With the appointment of former FBI chief Robert S. Mueller to head the investigation into the Trump administration’s ties to all things Russia, there’s growing talk of possible impeachment of the president, an idea that only a few weeks ago was limited mostly to those on the political fringe, reports Domenico Montanaro at WBUR. Democratic gubernatorial candidate Jay Gonzalez is now openly calling for Trump's impeachment, reports SHNS (pay wall). In a Globe op-ed, Harvard law professor Laurence Tribe renews his call for immediate action on the impeachment front. Meanwhile, NYT columnist Ross Douthat says it may be time to invoke the 25th Amendment against the “child” president.
But the Globe’s Scot Lehigh says all the impeachment talk should cease now that Mueller has been appointed chief counsel for the investigation. Speaking of Mueller, we didn’t know he had such strong past ties to Boston, including serving as an assistant U.S. attorney under then U.S. Attorney Bill Weld (later governor) in the 1980s and later working at prestigious Boston law firms, as the Globe reports this morning. In other related news, U.S. Rep. Bill Keating wants a future probe to be focused on any obstruction of justice, as Keating tells WBUR. Meanwhile, U.S. Rep. Steve Lynch questions whether Trump can be trusted with information from intelligence sources, reports Tori Bedford at WGBH.
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