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Commentary: I was fired for doing my job. Congress should make sure Mueller isn't dumped for the same reason.

With Attorney General Jeff Sessions' departure from the Department of Justice and President Donald Trump's appointment of a political loyalist, Matthew Whitaker, as acting attorney general, it is time for the nation to recommit to the idea that the law applies equally to everyone.

Many Americans are rightfully concerned about the future integrity of special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into possible links between Trump's presidential campaign and Russia's effort to interfere in the 2016 presidential election. Whitaker, meanwhile, has been described as the West Wing's "eyes and ears" inside the DOJ. He

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