Ryan Costello: ‘Inappropriate’ for Trump to Pressure Sessions to Shut Down the Mueller Probe

‘But having said that, just from a purely legal perspective, it is important to note that if the president wants to fire Mueller, he can do this a under Article 2’

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BOLDUAN: "What is your reaction to the statement from the president today when he says attorney general should put a stop to this?"
COSTELLO: "Well first, as we all know, attorney general sessions has recused himself so he doesn’t have the legal capacity to terminate Mueller, that would have to be Rosenstein. And --"
BOLDUAN: "Does that bring you comfort?"
COSTELLO: "What I think that that does is it separates President Trump’s opinion from his instructions. I still find the tweet to be inappropriate and intemperate. But having said that, I mean, just from a purely legal perspective, it is important to note that if the president wants to fire Mueller, he can do that under Article 2. But instructing or suggesting that Attorney General Sessions should, Attorney General Sessions doesn’t have the ability to do that. I think the best thing that can happen here is that the president — which he won’t do, but he should do is leave it alone. Let the investigation run its course. People are concerned about Russian interference in American elections. Russia is interfering in elections all across the globe. We should take it very, very seriously. It's a very serious issue. Russia is trying to divide us from within and to harm our democracy. So saying that we should shutdown an investigation over it I think is highly improper."

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