Rosenstein Secret Special Counsel Memo Was Written After the Feds Already Raided Manafort’s House

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[Bigtigermike]

The memo gives Mueller a more specific description of his authority and states that he can investigate Paul Manafort for any “crimes arising out of payments he received from the Ukrainian government before and during the tenure of President Viktor Yanukovych.” And that’s pretty much what Manafort was indicted for.

Here’s the weird part about this: The Rosenstein “secret” memo revealed in this week’s court filing is dated August 2, 2017. According to media reports, Paul Manfort’s home was raided July 26, 2017. So that means Rosenstein’s laid out the more specified scope and definition of authority for the special counsel investigation six days after Manafort’s home had already been raided.

What does this mean legally? Well, as always, the the legal experts are divided.

“There is something very wrong about that,” said Harvard Law Professor Alan Dershowitz on Fox News Tuesday night, adding that the scope of the investigation should be clearly defined. “This special prosecutor is looking at everything. Where does it stop?”

[Bigtigermike]

Mmmmm!

[Parley Baer]

Rosenstein and Mueller covering their butts?

[DarthVader]

Rosenstein’s corruption is becoming more and more exposed. Soon he will be gone.

[Electric Graffiti]

The ends justify the means—

Jeff Sessions farked us.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

WHERE'S SLEEPY SESSIONS AT? SLEEPY SESSIONS!

Here, I saved you mean-old FReepers time. BWHAHAHAHAHAHA! Look at Sessions as Granny!

[Signalman]

“Show me the man and I’ll find you the crime.”.

Robert Beria Mueller

[jospehm20]

Sessions needs to be gone for hiring Rosenweasel. At the very least he showed unbelievably bad judgement which merits his firing.

[Fedora]

The special counsel has become a general prosecutor.

[FirstFlaBn]

Now I understand which book Susan Rice was referring to in her Jan 20 email to herself - Rosenstein’s.

[Always A Marine]

Something interesting to consider... Mueller has his sights on Russian oligarch Oleg Daripaska. Remember that name. President Trump has no ties whatsoever to Oleg Daripaska -- but Paul Manafort and John McCain most certainly do. Are we about to see the "dossier" boomerang on Trump's enemies?

[Rurudyne]

Seems like it should be stereotypical of an abusive partisan fishing expedition posing as an investigation.

[Ceebass]

Rosenstein’s corruption is becoming more and more exposed. Soon he will be gone.///

If only....

But since js considers rosenslime to be a man of “high integrity” I doubt it.

[umgud]

Does this mean Ole Rod is part of the swamp? Maybe a top operator?

[bigbob]

This was to enable Mueller to turn to the left and go after the Podesta Group, of course.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Try keeping up to speed.
Sessions didn’t hire Rosenstein, Trump did.

[bitt]

p

[DarthVader]

It’s out of Sessions hands. This will be forced.

[Electric Graffiti]

The lily-livered peckerless leprechaun chose Rosenstein for his DAG. Not by chance either.

[Hotlanta Mike]

18 U.S. Code § 2384 - Seditious conspiracy If two or more persons in any State or Territory, or in any place subject to the jurisdiction of the United States, conspire to overthrow, put down, or to destroy by force the Government of the United States, or to levy war against them, or to oppose by force the authority thereof, or by force to prevent, hinder, or delay the execution of any law of the United States, or by force to seize, take, or possess any property of the United States contrary to the authority thereof, they shall each be fined under this title or imprisoned not more than twenty years, or both. (June 25, 1948, ch. 645, 62 Stat. 808; July 24, 1956, ch. 678, § 1, 70 Stat. 623; Pub. L. 103–322, title XXXIII, § 330016(1)(N), Sept. 13, 1994, 108 Stat. 2148.)

[Hostage]

RR was recommended by others in the DOJ to replace insubordinate Yates.

The President was still very new on the job with leakers and devices everywhere.