Mueller facing new Republican pressure to resign in Russia probe
By
Brooke Singman
| Fox News 10-28-17
More Russia bombshell revelations to come?
It was a bad week for Hillary Clinton and Democrats as revelations on their roles in the Trump dossier came to light and investigations began on the Obama-era Uranium One deal. Is this just the beginning?
Special Counsel Robert Mueller is facing a fresh
round of calls from conservative critics for his resignation from the
Russia collusion probe, amid revelations that have called into question
the FBI’s own actions and potentially Mueller’s independence.
This week’s bombshell that a
controversial anti-Trump dossier was funded by the Democratic National
Committee and Clinton campaign has Republicans asking to what extent the
FBI – which received some of the findings and briefly agreed to pay the
same researcher to gather intelligence on Trump and Russia – used the
politically connected material.
Hill investigators also are looking into a Russian
firm’s uranium deal that was approved by the Obama administration in
2010 despite reports that the FBI – then led by Mueller – had evidence
of bribery involving a subsidiary of that firm.Critics question whether Mueller’s own ties to the bureau as well as fired FBI director James Comey now render him compromised as he investigates allegations of Russian meddling and collusion with Trump officials in the 2016 race.
“The federal code could not be clearer – Mueller is compromised by his apparent conflict of interest in being close with James Comey,” Rep. Trent Franks, R-Ariz., who first called for Mueller to step down over the summer, said in a statement to Fox News on Friday. “The appearance of a conflict is enough to put Mueller in violation of the code. … All of the revelations in recent weeks make the case stronger.”
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