After outgoing Sen. Jeff Flake (R-AZ) threatened to block Trump administration judicial nominees until he gets a vote on a bill to protect special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation, CNN legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin joked that Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) “is going to squash Jeff Flake like a bug, as he always does.”

Toobin: "Mitch McConnell is going to squash Jeff Flake like a bug, as he always does.” pic.twitter.com/4VFJbOksuS — TPM Livewire (@TPMLiveWire) November 14, 2018