Washington • Senator-elect Mitt Romney said Wednesday that President Donald Trump’s firing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions should not affect the special counsel’s investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.
Romney, who will take office in January, praised Sessions in a statement but, in his first shot at Trump since Tuesday's election, made clear that Robert Mueller's probe of Russia and Trump's team should continue.
“I want to thank Jeff Sessions for his service to our country as attorney general,” Romney said in a statement and a tweet. “Under Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, it is imperative that the important work of the Justice Department continues, and that the Mueller investigation proceeds to its conclusion unimpeded.