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MUELLER SPOKESMAN KNOCKS DOWN MAJOR CLAIM IN MICHAEL WOLFF’S NEW BOOK
Daily Caller ^ | May 28, 2019 | Chuck Ross

Posted on 05/28/2019 8:45:17 AM PDT by DemsDestroyingUSA

The special counsel’s office is flatly denying author Michael Wolff’s claim in his new book that Robert Mueller drew up a draft indictment against President Donald Trump for obstruction of justice.

Wolff claims in “Siege: Trump Under Fire,” which will be released in June, that prosecutors drew up an indictment with three obstruction charges against Trump. The document sat on Mueller’s desk for the better part of a year and was the subject of heated debate within the special counsel’s office, Wolff claims, according to The Guardian.

Wolff claims he obtained the documents from “sources close to the Office of the Special Counsel.”

If true, it would be the strongest evidence so far that Mueller seriously considered charging Trump with obstruction of justice. Prosecutors ultimately deferred a decision on the obstruction question to Attorney General William Barr, who declined to pursue a case against Trump.

But there’s a major problem with Wolff’s allegation.

“The documents that you have described do not exist,” Peter Carr, a spokesman for the special counsel, told The Daily Caller News Foundation in a rare on-the-record statement. This is not the first Wolff book to face problems with accuracy.

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TOPICS: Books/Literature; Business/Economy; Computers/Internet; Conspiracy
KEYWORDS: congress; declassification; fbi; fisa; house; impeachment; jamescomey; lisapage; michaelwolff; peterstrzok; robertmueller; senate; siegetrumpunderfire; trump
Just another lib leftist lying Loser Snowflake trying to sell their Fake News.
1 posted on 05/28/2019 8:45:17 AM PDT by DemsDestroyingUSA
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To: DemsDestroyingUSA

What about the draft indictment of Michael Wolff for serial pedophilia?


2 posted on 05/28/2019 8:47:32 AM PDT by kiryandil (Never pick a fight with an angry beehive)
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To: DemsDestroyingUSA
“The documents that you have described do not exist,” Peter Carr, a spokesman for the special counsel, told The Daily Caller News Foundation in a rare on-the-record statement


3 posted on 05/28/2019 8:50:20 AM PDT by Jim Noble (1)
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To: DemsDestroyingUSA

Just another pack of lies that the commie media will refuse to apologize for


4 posted on 05/28/2019 8:54:16 AM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: DemsDestroyingUSA

1. If there’s no collusion or other extenuating crimes, then obstruction and defending oneself from unlawful accusations becomes a gray area. Obstruction is used when you’re obviously trying to cover up criminal activity.

2. McCabe started the obstruction investigation even before Mueller. The point of this whole investigation was to push Trump until he shut down the investigation. The problem was, he did the opposite and gave them everything.

3. All of the obstruction ‘evidence’ is hearsay with no exculpatory testimony recorded.

4. If Andrew Weissman could have indicted Trump, it would have been done.


5 posted on 05/28/2019 8:59:10 AM PDT by struggle
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To: DemsDestroyingUSA
More Fried Bologna Sandwich (apologies to fans of that type of sandwich here!) from the Establishment Media that reminds me WAY too much of the Soviet Union-era Pravda and Izvestia.
6 posted on 05/28/2019 9:20:24 AM PDT by RayChuang88 (FairTax: America's Economic Cure)
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To: DemsDestroyingUSA

Drudge went full woodie on this story.

Note to Drudge - never go full woodie.


7 posted on 05/28/2019 11:09:02 AM PDT by Fido969 (In!)
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