"As President Donald Trump unleashed a new assault on special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, a group of prominent Utah lawyers and politicos is stepping up the pressure on Congress to protect Mueller and let the investigation run its course.

In the coming days, these Utahns, working with the national group Republicans for the Rule of Law, plan to launch a series of pieces in newspapers, sit for interviews and take part in a social media campaign to support Mueller completing his work.

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“We have to let the process go forward and get to the bottom of it,” said Mary Ellen Sloan, a retired attorney who spent 21 years in the civil division at the Salt Lake County district attorney’s office. Earlier this year, Sloan recruited more than 250 Utah lawyers to sign a letter urging Sens. Orrin Hatch and Mike Lee to defend Mueller and his probe.

“It’s very clear from the reports of the intelligence community that Russia interfered in the election,” she said. “Of course President Trump disputes the entire [premise]. It’s clear we are in a very serious situation as far as our democracy.”

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https://www.sltrib.com/news/politics/2018/05/22/gehrke-this-utah-republican-group-is-pressuring-congress-to-let-muellers-probe-run-its-course/