Article snippet: MORE as special counsel leading the Russia probe, the White House said Tuesday. “He certainly believes that he has the power to do so,” White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said, adding that Trump is not acting now to fire him. Sanders said Trump believes Mueller has “gone too far” after FBI agents executed a raid on the office of Trump's personal attorney in part based on a referral from the special counsel’s office. The White House’s stance on firing Mueller has been rejected by many legal experts who say Trump does not have the power to fire the special counsel directly. Sanders’s statement marks a shift in tone for the White House, which has said repeatedly for months that Trump has not discussed firing Mueller. “There are no conversations or discussions about removing Mr. Mueller,” White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley said last month. Mueller returned to the center of Trump's crosshairs on Monday after the FBI raided the office of Michael Cohen, the president's longtime lawyer and fixer. Cohen's attorney said the raid by the U.S. Attorney's office with the Southern District of New York came "in part" by a referral from Mueller in the course of his investigation into Russia's election interference efforts and whether the Trump campaign cooperated with them. Trump lambasted the search as a "real disgrace" as he spoke to reporters Monday night, hours after the news of the FBI raid surfaced. "It’s an attack on our country in a true... Link to the full article to read more