Mueller, he would refuse unless there was just cause. “I’m not going to follow any orders unless I believe that those are lawful and appropriate orders,” Mr. Rosenstein said. Mr. Rosenstein appointed Mr. Mueller as special counsel and is overseeing his investigation because Mr. Mr. Rosenstein demurred when pressed by Senator Brian Schatz, Democrat of Hawaii, to describe the scope and limits of Mr. Sessions’s recusal. Speaker Paul D. Ryan said on Tuesday that Mr. Mueller should be allowed to continue his work.

Source: New York Times June 13, 2017 09:00 UTC