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Article snippet: The White House on Monday said it had no plans to dismiss special counsel Robert Mueller after he delivered the first indictments in his investigation of Russia’s meddling in last year’s election that has shadowed the first year of MORE’s presidency. Press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders said the charges brought against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort and two other ex-aides have “nothing to do with the president,” adding that most of the alleged crimes took place before the 2016 campaign. “The real collusion scandal, as we've said several times before, has everything to do with the Clinton campaign,” Sanders said. While it hit Clinton, the White House did not criticize Mueller, even as a few voices on the right wing, including the Wall Street Journal editorial board, have called for him to be fired or resign over the Trump dossier. Sanders sought to downplay the possibility that Trump will take any drastic measures in order to end the special counsel investigation, though she also declined to rule them out. “There is no intention or plan to make any changes in regards to the special counsel,” Sanders said when asked if Trump is considering firing Mueller. She stopped short of taking presidential pardons for Manafort and Richard Gates, a second Trump official indicted on Monday, off the table, saying, “I think we should let the process play through before we start looking at those steps.” Democrats on Capitol Hill voiced heightened concerns Monday t... Link to the full article to read more