Article snippet: Most popular on bostonglobe.com Based on what you've read recently, you might be interested in theses stories COLUMBUS, Ohio — Senate Democratic leader Chuck Schumer said Sunday that President Trump would trigger ‘‘a cataclysm’’ if he fires Special Counsel Robert Mueller or pardons himself, but one of the president’s lawyers said pardons aren’t being discussed. Schumer, Democrat of New York, said he can’t imagine his Republican colleagues — including Senate majority leader Mitch McConnell and House speaker Paul Ryan — ‘‘just standing by’’ if Trump moves to dismiss Mueller or pardons himself or someone close to him who’s under investigation. “It would be one of the greatest, greatest breaking of rule of law, of traditional democratic norms of what our democracy is about,’’ Schumer said on ABC’s ‘‘This Week.’’ ‘‘It would cause a cataclysm in Washington.’’ Jay Sekulow, one of Trump’s personal attorneys, said on ABC that while the president has the constitutional power to grant pardons — though the US Supreme Court probably would have to decide whether he could pardon himself — his legal team isn’t having conversations with him about it. “We’re not researching the issue because the issue of pardons is not on the table,’’ Sekulow said. ‘‘There’s nothing to pardon from.’’ The president and members of his inner circle are facing congressional and FBI investigations of possible collusion with Russia in its interference with the 2016 presidential election. Muelle... Link to the full article to read more