No, Mueller is not more powerful than the president. The president is more powerful than Mueller. But the rule of law is more powerful than either of them. This doesn't strike me as hard to understand. But motivated reasoning sometimes gets in the way.https://twitter.com/PoliticalShort/status/984233833607254016 …
I don't think so. Congress wrote the independent/special counsel laws, and can appoint a special counsel and set an investigation's parameters. Protecting a DOJ-appointed special counsel is basically the same as exercising that power. What did you have in mind?