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Mueller Plans to Wrap Up Obstruction Inquiry Into Trump by Sept. 1, Giuliani Says
nytimes ^ | 5/20/2018 | Michael S. Schmidt and Maggie Haberman

Posted on 05/20/2018 2:55:18 PM PDT by bitt

WASHINGTON — The special counsel plans to finish by Sept. 1 its investigation into whether President Trump obstructed the Russia inquiry, according to the president’s lawyer Rudolph W. Giuliani, who said on Sunday that waiting any longer would risk improperly influencing voters in the midterm elections in November.

The office of the special counsel, Robert S. Mueller III, shared its timeline about two weeks ago amid negotiations over whether Mr. Trump will be questioned by investigators, Mr. Giuliani said, adding that Mr. Mueller’s office said the date was contingent on Mr. Trump agreeing to be interviewed. A spokesman for the special counsel’s office declined to comment.

Mr. Giuliani’s comments were an apparent attempt to publicly pressure Mr. Mueller amid their interview negotiations. He urged that the investigation be wrapped up as soon as possible, pointing as a cautionary tale to the revelation by the former F.B.I. director James B. Comey in the last days of the 2016 presidential race that he was reopening the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server. Mr. Comey’s announcement is widely blamed by Democrats for costing her the election. The F.B.I. found no wrongdoing.

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: brakingbitt; fakenews; giuliani; jamescomey; lisapage; mueller; obstruction; peterstrzok; robertmueller; trumprussia
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To: bitt

Mueller still planning to GET TRUMP!


21 posted on 05/20/2018 3:31:13 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: bitt

If Giulianis suggestions include talking to Mule ear, Giuliani is a deep state owned rat.


22 posted on 05/20/2018 3:33:52 PM PDT by Souled_Out (Our hope is in the power of God working through the hearts of people.)
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Rudy said he’d have it wrapped up in a week or two. That was a month ago.


23 posted on 05/20/2018 3:39:06 PM PDT by proust ("The rule is, jam tomorrow and jam yesterday, but never jam today.")
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To: bitt

Obstruction eh


24 posted on 05/20/2018 3:47:55 PM PDT by Principled (No one will conquer America, from within or without, until its citizenry are disarmed.)
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To: Vince Ferrer

No one is going to jail however much we might wish ... the report be out just before the Fall elections and will dovetail with Mueller’s report which will hint at DJT doing something and that will be enough to trigger Dem take over of both Houses and signal the start of Impeachment proceedings and the resulting Constitutional Crisis.


25 posted on 05/20/2018 3:49:02 PM PDT by PIF (They came for me and mine ... now it is your turn ...)
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To: bitt

Traitors do not get to dictate the terms of anything. Hey Mueller it’s unconditional surrender or death!


26 posted on 05/20/2018 3:49:14 PM PDT by DarthVader ("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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To: DarthVader

Never ever believe a ‘Special Persecutor’


27 posted on 05/20/2018 3:54:08 PM PDT by CMailBag
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To: bitt

Mueller going to stop milking tax payers for all he can get? Sept 1 I doubt it. He enjoys the notoriety to much.


28 posted on 05/20/2018 3:56:48 PM PDT by Retvet (Retvete)
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To: CMailBag

Mueller is about to get the Schneiderman treatment!


29 posted on 05/20/2018 3:59:05 PM PDT by DarthVader ("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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To: bitt

SEPTEMBER! What do these people actually do on a day by day basis? In the 8 hour workday Monday WHAT will Mueller be doing? WHAT? What can they possibly do to fill the workaday time between now and FECKING september!?


30 posted on 05/20/2018 4:02:45 PM PDT by TalBlack (It's hard to shoot people when they are shooting back at you...)
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To: bitt

Just in time for the elections..........and he will find something the left can use against Trump...even if it is false!......that is my take anyway


31 posted on 05/20/2018 4:05:53 PM PDT by blueyon (The U. S. Constitution - read it and weep)
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To: Reno89519

Timing - that’s why. Do I see an October Surprise on its way.


32 posted on 05/20/2018 4:06:42 PM PDT by I am Richard Brandon
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To: TalBlack

If Trump plays his card right he will recite Hitlary’s famous “I don’t recall” line to every question Mueller puts forth. Trump should give Mueller absolutely “ZERO”.


33 posted on 05/20/2018 4:07:28 PM PDT by DaveA37
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To: bitt

Yeah, no.


34 posted on 05/20/2018 4:21:49 PM PDT by jazminerose (Adorable Deplorable)
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To: bitt

35 posted on 05/20/2018 4:22:32 PM PDT by bitt (t)
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To: rhinohunter

Well, that was one “probe” that went nowhere, so now it’s obstruction. By Sept. 1 there will still be nothing, so they’ll find something else to “probe”.


36 posted on 05/20/2018 4:25:11 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: bitt

Good advice about criticizing anyone. That way they’re a mile away and have no shoes.


37 posted on 05/20/2018 4:26:57 PM PDT by Hugin (Conservatism without Nationalism is a fraud.)
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To: bitt

Doesn’t the “obstruction” case boil down to a few tweets and a couple of meetings and public statements? How can there be enough material to investigate for 14 more weeks? If something is that hard to find, how can it possibly have amounted to a serious attempt at obstruction?


38 posted on 05/20/2018 4:29:02 PM PDT by Steve_Seattle
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To: bitt

... and then spend 6 years writing his report, leaking the whole time.


39 posted on 05/20/2018 4:31:33 PM PDT by Cementjungle
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To: Steve_Seattle

who will begin an investigation into the MSM swamp?

Wikipedia: Michael S. Schmidt
He won a Pulitzer Prize for breaking the news that President Trump had asked the F.B.I. director James B. Comey for a loyalty pledge, and to close the federal investigation into his former national security adviser. That story led the Justice Department to appoint a special counsel to investigate President Trump...
Schmidt has been one of the Times’ lead reporters on the federal and Congressional investigations into connections between Donald J. Trump’s associates and the Russians...
On March 5, 2017, Schmidt broke the story that the F.B.I. director James B. Comey had asked the Justice Department to publicly refute Trump’s claims that President Obama had him wired tapped during the 2016 campaign...
Members of the far right have tried to claim that stories Schmidt wrote about connections between Trump’s associates and the Russians help bolster Trump’s claim that Obama had him wiretapped. The Times public editor said the right’s claims are “a bold exaggeration.”
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_S._Schmidt

Haberman’s preference for Hillary is well-known.


40 posted on 05/20/2018 4:39:29 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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