Schumer Warns Of Constitutional Crisis After AG Exit [View all]

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Source: Newsweek

By Tim Marcin, 1 hr. ago. Newsweek, Schumer Warns of Constitutional Crisis After AG Exit.

Upon learning the bombshell news that Attorney General Jeff Sessions was out on Wednesday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer quickly warned of a constitutional crisis.

A new attorney general must not interfere with the investigation from special counsel Robert Mueller into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign, the New York Democrat warned.

Schumer was handed a paper informing him of the Sessions news during a press conference and he told reporters that any tampering the Mueller probe would amount to a "constitutional crisis."

"Protecting Mueller and his investigation is paramount," he said it would create a constitutional crisis if this were a prelude on ending the Mueller probe." Matthew Whitaker, Sessions's chief of staff, was set to take over as the acting attorney general.

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Sen. Chuck Schumer press conference this afternoon.