Posted on 12/18/2017 8:25:44 PM PST by bitt
White House lawyers are expected to meet with Special Counsel Robert Mueller's office late this week seeking good news: that his sprawling investigation's focus on President Donald Trump will soon end and their client will be cleared.
But people familiar with the probe say that such assurances are unlikely and that the meeting could trigger a new, more contentious phase between the special counsel and a frustrated president, according to administration officials and advisers close to Trump.
People with knowledge of the investigation said it could last at least another year - pointing to ongoing cooperation from witnesses like former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn, as well as a possible trial of two former Trump campaign officials. The special counsel's office has continued to request new documents related to the campaign and members of Mueller's team have told others they expect to be working through much of 2018, at the minimum.
The dynamic threatens to intensify the already inflamed political atmosphere enveloping the investigation into Russia's meddling in the 2016 election. Even as White House lawyers have pledged to cooperate with Mueller, Trump and his allies have accused the Justice Department and FBI of bias and overreach....
(Excerpt) Read more at chicagotribune.com ...
Freakin republicans always betray the base while the RATS always stick together through thick and thin!! Bastards!!
Sez they!
If this goes through the primaries, I see a lot of incumbent republicans getting beat for allowing it to continue.
Yep. I saw Cornyn take a jab at Holder. Things are changing, slowly.
Probably will last until it achieves it’s objective - to elect a Congress that will impeach Trump.
Mueller is just waiting until the mid term elections to spring an October Surprise.
The heck you say! Fake News!
These jerks continuing the Russia-gate story are delusional and pathetic.
Probably an investigation of the "investigators".
If Mueller’s investigation is going to continue on, then it needs to be given other mandates because when it comes to Trump and his associates I think he’s reached the bottom of the barrel. He’s charged everybody that Trump rightfully fired with the exception of former acting attorney general Sally Yates and former FBI Director Comey and frankly, maybe Mueller should have them added to his list of persons of interest.
Along with the derailed investigations of Hillary’s email server, Uranium One, Hillary’s campaign and of course, the Clinton’s money laundering operation known as the ‘Clinton Foundation’.
To justify continuing on, he needs more stuff to investigate. So let him investigate to his hearts content with these additional mandates added to his workload.
Of course they want the results to come out right before the mid term elections.
This investigation is so corrupted; I don’t see how it can continue. It’s completely biased and worthless; just like the dems.
Mueller can go on for as long as he likes. He has lost all respect and honesty with the overwhelming numbers of the American people. No one cares what he says or does!!! He has screwed himself with his Obama/Clinton FBI,lap dogs
YEAR EXTENSION ping....
They’ll drag this out for another year so to provide propaganda for the mid-term elections.
Chicago Tribune and those darned, unnamed sources, again.
Looked for this Breaking News on FoxNews and couldnt find it.
MayflowerMadam was talking about this 12hrs ago. Explains Holder’s taunt/threat.
Don’t think the Market is gonna appreciate this one bit.
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