Posted on 06/13/2017 9:29:09 AM PDT by ForYourChildren
Reputed Trump confidant and Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy told PBS News’s Judy Woodruff Monday that President Donald Trump is considering dismissing Special Counsel Robert Mueller, according to a tweet by Woodruff.
".@ChrisRuddyNMX tells me Pres Trump is "considering perhaps terminating" Robert Mueller as special counsel @NewsHour "
— Judy Woodruff (@JudyWoodruff) June 12, 2017
The news comes on the eve of Attorney General Jeff Sessions testifying before the Senate Intelligence Committe on the Russia investigation. This follows a hearing featuring the testimony of fired FBI director James Comey before the same body.
Mueller — who, on his appointment by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, took independent control of the investigation into Russian involvement in the 2016 elections — had a shadow cast on his impartiality when Comey, a one-time mentee of Mueller’s who suceeded him at the Bureau, revealed under oath that he deliberately leaked a potentially privileged memo to the press specifically to ensure the appointment of a special counsel.
The ploy worked. Rosenstein, who was handling the investigation because Sessions had already recused himself based on his involvement in the 2016 Trump presidential campaign, came under immense political pressure to appoint a special counsel. Mueller was quickly applauded as an impartial choice by voices across the political spectrum.
Since his appointment, he has made signals as to the criminal nature of his investigation, hiring Andrew Weissmann, the former head of the DOJ criminal division’s fraud section, and former Deputy Solicitor General Michael Dreeben.
A more controversial pick of Mueller’s was former prosecutor and WilmerHale partner Jeannie Rhee. In 2015, according to Politico, she performed work for the Clinton Foundation, defending it from FOIA requests related to Hillary Clinton’s private email server.
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Congress should have some say in the people he hires. He is expending tax dollars after all.
Democrats rig system again and again and again...........
If he starts hiring Trump supporters Congress will jump in in a second. And stop him.
Mueller has always been dirty!
Put a time limit of 3 months on this investigation. If they cant indict anyone in that time it is a witch hunt.
This is going to turn into another hole to throw money in.
Excellent post. Thanks.
Hmm, not surprised that Ruddy never talked to Trump. I used to like Ruddy many years ago but he turned weird. Supported Hitlery, AFAIK.
Thank you, a real explanation of the facts!
Mueller is disqualified to be special counsel due to his relationship with Comey, and the Dem Attorney he just appointed, both/all who support Hillary Clinton.
Rosenstein, Comey and Mueller are conspiring.
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