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'What is the White House afraid of?' Democratic senator asks regarding Mueller probe - ABC News

posted onDecember 19, 2017
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Article snippet: The Democrat who heads the party's senatorial campaign committee said Republicans need to end what he called a “concerted effort” to undermine the credibility of special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. “I think Republicans should end their concerted effort to undermine the credibility of the Mueller investigation,” Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chairman George Stephanopoulos in an exclusive interview on “This Week” Sunday. The Maryland senator also questioned why the White House is concerned about Mueller’s probe. “The question is, 'What are they afraid of? What is the White House afraid of?' Let's let [the special counsel] finish the job and get the facts,” he said. Mueller has so far charged four people, including former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. When tax plan, which Congress is expected to vote on early this week. He slammed the 1,000-page bill as “huge giveaway to big corporations.” “This is a total betrayal of President Trump's economic populist message on the campaign trail,” Van Hollen said. “Millions of middle-class taxpayers will see their taxes go up, even though Republicans promised that would not happen.” Link to the full article to read more

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