Trump officials demand Mueller return thousands of emails

Axios ^ | December 17, 2017 | Mike Allen

[yoe]

Officials of President Trump's transition team plan to ask Special Counsel Robert Mueller to return "many tens of thousands" of transition emails they contend were unlawfully provided to him. But the prosecutor's office says emails being used in the investigation were properly obtained.

What's new: A source close to Trump's transition, which still exists as a legal entity so it can shut down what was once a 1,000-person operation, said the transition will send a letter to Mueller informing him that some of the emails are privileged, and asking for their return. The transition says it is willing to provide Mueller with vetted emails.

[snip] What's at stake: We're told that the fight involves emails from the accounts of 12 officials, including members of the political leadership and foreign-policy team. One of the accounts alone includes 7,000 emails.

Trump officials discovered Mueller had the emails when his prosecutors used them as the basis for questions to witnesses, the sources said.

[odawg]

I hope the Trump administration has some overarching plan that requires people who want to destroy him to remain in positions of power.

[9YearLurker]

So far that does indeed seem what they have implemented.

[KC_for_Freedom]

Actually I agree with you. Once you put something on the internet it is somewhere forever. The only think I don ‘t understand is why has not someone leaked the goods on her?

Either they are all fearful for their lives or they have been well paid. But How can that be for everyone?

[Vaduz]

True another deep state member.