Lawyer and former FBI director Robert Mueller was the special counsel hired by the Department of Justice to investigate Donald Trump’s possible links to Russian interference in the 2016 election. Trump briefly considered firing Mueller, which the authors cite as an example of undermining the democratic checks and balances on his power.
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Robert Mueller Character Timeline in How Democracies Die
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Chapter 8: Trump Against the Guardrails
...of his media coverage was negative, and he soon faced a major investigation by Robert Mueller and discussions of impeachment. He used all three of the authoritarian strategies the authors discussed...
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...he fired prominent officials, including Comey, who didn’t follow his demands. He threatened to fire Mueller, who was investigating him, and attacked judges whose rulings he disliked. He pardoned the anti-immigrant...
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...to Trump, but also chose containment when he fired James Comey and proposed firing Robert Mueller.
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