Senate Judiciary Committee to Take Up Bill Protecting Mueller

Bill would mark the first major congressional action aimed at protecting the special counsel and the probe into Russian election meddling

WSJ's Shelby Holliday looks at whether "executive privilege" can protect Trump allies from speaking to Congress and Special Counsel Robert Mueller. Photo Illustration: Drew Evans/The Wall Street Journal.
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WASHINGTON—The Republican chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee said Wednesday his panel would take up a bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller from being dismissed without cause, the first major congressional action designed to protecting the integrity of the criminal investigation into Russian activity during the 2016 election.

A spokesman for Sen. Chuck Grassley, an Iowa Republican, said that he would put a bipartisan bill that would prevent Mr. Mueller from being dismissed without cause on the committee’s...