Preet Bharara: Trump Does Not Have the Power to Fire Mueller

RUSH EXCERPT:
BHARARA: "No, he does not. Sarah Sanders says a lot of things that are false. Sometimes it’s useful to have the regulation in front of you. It’s quick and I’ll read it. It sets the special counsel may be disciplined or removed from office only by the personal action of the attorney general. The attorney general may remove the special counsel for a variety of reasons and they include misconduct, incapacity, conflict of interest or other good cause and has to put the reasons in writing. The regulation is clear in affording the special counsel some protection of measure of the whims of even someone like the president. That language is about as clear as it can get. If Sarah Sanders and others would take the time to read it, they would understand. If I were Bob Mueller, he would say, with all due respect, you don’t have the authority to fire me and I’m returning to work every day unless somebody who is designated in the regulation fires me."