Schiff: Republicans using Mueller team firings to discredit institutions

Source: The Hill



BY BRETT SAMUELS - 12/10/17 10:17 AM EST

Rep. Adam Schiff (D-Calif.) said Sunday he views former FBI Director James Comey’s decision not to disclose an investigation into the Trump campaign prior to Election Day as more significant than recent accusations of anti-Trump bias among members of special counsel Robert Mueller’s team.

“The intent here is nothing short of discrediting Mueller, discrediting the Justice Department, than discrediting the FBI, than discrediting the judiciary should the judiciary convict some of the people Mueller has charged or will charge in the future,” Schiff said.

Mueller over the summer removed a veteran FBI agent from his team investigating possible collusion between President Trump’s campaign and Russia after the agent sent anti-Trump text messages.

Another member of Mueller’s team sent former acting Attorney General Sally Yates an email that he was in “awe” of her for refusing to defend Trump’s travel ban proposal.


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