Posted on 04/30/2018 9:02:35 PM PDT by TBP
The New York Times claimed Monday that they had obtained a copy of the questions the special counsel Robert Mueller intended to ask President Trump in his investigation into Russian election interference and alleged collusion.
Here’s the questions that were leaked
Special: Get drug free pain relief now! “We have obtained a list of four dozen questions Mueller wants to ask Trump,” tweeted Michael Schmidt, who broke the story at the New York Times.
“Among them: What does Trump know about pardon offers to Flynn? What discussions did Trump have in June 2017 about firing Mueller?” he added.
The first section is entitled, “Questions related to Michael T. Flynn, the former national security adviser.”
What did you know about phone calls that Mr. Flynn made with the Russian ambassador, Sergey I. Kislyak, in late December 2016? What was your reaction to news reports on Jan. 12, 2017, and Feb. 8-9, 2017? What did you know about Sally Yates’s meetings about Mr. Flynn? How was the decision made to fire Mr. Flynn on Feb. 13, 2017? After the resignations, what efforts were made to reach out to Mr. Flynn about seeking immunity or possible pardon? The second section is entitled, “Questions related to James B. Comey, the former F.B.I. director”
What was your opinion of Mr. Comey during the transition? What did you think about Mr. Comey’s intelligence briefing on Jan. 6, 2017, about Russian election interference? What was your reaction to Mr. Comey’s briefing that day about other intelligence matters? What was the purpose of your Jan. 27, 2017, dinner with Mr. Comey, and what was said? What was the purpose of your Feb. 14, 2017, meeting with Mr. Comey, and what was said? What did you know about the F.B.I.’s investigation into Mr. Flynn and Russia in the days leading up to Mr. Comey’s testimony on March 20, 2017? What did you do in reaction to the March 20 testimony? Describe your contacts with intelligence officials. What did you think and do in reaction to the news that the special counsel was speaking to Mr. Rogers, Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Coats? What was the purpose of your calls to Mr. Comey on March 30 and April 11, 2017? What was the purpose of your April 11, 2017, statement to Maria Bartiromo? What did you think and do about Mr. Comey’s May 3, 2017, testimony? Regarding the decision to fire Mr. Comey: When was it made? Why? Who played a role? What did you mean when you told Russian diplomats on May 10, 2017, that firing Mr. Comey had taken the pressure off? What did you mean in your interview with Lester Holt about Mr. Comey and Russia? What was the purpose of your May 12, 2017, tweet? What did you think about Mr. Comey’s June 8, 2017, testimony regarding Mr. Flynn, and what did you do about it? What was the purpose of the September and October 2017 statements, including tweets, regarding an investigation of Mr. Comey? What is the reason for your continued criticism of Mr. Comey and his former deputy, Andrew G. McCabe? The third section is entitled, “Questions related to Attorney General Jeff Sessions.”
What did you think and do regarding the recusal of Mr. Sessions? What efforts did you make to try to get him to change his mind? Did you discuss whether Mr. Sessions would protect you, and reference past attorneys general? What did you think and what did you do in reaction to the news of the appointment of the special counsel? Why did you hold Mr. Sessions’s resignation until May 31, 2017, and with whom did you discuss it? What discussions did you have with Reince Priebus in July 2017 about obtaining the Sessions resignation? With whom did you discuss it? What discussions did you have regarding terminating the special counsel, and what did you do when that consideration was reported in January 2018? What was the purpose of your July 2017 criticism of Mr. Sessions? A fourth section is entitled, “Campaign Coordination With Russia.”
When did you become aware of the Trump Tower meeting? What involvement did you have in the communication strategy, including the release of Donald Trump Jr.’s emails? During a 2013 trip to Russia, what communication and relationships did you have with the Agalarovs and Russian government officials? What communication did you have with Michael D. Cohen, Felix Sater and others, including foreign nationals, about Russian real estate developments during the campaign? What discussions did you have during the campaign regarding any meeting with Mr. Putin? Did you discuss it with others? What discussions did you have during the campaign regarding Russian sanctions? What involvement did you have concerning platform changes regarding arming Ukraine? During the campaign, what did you know about Russian hacking, use of social media or other acts aimed at the campaign? What knowledge did you have of any outreach by your campaign, including by Paul Manafort, to Russia about potential assistance to the campaign? What did you know about communication between Roger Stone, his associates, Julian Assange or WikiLeaks? What did you know during the transition about an attempt to establish back-channel communication to Russia, and Jared Kushner’s efforts? What do you know about a 2017 meeting in Seychelles involving Erik Prince? What do you know about a Ukrainian peace proposal provided to Mr. Cohen in 2017? The president has said that he’s open to speaking to Mueller, but his legal team has not made it clear how the negotiations are going with the special prosecutor.
