Sen. Mike Lee blocks effort to vote on bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller
By Dennis Romboy, @dennisromboy
Published: November 28, 2018 12:34 pm SALT LAKE CITY — Sen. Mike Lee blocked a bipartisan attempt to force a Senate vote on legislation designed to protect special counsel Robert Mueller.
Citing late Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, the Utah Republican argued that passing the bill would create a "de facto fourth branch of government, fundamentally undermining the principle of separation of powers that is so core to our liberty."
"And on that basis, madam president, I object," he said.
Lee said the "prosecutorial authority of the United States belongs to the Department of Justice," and the DOJ and its officers, after Senate confirmation, answer to the president.
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