Article snippet: Republican senators who have warned the White House for months not to interfere with special counsel MORE’s latest demands for the Department of Justice. Republican senators believe that if Trump fired Mueller or obviously interfered in his investigation, it would backfire politically and potentially hurt their chances of keeping control of Congress. “I don’t like seeing demands made, especially about political issues,” Sen. MORE (R-Tenn.) said Monday in reaction to Trump’s demand that the Department of Justice investigate the FBI’s use of an informant during its investigation of the 2016 election. “I don’t think it’s a good idea. I think it’s better to allow the Department of Justice to make its own decisions and not comment,” said Sen. MORE (R-Maine). The possibility of a standoff between the White House and Justice that would evoke the firing of Watergate-era special prosecutor Archibald Cox faded for the time being on Monday when officials said the president had agreed to Deputy Attorney General MORE’s decision to refer the matter to the department’s inspector general. White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said in a statement that Justice, FBI and intelligence officials reached an agreement with Trump during a meeting Monday afternoon that the inspector general should “expand its current investigation to include any irregularities with the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s or the Department of Justice’s tactics concerning the Trump Campaign.” Th... Link to the full article to read more