EXCLUSIVE: Key republican dials back effort to protect Robert Mueller from Donald Trump. From @woodruffbets: thebea.st/2BvBs8E
Sen. Thom Tillis, a North Carolina Republican in his first term, made headlines over the summer when he signed on to legislation with Sen. Chris Coons (D-DE) that would have shielded Mueller from being fired thebea.st/2BvBs8E
But Tillis has largely abandoned the push to move that legislation forward while conceding that the bill doesn’t have the support to get through Congress thebea.st/2BvBs8E
On Thursday night, The New York Times reported that Trump tried to fire the special counsel last summer. A Tillis spokesperson told The Daily Beast that despite the revelation, Tillis continues to trust that the president isn’t planning to fire Mueller thebea.st/2BvBs8E
