I'm not sure, but I don't think Trump can fire Mueller. When Nixon wanted to fire special prosecutor Archibald Cox, he had to fire, I think, two DOJ officials before he had one in charge (Robert Bork) who would fire Cox.
I think Rosenstein is the only one who can fire Mueller as is. Trump might have to fire Rosenstein and then, if there is another Trump appointee there who would fire Mueller, have that person fire him.
Otherwise, I guess Session would have to unrecuse, or there would have to be another Trump appointee put in place to do it.
You’re right. I looked into it after my last post and found the below excerpt.
“Department of Justice regulations stipulate that the attorney general — or, in this case, Rosenstein, — “may remove a special counsel for misconduct, dereliction of duty, incapacity, conflict of interest, or for other good cause, including violation of departmental policies,”
Lots of articles implying Trump can fire him though. Hope last weeks thread about Trump’s lawyers researching Mueller’s team is legitimate. - These days it’s hard to tell what’s real and what’s not. :(
http://www.businessinsider.com/can-trump-fire-special-counsel-robert-mueller-pardon-2017-7