Sheldon Whitehouse: We Do Need to Continue to Protect Mueller

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WHITEHOUSE: “Well, I think we need to pass the two pieces of legislation that are sitting in the Senate judiciary committee that have had their hearing and simply need a markup date for us to get moving on them in order to assure a higher level of protection for him. We are hearing our Republican colleagues say that that would be a bridge too far, but how many bridges too far has Trump crossed already with the Republicans lining up behind him on the other side of the bridge. So I think we do need to pass those bills and we do need to continue to protect Mueller, although this polling information showing public support I think is going to be helpful and at least discouraging to other efforts to demean him. If I could say one other thing, though, these efforts to attack the Mueller investigation and create public distrust if in it, that’s flying awful close to the flame. Because all it takes is for somebody to have admitted somewhere along the line that the purpose of this exercise is not just to shift public opinion, but to influence the opinions of the members of the grand jury and then this whole scheme falls into the obstruction of justice category.”