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LuckyCharms

(17,444 posts) Mon Jan 29, 2018, 08:34 PM Jan 2018

If Trump fires Mueller, and Congress cuts off his funds...

Would it be "legal" for Mueller and his staff to continue the investigation as private lawyers on a pro bono basis if they chose to do so?

I know this is a wild and unlikely question.

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If Trump fires Mueller, and Congress cuts off his funds... (Original Post) LuckyCharms Jan 2018 OP

No, they would have no legal right to do so and if they did would have no legal Eliot Rosewater Jan 2018 #1

Eliot Rosewater

(31,112 posts)

1. No, they would have no legal right to do so and if they did would have no legal

Reply to LuckyCharms (Original post)

Mon Jan 29, 2018, 08:41 PM

Jan 2018

standing to bring indictments or make a referral to congress.

The GOP is creating a constitutional crisis and daring us to do something about it.

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