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The Republican-led Senate Judiciary Committee is set to consider legislation that would make it harder for President Donald Trump to tell Special Counsel Robert Mueller, “You’re fired.”

The panel’s chairman, Iowa Sen. Chuck Grassley, said Wednesday he planned to put such a bipartisan bill on his committee’s agenda next week.

South Carolina’s Lindsey Graham, a GOP backer of the bill, issued a statement saying, “I think this will serve the country well.”

A Democratic supporter, Delaware’s Chris Coons, echoed the sentiment.

It’s time, he said, to “stand up and make it clear that we are committed to the rule of law in this country.”

While current Justice Department regulations bar firing a special counsel without cause, the bipartisan bill would enshrine that protection in law.

Additionally, it would give Mueller a 10-day window to challenge his termination in federal court.

Grassley’s unexpected move came just two days after FBI agents raided the Manhattan offices of longtime Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, seeking documents related to his business dealings — including Cohen’s $130,000 payment to Trump-linked porn actress Stormy Daniels.

Trump fumed in the aftermath of the raid, calling it “an attack on our country.”

The bill’s prospects remain unclear.

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