Congress is in recess, but a newly released letter shows nine of the 10 Democratic Senators on the Judiciary Committee have written to the Department of Justice's Solicitor General asking that he "publicly commit to refuse any order or request ... to interfere in the Special Counsel's investigation." (letter posted below)
The senators said they were sending the letters to individuals who are in the line of succession if Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein "were to either resign or be removed."
Identical copies went to Solicitor General Noel Francisco, Assistant Attorney General for the Office of Legal Counsel Steven Engel, Assistant Attorney General for the National Security Division John Demers, U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of North Carolina Robert Higdon and U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Erin Nealy Cox.
The senators are asking the DOJ officials to provide a written and public commitment to refuse to interfere in Mueller's investigation, which centers around Russian interference in the 2016 election and potential collision between the Trump campaign and Moscow.
At the same time, Senator Richard Blumenthal (D-CT) is tweeting about protecting Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
And Bloomberg News' national political reporter Sahil Kapur tweets that the two authors of the Special Counsel Integrity Act put out a new statement Tuesday.
Senate Judiciary Committee Democrats' letter to DOJ Solicitor General:
Dems to top DOJ officials: Publicly promise not to interfere in Mueller's probe (The Hill)