Posted on 05/19/2017 7:41:45 PM PDT by BlackFemaleArmyColonel
The Trump administration is exploring whether it can use an obscure ethics rule to undermine the special counsel investigation into ties between President Donald Trump's campaign team and Russia, two people familiar with White House thinking said on Friday.
Trump has said that Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein's hiring of former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel to lead the investigation "hurts our country terribly."
Within hours of Mueller's appointment on Wednesday, the White House began reviewing the Code of Federal Regulations, which restricts newly hired government lawyers from investigating their prior law firm’s clients for one year after their hiring, the sources said.
An executive order signed by Trump in January extended that period to two years.
Mueller's former law firm, WilmerHale, represents Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who met with a Russian bank executive in December, and the president's former campaign manager Paul Manafort, who is a subject of a federal investigation.
Legal experts said the ethics rule can be waived by the Justice Department, which appointed Mueller. He did not represent Kushner or Manafort directly at his former law firm.
If the department did not grant a waiver, Mueller would be barred from investigating Kushner or Manafort, and this could greatly diminish the scope of the probe, experts said.
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They are all dirty. Every single one of them.
Really. Is there nothing that doesn’t get leaked?
Kushner or Manafort are not worth it. There are plenty of other hills to fight over.
Following the rules is undermining??
We truly have passed through the looking glass.
Ain’t gonna happen. The Stalinist ‘RATS and Fake Media will raise hell, and the Congressional RINOs will demand a waiver. The DOJ moles will then pretend to cave.
The fix is in.
The Swamp is larger than even Trump imagined. Drain it, drain it now.
Really? You think Trump is dirty?
The headline is complete BS and the story a gigantic nothing.
“White House looking at ethics rule to weaken special investigation” Current tense headline
“the Code of Federal Regulations, which restricts newly hired government lawyers from investigating their prior law firm’s clients for one year after their hiring [] An executive order signed by Trump in JANUARY extended that period to two years.” Happened 5 months ago.
The headline implies a misdeed and an attempt to conceal. NOTHING OF THE SORT HAS HAPPENED.
Absolutely FAKE NEWS.
And another thing...
The headline imputes motive.
Fakiest of news.
So now every discussion, strategy is going to be leaked to the press?
I wonder if Gorelick is the leaker. She is attorney for Ivanka.
If not just hide and watch she will be.
Sadly, the President cant even drain the swamp at the White House. Belly-aching on Twitter wont cut it anymore Mr. President,clean house now. These people don’t just want you out of office. They want you in jail.
Napoleon lost at Waterloo because he frittered away precious time instead of counterattacking when he had the chance. Like it or not the fate of our Republic is in your hands.
His Majesty excluded. He is mired in the swamp. The fangs and talons are out for him.
This is a good catch and the first I have heard of this possible twist.
Many thanks!!
Consider the source.
The goosestepping Dems seem to be zeroing in on Kushner.
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