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Giuliani believes '50/50' chance Mueller subpoenas President Trump
ABC ^ | May 3rd, 2018 | By JOHN SANTUCCI

Posted on 05/03/2018 9:34:46 PM PDT by Mariner

As Rudy Giuliani enters the center ring of the legal fight between President Donald Trump and special counsel Robert Mueller, the former New York City mayor is already anticipating one possible battle – a subpoena for President Trump to testify. “I think it's 50/50,” Giuliani, the president's personal attorney, told ABC News regarding the possibility of a subpoena. “But I got to prepare for that 50 percent.”

As ABC News confirmed earlier this week, the president’s legal team was told by Mueller he could “compel” the president to testify before a grand jury via a subpoena. As Ty Cobb steps down from his position as White House counsel handling the Russia probe for the presidency, his replacement, Emmet Flood, has been through battles like this before. “I think Emmet was brought in because he represented Clinton during their subpoena battle and knows a great deal about it,” Giuliani said.

Giuliani already believes he’s settled one case. The mayor argues that with the information now out about how the president reimbursed Michael Cohen for his payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, that case no longer has implications that campaign finance laws were violated.

“I think the investigation with him [Cohen] largely fell apart, with the loss of the campaign finance possible violation which never existed in the first place, but they sure thought it did,” Giuliani told ABC News Thursday night in a phone interview, adding that his client, President Trump, has nothing to worry about in this matter.

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TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: coup; emmetflood; giuliani; jamescomey; lisabarsoomian; lisapage; michaelcohen; mueller; peterstrzok; robertmueller; rodrosenstein; rudygiuliani; trump; tycobb
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Just WHO is it that is going to march him in, sit his ass down and compel him to testify?

People need to understand and acknowledge that a sitting President is above the law.

Literally.

If you want to prosecute one for a crime, or compel their testimony, they must agree or Congress must remove them first.

Otherwise it's sedition.

1 posted on 05/03/2018 9:34:46 PM PDT by Mariner
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To: Mariner

Right on.

I think Mueller is bluffing and grasping at straws at the same time.


2 posted on 05/03/2018 9:42:32 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: Mariner

We need to perform a Citizens’ Arrest of Mueller on charges of Treason.


3 posted on 05/03/2018 9:43:29 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: laplata

Mueller is desperate. He needs to keep the balls in the air. Unfortunately, he has no balls.


4 posted on 05/03/2018 9:56:43 PM PDT by meatloaf
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To: Mariner

a legally worthless piece of paper that any sitting president can and should just flush down the toilet

Mueller as a lawyer knows this

DJT has to terminate this entire Mueller-Rosenstein BS, now


5 posted on 05/03/2018 10:04:30 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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Mueller as a lawyer knows this

It may be all about pr value. If all else fails, at least embarrass and discredit Trump as much as possible.
6 posted on 05/03/2018 10:07:34 PM PDT by JoSixChip (He is Batman!)
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“It may be all about pr value.”

Correct.

It all about Democrats and statists of every stripe being able to publicly proclaim and posture; “NO MAN IS ABOVE THE LAW!”.

Which is something stupid people believe.

There are only two levers of power over a sitting President:
1. The voting public at election
2. The US Congress upon Impeachment and Conviction

That’s it.

There is nothing else.


7 posted on 05/03/2018 10:17:10 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Mariner

Of course Mueller will subpoena Trump. Then Trump will either accept the subpoena and walk into a perjury trap, or reject the subpoena, which the MSM will characterize as a de facto admission of colluding with Russians to steal the election.


8 posted on 05/03/2018 10:21:16 PM PDT by TChad (Leftthink: Reality is sadly out of touch with the higher truth.)
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To: Mariner

Sessions has earned his money from Soros.


9 posted on 05/03/2018 10:22:49 PM PDT by NoLibZone (Mueller, Obama, Hillary and Holder each made millions selling US uranium to Putin.)
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To: TChad

“Of course Mueller will subpoena Trump.”

Agreed.

It’s as certain as the day is long.


10 posted on 05/03/2018 10:22:51 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: meatloaf

That’s right. All he has is a very tainted “investigation”.


11 posted on 05/03/2018 10:28:45 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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Trump deserved this when he placed Sessions at DOJ. Good luck, Trump, especially if the GOP gets waxed this November. It’s a possibility given Trump has zero coattails in a mid-term election year.


12 posted on 05/03/2018 10:31:22 PM PDT by CatOwner
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To: Mariner

There are only two levers of power over a sitting President:

1. The voting public at election
2. The US Congress upon Impeachment and Conviction

That’s it.
There is nothing else.

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Right.

A sitting president cannot be indicted and there are no grounds for impeachment.


13 posted on 05/03/2018 10:34:08 PM PDT by laplata (Liberals/Progressives have diseased minds.)
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To: JoSixChip

Exactly. Which only reinforces the malevolent and improper purpose of the mueller operation. DJT should take note and take the necessary action of terminating the mueller farce now


14 posted on 05/03/2018 10:54:59 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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3 May: MONUMENTAL: The Naked Truth About Robert Mueller
By Rep. Louis Gohmert
Robert Mueller has a long and sordid history of illicitly targeting innocent people. His many actions are a stain upon the legacy of American jurisprudence. He lacks the judgment and credibility to lead the prosecution of anyone.
I do not make these statements lightly...
http://www.trevorloudon.com/2018/05/monumental-the-naked-truth-about-robert-mueller/


15 posted on 05/03/2018 11:04:44 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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Mueller needs to be cut down to size and I think Donald J. Trump has the stuff to do it.


16 posted on 05/03/2018 11:24:26 PM PDT by Spiridon
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" --- and there are no grounds for impeachment. "

The House makes it own determination of what high crimes and misdemeanors are in its impeachment trial. I am sure the Democrats and Never Trump Republicans can be creative. The President and his close associates are still in grave legal jeopardy.

17 posted on 05/04/2018 12:00:14 AM PDT by buckalfa (I was so much older then, but I'm younger than that now.)
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To: MAGAthon

Yes. I read that in its entirety last week. Funny, the left-media haven’t found the time to educate the public on the background of Mueller and his Inquisitors.

Mueller is trying to force what the media/rats will describe as a “constitutional crisis” when PDJT tells Mueller and a judge to stuff their subpoena.

Meanwhile, Obama, Hillary, and a couple dozen other criminals walk free.


18 posted on 05/04/2018 1:23:24 AM PDT by Jacquerie (ArticleVBlog.com)
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Let him.

Good luck with that, Mueller.


19 posted on 05/04/2018 2:59:33 AM PDT by sauropod (I am His and He is mine.)
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Mueller is trying to get fired.

He’d best be careful that he doesn’t try so hard that he ends up being hanged for it.


20 posted on 05/04/2018 3:02:25 AM PDT by thoughtomator (Number of arrested coup conspirators to date: 0)
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