Article snippet: Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Nebraska, a member of the Senate Judiciary Committee, said there's "a lot that's troubling" in the events surrounding FBI Director James Comey. The senator was asked by ABC News Chief Anchor Justice Department special counsel over the probe of Russia's election meddling and possible ties to Trump associates. "This is a decorated Marine through to U.S. attorney to head of the criminal division to bipartisan applauded head of the FBI for 12 years," Sasse said of Mueller. "Lots of good stuff for the American people to put hope in about the fact that Bob Mueller is going to conduct that investigation." On Trump's request for Comey's loyalty, he said: "The FBI is a special institution that is supposed to be defending the American Constitution by letting investigative paths go where they lead. And, obviously, when you're an agent at the Bureau, all the way up to the director of the bureau, you don't take a loyalty pledge.” With Mueller’s appointment, he said, “We all need to be looking forward to the task of trying to rebuild trust in a lot of these institutions” of government, including the FBI. Sasse was a well-known member of the ‘Never Trump’ movement during the 2016 campaign who questioned then-candidate Trump's understanding of the Constitution and the U.S. government's system of checks and balances. Asked by Stephanopoulos if the concerns he expressed during the campaign are proving true, Sasse said that the erosion of a shared unde... Link to the full article to read more