Stephen Colbert (Credit: AP/Chris Pizzello) “Late Show” host Stephen Colbert believes the country is “on the brink of another crisis” and that President Donald Trump was “gearing up” to fire special counsel “and guy wondering how much he’ll get for his book deal,” Robert Mueller. It comes after a weekend in which Trump blasted Mueller on Twitter, and after Attorney General Jeff Sessions fired FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe. Why does the Mueller team have 13 hardened Democrats, some big Crooked Hillary supporters, and Zero Republicans?