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Trump-Mueller tensions escalate
The Hill ^

Posted on 07/20/2017 2:39:17 PM PDT by bryan999

President Trump is ramping up his criticism of Robert Mueller, warning that the special counsel investigating Russian election interference would cross the line by looking into his finances.

Mueller is now reportedly doing just that — looking at transactions involving Trump’s businesses and those of his associates.

The development is sure to exacerbate Trump’s frustration with the Russia probe, an investigation that has dogged his presidency and forced him and his closest aides to hire legal representation.

Among other things, Mueller is said to be probing potential obstruction of justice by Trump, following the president’s decision to fire FBI director James Comey at the height of the bureau’s investigation into Russian meddling — an event that precipitated Mueller’s appointment.

In recent weeks, Mueller has been building an all-star team of more than a dozen lawyers for the investigation; some of those appointees have come under scrutiny for donating money to Democratic political candidates.

All the while, the president has deemed the investigation a “witch hunt.”

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KEYWORDS: muellerinvestigation; specialcounsel; trumpfinances; trumpmueller
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1 posted on 07/20/2017 2:39:17 PM PDT by bryan999
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2 posted on 07/20/2017 2:42:17 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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Just fire him and get it over with.

L


3 posted on 07/20/2017 2:42:51 PM PDT by Lurker (America burned the witch.)
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Well hells bells ..you blame him?! SESSIONS made Trump’s presidency much more difficult!! STUPID STUPID STUPID SESSIONS!!


4 posted on 07/20/2017 2:42:57 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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Ignore Mueller. I’d say Trump should fire him, but even as a 14 year old, I well remember the fallout from the Saturday Night Massacre when Tricky Dick fired Archibald Cox.

Trump instead should appoint his own Special Investigator. It’s clear that Sessions is a joke. Unable and unwilling to do nothing else but ramp up asset forfeitures.

Trump needs to appoint Rudy G. to begin the criminal investigations against Hillary, Bill, Huma, Carlos Danger, Comey, Lynch, Podesta, and of course Obama.

Now. Today.


5 posted on 07/20/2017 2:45:19 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Lurker

This will end in some kind of (as described in the MSM) “Saturday night massacre.”

The Rats will call for impeachment. Enough GOPe RINOs will join them to make it stick.

It could get kinetically ugly.

This is a carefully crafted swamp-rat coup. Trump rewarding Sessions with DOJ was a huge error. Great guy, but far too cordial. Trump needs his own barracuda AG, as much a fighter as the four barracudas in my meme.


6 posted on 07/20/2017 2:45:49 PM PDT by Travis McGee (EnemiesForeignAndDomestic.com)
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So infuriating to see Marco Amnestio continue carrying water for Democrats.


7 posted on 07/20/2017 2:46:49 PM PDT by lodi90
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This will end in some kind of (as described in the MSM) “Saturday night massacre.”

The Rats will call for impeachment. Enough GOPe RINOs will join them to make it stick.

It could get kinetically ugly.


No chance. Trump won 59 of 67 Florida counties after wiping the floor with Rubio in the primaries. Rubio talks big but can’t do a thing. Trump is far, far more popular than the GOPe. And that is why they hate him.


8 posted on 07/20/2017 2:48:29 PM PDT by lodi90
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Investigate Mueller and the all-star team of more than a dozen lawyers. Few can work in the swamp without getting dirty.


9 posted on 07/20/2017 2:49:37 PM PDT by relee (Till the blue skies drive the dark clouds far away)
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Is Robert Mueller sure this is the hill he wants to die on?

If you are going to “speak truth to power”, make damned sure it really IS the truth. Slander is no substitute for the truth.

Buried under a mudslide is a rather horrible way to be taken out of the battle,


10 posted on 07/20/2017 2:49:55 PM PDT by alloysteel (The difference between Illinois and Venezuela, is that toilet tissue is still available in Illinois.)
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Call off this charade that Sessions allow to commence.


11 posted on 07/20/2017 2:51:11 PM PDT by Cheerio (#44, The unknown President)
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Fire Mueller and his democrat hit squad. Yesterday.


12 posted on 07/20/2017 2:56:28 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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Gig him for the appearance of political collusion with Comey and RosenKrantz, along with that former NY Federal Prosecutor.


13 posted on 07/20/2017 2:56:38 PM PDT by Paladin2 (No spelchk nor wrong word auto substition on mobile dev. Please be intelligent and deal with it....)
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ALL OF THEM ARE IN IT!!!! Why do you think OVOMITCARE, Tax cuts, the Wall and the rest of his judicial nominees have not been advanced??!! Their stalling and waiting for an impeachable indictment...IT MAKES TOTAL SENSE NOW on why our base have been completely complacent!!😡
14 posted on 07/20/2017 2:58:56 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: Responsibility2nd
Trump needs to appoint Rudy G. to begin the criminal investigations against Hillary, Bill, Huma, Carlos Danger, Comey, Lynch, Podesta, and of course Obama.

Great idea but would congress provide the needed funding?

15 posted on 07/20/2017 3:01:18 PM PDT by varon (There's always room for one more on the hanging tree.....)
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some of those appointees have come under scrutiny for donating money to Democratic political candidates.

"Some"? They make it sound like one or two. It's an all-star hit squad of democrat political operatives. Let's go with "All."

16 posted on 07/20/2017 3:01:23 PM PDT by henkster (Ask your favorite liberal to take the "Snowflake Challenge.")
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Mueller now investigating Trump having removed a mattress tag as a teenager.


17 posted on 07/20/2017 3:01:34 PM PDT by Flick Lives (#CNNblackmail)
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If I remember originally Trump said he welcomed the investigation because it would prove him innocent in the Comey firing

If Trump didn’t realize it wouldn’t be just that then he isn’t that smart when it comes to DC politics

But the Valerie Plame farce should have made him aware of what a minefield the investigation would be


18 posted on 07/20/2017 3:02:42 PM PDT by uncbob
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Agree. Time to fight fire with fire. Turn up the heat on the Clintons and it will be easy to implicate half the lawyers Mueller hired as corrupt Clinton cronies. Suit. Countersuit.


19 posted on 07/20/2017 3:04:20 PM PDT by Flick Lives (#CNNblackmail)
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Imagine the response we can expect from the liberal media and the RATs.

They’ll go apeshit with glee for being given more ammo to malign Trump with.

It will be all-out war as far as Trump’s enemies are concerned.

May God bless and protect this president.


20 posted on 07/20/2017 3:08:12 PM PDT by 353FMG
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