Starr, the independent counsel while President Bill Clinton was in office, weighed in with Bloomberg.
Former U.S. Solicitor General Kenneth Starr, who became a regular character in American politics as the independent counsel during President Bill Clinton’s impeachment proceedings, said President Donald Trump would be ill-advised to get rid of special counsel Robert Mueller.
Starr made the comments on Friday after Bloomberg’s David Westin asked him what the consequences would be if Trump were to fire Attorney General Jeff Sessions and get rid of Mueller.
“I think that there would be hell to pay if the president fired Mueller or ordered the firing of Bob Mueller,” Starr said.
View the complete September 15 article by Andy McDonald on the HuffingtonPost.com website here.