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Trump says he won’t fire Mueller, wants probe to wrap up
Washington Times ^ | Updated: 10:11 p.m. on Thursday, August 10, 2017 | By Dave Boyer

Posted on 08/10/2017 8:25:11 PM PDT by HokieMom

President Donald Trump, flanked by National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, left, and Vice President Mike Pence, speaks to reporters after a security briefing at Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster, N.J. Thursday, Aug. 10, 2017.

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President Trump said Thursday he won’t fire special counsel Robert Mueller and wants the former FBI director to “get on” with the investigation into possible collusion of Trump associates with Russia. “No, I’m not dismissing anybody,” Mr. Trump told reporters at his golf club in Bedminster, New Jersey. “I mean, I want them to get on with the task. But I also want the Senate and the House to come out with their findings.”

The president reiterated that he has nothing to hide. “We have an investigation of something that never took place,” Mr. Trump said.

The president also said he thought it was “pretty tough stuff” for FBI agents to raid the Virginia home of his former campaign manager, Paul Manafort, before dawn as part of Mr. Mueller’s investigation.

1 posted on 08/10/2017 8:25:11 PM PDT by HokieMom
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To: HokieMom

It will never wrap up.


2 posted on 08/10/2017 8:32:45 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them.)
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To: HokieMom

It’s eternal.


3 posted on 08/10/2017 8:43:35 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: HokieMom
Get everything out in the open, proving that...

There was nothing there!

4 posted on 08/10/2017 8:44:29 PM PDT by upchuck (Holding on to anger is like grabbing a hot coal to throw at someone. You are the one burned ~Buddah)
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5 posted on 08/10/2017 8:45:59 PM PDT by Bobalu (Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning for free stuff)
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To: upchuck

Great tagline u have my FRiend :-)


6 posted on 08/10/2017 8:47:41 PM PDT by Bobalu (Give me your tired, your poor, your huddled masses, yearning for free stuff)
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To: upchuck

That’s why many have supported the probe from the beginning. My only concern is mission creep.


7 posted on 08/10/2017 8:49:41 PM PDT by HokieMom (Pacepa : Can the U.S. afford a president who can't recognize anti-Americanism?)
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To: House Atreides
It’s eternal.

"Welcome back my friends, to the show that never ends....."

8 posted on 08/10/2017 8:49:58 PM PDT by dfwgator
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I really cant believe is this dim witted. He will be very sorry once Mueller and his staff finishes creating and manufacturing evidence against him and the RINO congress impeaches him.

Wake up Trump these people are destroying you...an McMaster is one of your biggest enemies.


9 posted on 08/10/2017 8:51:45 PM PDT by Angels27
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There’s a lot going on with this deep state attack on Trump. One thing I think, though I’m not 100% convinced of it, is that Mueller & his gang are trying to bait Trump into firing them. That I believe would then lead to impeachment. Trump is alone, aside from us, the voters. We need to be ready for just about anything in the next year or two...this is going to be a rough ride.


10 posted on 08/10/2017 9:00:50 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: Angels27

Oh, stop. The pearl-clutching here is nauseating.


11 posted on 08/10/2017 9:01:22 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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Mueller is acting in a manner intended to provoke his firing. He has displayed bias, acted beyond scope, displayed a lack of professionalism, and abused process.

He has:

These are all done for political effect.

Expect increasingly outrageous behavior. Mueller wants to be fired.

Why?

Firing Mueller would feed the Democrat’s narrative of “obstruction” and would give the Democrats their lusted for “Saturday night massacre”.

This has been carefully planned and coordinated by Comey, Rosenstein, and Mueller. Recall that Rosenstein recommended Comey be fired. Recall also that Comey testified that his intention was to leak so that a special council would be created. Recall that Comey delayed his Congressional testimony so that he could consult with Mueller.

Legal processes are being abused for political purposes. These three have generated events to further a narrative. Seizing materials that were to be used during testimony to Congress is appalling.

12 posted on 08/10/2017 9:07:26 PM PDT by Ray76 (The Republican party must die.)
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Mueller will find something in the financials and the farce will continue with the daily Maxine Waters rants and The resistance calling for impeachment.


13 posted on 08/10/2017 9:08:40 PM PDT by morphing libertarian
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I’m guessing Mueller didn’t want the info public, which might have happened if Congress got it.

It won’t be Pres. Trump, but somebody is gunna get “Libby-d”


14 posted on 08/10/2017 9:19:42 PM PDT by stylin19a (Lynch & Clinton - Snakes on a Plane)
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To: stylin19a; ptsal

Wrap it up


15 posted on 08/10/2017 9:33:12 PM PDT by ptsal ( Get your facts first, then you can distort them as you please. - M. Twain)
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To: LongWayHome

I agree with you....also most of the people who get in trouble in these situations are the ones who panic.....because Trump did nothing and this is a fiction coming from McCain and Hillary if trump keeps his cool and just allows this to go forward all of those involved in the probe are the ones in real danger of prosecution if it turns out they themselves are either breaking laws or have the connections that they are looking for. at this point because they want to get Trump so bad it is possible they will overstep and actually end up being guilty of crimes.


16 posted on 08/10/2017 9:36:27 PM PDT by PCPOET7
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We know Mueller is in clear violation of several laws. We know he has a conflict of interest on several fronts with the way in which he is conducting his special counsel. How Trump & his people are going to play this out will be interesting.


17 posted on 08/10/2017 9:56:42 PM PDT by LongWayHome
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To: Ray76

Can this special counsel authorize FBI raids ? Is Mueller the one who gave the go ahead on raiding manafort ?


18 posted on 08/10/2017 10:14:35 PM PDT by onona
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To: HokieMom

...and I’d like a 2016 Ferrari 488 GTB. But neither Trump nor I are getting what we want.


19 posted on 08/10/2017 10:22:45 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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Isn’t it appalling that he doesn’t see that? Or if he sees it and knows it, cannot figure out what to do?


20 posted on 08/10/2017 10:24:02 PM PDT by ProtectOurFreedom
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