WASHINGTON — The Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday approved a bill backed by Sen. Richard Blumenthal to protect Special Counsel Robert Mueller from being fired by President Trump. The 14-7 vote moves the bill to the Senate floor, where Senate Majority Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., is standing in the way of consideration because he believes Trump will never fire Mueller. Four Republicans on the committee, including its chairman, Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, voted with Democrats, underscoring a sense of bipartisan urgency. “No one is above the law; no president can obstruct justice by firing a special counsel or by blocking a legitimate criminal investigation,” Blumenthal, D-Conn.
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