CNN analyst Juliette Kayyem tweeted her interpretation of the questions.
"It may be Trump colluded. It may be Trump cooperated. It may be Trump is compromised.
What we can infer from these questions: Mueller does not think this is all a coincidence. @cnn"
“What we can infer from these questions: Mueller does not think this is all a coincidence,” she concluded.
And this is why the only sane response to the request for an interview is: “Go Pound Salt”.
Trump’s response to Mueller for every question should be:
“I’m thinking you deserve a 15 year or 20 year prison sentence, where would you like to serve it”?
s/b “reaction to news reports”
I would ask questions in return for example what does Robert Mueller know about Uranium One? What does Robert Mueller know about Whitey Bolger? Why is Mr. Mueller not investigating any of Hillary Clinton’s Russian collusion during the 2016 election?
Lastly, I would say to Robert Mueller: since Hillary Clinton was never interviewed under oath why are earth would I even consider being interviewed under oath.
AHA!!
So the question meuller wants to ask prove ....somethign!!
Trump should tell him it’s none of his dam business what he ‘thought about’ comey, except maybe that he was a major asshole
Not shrewd at all. Those questions are obviously snares trying to entrap the President. I wouldn’t answer 1 of them and assert executive privilege.
Ex: Trump has the complete and total authority to fire Comey, and he did. Case closed.
Leaks from either Mueller’s boys or Clapper
Disinformation hence Fake Newd
I wonder if Mueller asked Whitey Bulger this many questions.
- Which epithet would you most frequently reserve for Comey?
- What month did you stop colluding with Putin?
- How many times in an hour do you wish you could fire Muller?
- Have you ever petted a miniature giraffe?
#11. Hannity and Sarah. I’ll take “FAKE NEWS” for $1,000.
Either the NY Times has very bad sources or they fell for an old disinformation trap themselves.
For a supposed leading US newspaper, they would be really stupid to think that half these questions are legal, sane, or even allowable.
Bu then again, it is the NY Times whose motto is “All the News We Think Should Fit Our Preconceived Bias”.
God, more important was Mueller asking Trump why he talked to Mr. Rogers. Damned, the man has been dead for years so Trump must be channeling him in the great “Neighborhood in the Sky”.
Perhaps he was asking for some child-rearing hints about how much of an allowance he should be giving Baron, or whether Melania should make his lunch for him for school.
Watch for Mueller to issue a subpoena for Mr. Rogers. He’s that stupid and desperate.
If you haven’t figured out by now that this is sarcasm, then there is nothing I can do for you except get you a subscription to the NY Times. You need to read more fiction.
This is ridiculous knowing what we know the Dems did in the election which is verified
Hi Tim
Are we to assume you are no longer a nevertrumper?
A lot of these questions have built-in assumptions and are absurdly vague.
More importantly, if this is real, the President should tell Mueller to buzz off.
What was the purpose of your April 11, 2017, statement to Maria Bartiromo?
Mueller belongs in prison for life, or at a necktie party. Thanks TBP.
What utter bullsheet. President trump should use this to terminate the entire musket rose stern farce Immediately.
Answer: "None of your damn business what I thought! What did I do? I took a bath!"
can’t recall seeing this on FR:
30 Apr: The Hill: Conservative House lawmakers draft articles of impeachment against Rosenstein
By Olivia Beavers
A group of conservative House lawmakers have begun drafting a resolution that calls for the impeachment of Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, the top Department of Justice (DOJ) official overseeing special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation.
The impeachment document makes a series of charges against Rosenstein, the latest sign of escalating efforts among conservatives to oust the DOJ’s No. 2 official, according to a copy of the draft obtained by The Hill.
There has been no indication, however, that Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) and other House GOP leaders will act on the measure, having largely remained silent amid calls for his removal by hard-line conservatives...
Conservative members led by Rep. Mark Meadows (R-N.C.), chairman of the House Freedom Caucus and close ally of President Trump, drafted the eight articles of impeachment against Rosenstein ...ETC ETC
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/385587-conservative-house-lawmakers-draft-articles-of-impeachment-against
the story is carried by various MSM.
I learned about the impeachment recommendation of Rosenstein tonight on Hannity from Sarah Carter. May should be an interesting month.
My only question about the drafting of articles of impeachment for RR is “What took you so long?”
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