DOJ fuels doubts about integrity of Mueller probe
Paul Rosenzweig, a former George W. Bush-era Homeland Security official and senior counsel from the Kenneth Starr investigation into President Bill Clinton, said he sees the recent onslaught of criticism as Trump “laying the groundwork for firing Mueller.” DOJ officials, he added, are in a tough spot as they try to uphold their mandate of impartial justice while serving under a president who has blurred the lines between his administration and the nation’s law enforcement apparatus.
“I do tend to think they’re under pressure. They’re making some judgment calls that are challenging,” said Rosenzweig, a senior fellow at the R Street Institute, a free market think tank. “This is one of those cases where they can’t win from losing no matter what they do.”
