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On the recordApril 9, 2018
Firing Rod Rosenstein or Robert Mueller will provoke a constitutional fire storm that would engulf this presidency and would bring it down.
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Richard Blumenthal
Democratic · Connecticut

Editor's note · Context

Blumenthal warns that firing key figures in the investigation could lead to a significant constitutional crisis.

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