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Justice Department won't disclose details on Mueller ethics waiver (GRANTED)
Politico ^ | December 12, 2017 | Streiff

Posted on 12/12/2017 9:06:04 AM PST by Golden Eagle

The Justice Department is refusing to reveal details of the process that led up to former FBI Director Robert Mueller being granted an ethics waiver to serve as special counsel investigating the Trump campaign's alleged collusion with Russia during the 2016 presidential election.

In response to a POLITICO Freedom of Information Act request, the agency released a one-sentence memo Friday confirming that Mueller was granted a conflict-of-interest waiver in order to assume the politically-sensitive post.

The waiver is believed to relate to Mueller's work in recent years as a partner at the WilmerHale law firm, which also represented former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, as well as White House adviser Jared Kushner, who is also President Donald Trump's son-in-law.

However, the document signed by Justice's top career official, Associate Deputy Attorney General Scott Schools, provides no detail at all of the grounds for the waiver. In fact, it's so vague that it doesn't even convey why anyone would think Mueller needed such a release.

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


TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: fbi; jamescomey; mueller; peterstrzok; robertmueller; trump
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Rosenstein is my guess. He probably appointed him AND granted the waiver.
1 posted on 12/12/2017 9:06:04 AM PST by Golden Eagle
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I wonder what the media response would have been if Ken Starr had been granted a waiver and the DOJ refused to discuss it.....


2 posted on 12/12/2017 9:07:38 AM PST by jeffc (The U.S. media are our enemy)
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To: Golden Eagle

Anybody who thinks Trump has full control of the DOJ is a blind fool at this point.


3 posted on 12/12/2017 9:07:41 AM PST by lodi90
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To: Golden Eagle

I see it was signed by Scott Schools, probably at the behest of Rosenstein.


4 posted on 12/12/2017 9:08:19 AM PST by Golden Eagle (Donald Trump: "There's a lot of people disappointed in the Justice department, including me.")
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To: Golden Eagle

The hidden caveat was “Whatever you decide, talk quietly, so nobody wakes Old Man Sessions from his blissful slumber!
We’re in the Cat-Bird seat for now, don’t mess it up!”


5 posted on 12/12/2017 9:09:53 AM PST by lee martell
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To: Golden Eagle

Never heard of this Scott Schools guy for being a ‘top’ brass.


6 posted on 12/12/2017 9:09:53 AM PST by txhurl (Banana Republicans, as far as the eye can see)
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To: Golden Eagle

Muëller don't need no steenking ethics!
7 posted on 12/12/2017 9:10:25 AM PST by A Formerly Proud Canadian (I once was blind but now I see...)
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To: lee martell

Rip Van Sessions.


8 posted on 12/12/2017 9:11:10 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (We're CNN. We're not lying, we're just incompetent!)
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To: jeffc

Mueller has so many new conflicts of interest being learned on a daily basis, they have to keep the complete form secret because it’s a dynamically growing document.


9 posted on 12/12/2017 9:11:50 AM PST by Golden Eagle (Donald Trump: "There's a lot of people disappointed in the Justice department, including me.")
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Sessions should have returned to AL and let a LEADER run DOJ.


10 posted on 12/12/2017 9:15:02 AM PST by G Larry (There is no great virtue in bargaining with the Devil)
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To: Golden Eagle

Sessions is the swamp!


11 posted on 12/12/2017 9:21:23 AM PST by Souled_Out (Our hope is in the power of God working through the hearts of people.)
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To: Golden Eagle

Indeed his connections are in question.


12 posted on 12/12/2017 9:25:26 AM PST by Vaduz (women and children to be impacted the most.)
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Where is Waldo Sessions?

He is AWOL on everything.
Looks like Rosenstien is making ALL the decisions.


13 posted on 12/12/2017 9:26:23 AM PST by tennmountainman ("Prophet Mountainman" Predicter Of All Things RINO...for a small fee.)
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“Robert Mueller being granted an ethics waiver to serve as special counsel investigating the Trump “

That about says it all...


14 posted on 12/12/2017 9:27:45 AM PST by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up. ... we.)
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To: Golden Eagle

Mueller, Rosenstien, and Sessions ALL need to go.
Oh, but Sessions is a “nice guy”.

Anybody remember what Leo Durocher said about “nice guys”?
I rest my case.


15 posted on 12/12/2017 9:28:58 AM PST by GoldenPup
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How does one “waive” ethics?

He’s either pregnant or he isn’t.


16 posted on 12/12/2017 9:35:37 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either satire or opinion. Or both.)
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To: lodi90

>>Anybody who thinks Trump has full control of the DOJ is a blind fool at this point.<<

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

I disagree. We’ll find out much more in the near future.

Then again, even a blind hog finds a truffle once in a while.


17 posted on 12/12/2017 9:38:15 AM PST by Disestablishmentarian
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To: GoldenPup

Sessions is fully behind this latest allegation.He is using his Senator wise status to hide behind everything. The cowards way out. Stepping down for conflicts that aren;t there and then giving Mueller a complete free pass on all the conflicts. Doesn’t make any sense. Sessions doesn’t have to answer any questions.


19 posted on 12/12/2017 9:50:58 AM PST by DrDude (Why allow Hillary to continue to breath!)
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To: Golden Eagle

It’s maddening beyond belief how these roaches called “public servants” are capable of putting themselves above the law with utter impunity!


20 posted on 12/12/2017 9:51:10 AM PST by aquila48
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