Newly appointed special counsel Robert S. Mueller III in a 2013 photo. Ruddy told PBS that he thinks it would be “a very significant mistake” for Trump to seek Mueller’s termination. Sessions has recused himself from the Russian probe, a move that gave Rosenstein the authority to appoint a special counsel. In a tweet on Sunday, former House speaker Newt Gingrich said: “Republicans are delusional if they think the special counsel is going to be fair. … Time to rethink.”The Washington Post's Devlin Barrett explains the Justice Department's decision to appoint Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate possible connections between the Trump campaign and Russian officials.

Source: Washington Post June 13, 2017 01:20 UTC