Should President Trump fire special counsel Robert Mueller in the middle of his investigation into Russian collusion in the 2016 election, it will be considered a “gross abuse of power” and Congress will act accordingly, Sen. Mark Warner (D-VA) warned him Wednesday on the Senate floor.

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Warner is the highest ranking Democrat on the Senate Intelligence Committee. In March, he and his Republican colleague Richard Burr put on a convincing display of camaraderie as they promised to get to the bottom of Russia’s interference in our elections. 

In the past several months, Trump has dismissed the special counsel probe as a “witch hunt.” He has reason to be skeptical of the probe in recent days, especially after FBI agent Peter Strzok was found to have sent scathing anti-Trump texts to his mistress last year. He was removed from the investigation, but officials were grilledabout the agency’s integrity in light of the discovery.

Still, last week Trump looked the press right in the eye and said “no” he is not going to fire Mueller.

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