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Rosenstein told Trump last week he is not a target in Russia probe
Reuters ^ | 19 Apr 2018

Posted on 04/19/2018 4:05:18 PM PDT by mandaladon

(Reuters) - U.S. Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein told President Donald Trump last week that he is not a target of Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia investigation, according to a source familiar with the probe.

After the April 12 conversation with Rosenstein, Trump told advisers that he was not inclined to seek the ouster of either man since he is not the target of Mueller’s probe.

The conversation was first reported by Bloomberg.

The Justice Department told Reuters it does not comment on conversations with the president. The White House did not respond to a request for comment.

Mueller is investigating allegations of Russian interference in the 2016 U.S. election and possible collusion with the Trump campaign.

Russia has denied meddling in the election. Trump has said there was no collusion and has repeatedly called the Mueller probe a “witch hunt,” raising concerns he might try to fire the special counsel or Rosenstein, who oversees the investigation.

Under Justice Department policy, a target is someone who is believed to have committed a crime and is likely to face charges, while a subject is someone whose conduct is within the scope of an investigation, said Lisa Kern Griffin, a former federal prosecutor and a professor at Duke University School of Law.

The Washington Post reported earlier this month that Trump is a subject of the probe.

(Excerpt) Read more at reuters.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: trump; trumprussia
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To: House Atreides

But can you trust Risen strum to tell the truth?


21 posted on 04/19/2018 4:49:02 PM PDT by ully2
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To: mandaladon
you can go from subject to target in less than a heartbeat
22 posted on 04/19/2018 4:52:59 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Chode

“You can go from subject to target in less than a heartbeat”

Yes you can, and the easiest way to get there is to talk to a prosecutor without immunity.


23 posted on 04/19/2018 4:55:56 PM PDT by Jim Noble (Single payer is coming. Which kind do you like?)
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To: House Atreides

He’s lying.


24 posted on 04/19/2018 5:08:20 PM PDT by virgil (The evil that men do lives after them)
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To: Jim Noble
100%! Trump shouldn't talk to that POS under ANY circumstance
25 posted on 04/19/2018 5:11:58 PM PDT by Chode (You have all of the resources you are going to have. Abandon your illusions and plan accordingly.)
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To: Paladin2

what? seriously?


26 posted on 04/19/2018 5:14:38 PM PDT by Blue Highway
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To: Blue Highway

OK, it wasn’t two years:

https://vault.fbi.gov/louie-louie-the-song/louie-louie-the-song/view


27 posted on 04/19/2018 5:19:23 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: House Atreides

I don’t believe this. For Trump to say he doesn’t want to fire them because he’s not a target implies that he would fire them if he was. If it’s true he’s not a target then now would be the perfect time to fire them.


28 posted on 04/19/2018 5:28:53 PM PDT by Terry Mross (Liver spots And blood thinners..)
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To: mandaladon

Then it should be GAME OVER and MUELLER GO HOME . . FOR GOOD


29 posted on 04/19/2018 5:43:11 PM PDT by A_Former_Democrat (Hey brainwashed students . . . where's your "outrage" @FBI? @BrowardSheriff? DO SOMETHING!!)
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To: mandaladon

Why then did he sign the search warrant for Cohen’s office and home raid? Everything they scooped from his home and office by the SDNY which is the massively corrupt district in New York will find something to incriminate Trump! This fight is not even close to being over! Rosenstein and Mueller are the biggest evilest liars on the face of this earth! Their hatred towards Trump knows no limits...they will continue to search under every rock for incriminating dirt to force Trump to his knees! DON’T FALL FOR THE LIE!!


30 posted on 04/19/2018 5:46:27 PM PDT by RoseofTexas
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To: mandaladon

Is this the same Rosenstein who signed off on false FISA applications? He is a liar and a snake. Never take a snake close to your body, Mr President, as the story you yourself told on video.


31 posted on 04/19/2018 5:56:13 PM PDT by entropy12 (30 Million low wealth, low skill LEGAL chain migrants in 25 years is growing EXPONENTIALLY..)
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To: mandaladon
He could become a “target” overnight based on the lie of some “witness.”
32 posted on 04/19/2018 6:13:56 PM PDT by hinckley buzzard
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To: mandaladon

If Trump is not a target, Mueller’s job is done.

Wrap it up or get fired.


33 posted on 04/19/2018 6:22:20 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (01/26/18 DJIA 30 stocks $26,616.71 48.794% > open 11/07/16 215.71 from 50% increase 1.2183 yrs..)
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To: House Atreides

“Rosenstein told Trump last week he is not a target in Russia probe”

Well Rosenfeinstein, YOU are a target in a different kind of probe.


34 posted on 04/19/2018 6:23:13 PM PDT by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: mandaladon

No matter. Dig dirt. Get dirt to DemoKKKrats. Impeachment (no crime needed per se). Removal.

That’s the plan.


35 posted on 04/19/2018 6:28:10 PM PDT by YogicCowboy ("I am not entirely on anyone's side, because no one is entirely on mine." - J. R. R. Tolkien)
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To: E. Pluribus Unum
If he’s “not a target,” why the (*&^ do we have a special counsel?

The DOJ has published regulations which divide people they want to talk to into three categories: targets, subjects and witnesses. A target is someone they have already decided to indict; a witness is someone they believe did nothing wrong, but whom they believe has information relevant to their investigation; and a subject is someone whom they haven't decided yet whether they're a target or a witness. They told President Trump that he's not a target but is a subject. That does not mean the President has nothing to worry about from Mueller. Quite the contrary, actually, because subjects have fewer rights than targets, but can become targets on a moment's notice.

36 posted on 04/19/2018 7:06:25 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: RoseofTexas
Why then did he sign the search warrant for Cohen’s office and home raid?

Mueller didn't. He said that he found evidence against Cohen that didn't relate to his investigation, so he referred it to the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York. They got the warrant.

There is speculation that Mueller's referral to the SDNY involved Cohen's payoffs to Stormy Daniels, but I suspect it is nothing of the kind-- probably some fraud relating to Cohen's taxi business.

37 posted on 04/19/2018 7:12:15 PM PDT by Lurking Libertarian (Non sub homine, sed sub Deo et lege)
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To: mandaladon

Didn’t this same thing happen w/ Comey, who told Trump he wasn’t the subject of an investigation, a few weeks before Trump fired him?


38 posted on 04/19/2018 7:55:10 PM PDT by nicollo (I said no!)
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To: mandaladon

No.


39 posted on 04/19/2018 10:25:03 PM PDT by arrogantsob (See "Chaos and Mayhem" at Amazon.com)
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To: House Atreides

What a Big Lie. Trump is the ONLY target of this entire BS investigation.


40 posted on 04/20/2018 7:55:16 AM PDT by alstewartfan (Lines of coffee cups on parade. Soldiers for keeping the night away. Al Stewart in Delia's Gone)
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