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As Mueller moves to finalize obstruction report, Trump's allies ready for political battle
Chicago Tribune ^ | 16 June 2018 | Carol D. Leonnig and Robert Costa

Posted on 06/16/2018 2:16:35 PM PDT by Magnatron

President Donald Trump's lawyers and special counsel Robert Mueller are hurtling toward a showdown over a yearlong investigation into the president's conduct, with Mueller pushing to write up his findings by summer's end and Trump's lawyers strategizing how to rebut a report that could spur impeachment hearings.

The confrontation is coming to a head as Trump and his allies ratchet up their attacks on the special counsel probe, seizing on a report released Thursday by the Justice Department's inspector general that castigated FBI officials for their conduct during the 2016 Hillary Clinton email investigation.

Rudy Giuliani, the president's personal attorney, said that he planned to use the inspector general's conclusions to undermine Mueller, suggesting he may ask Attorney General Jeff Sessions to appoint a second special counsel to examine the current probe.

"We want to see if we can have the investigation and special counsel declared illegal and unauthorized," Giuliani said in an interview Friday.

In the meantime, Trump must decide whether to do a face-to-face interview with Mueller's team - an answer the president's legal team expects to have in the next two weeks.

If the president agreed to a sit-down, the special counsel has told Trump's lawyers that he could finish within roughly 90 days a report on whether Trump sought to obstruct a probe into Russian interference in the 2016 campaign, according to two people familiar with the discussions. A separate report outlining Mueller's broader findings on Russian attempts to bolster Trump's candidacy is expected to take longer

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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
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To: Magnatron
I expect something along the lines of "Although the evidence does not support further indictments at this time, the Special Counsel feels there is sufficient reason to believe foreign state actors aided the Trump campaign in materially significant ways."

Then, leaving that smear hanging in midair, Muller will turn the prosecution over to CNN.

41 posted on 06/16/2018 3:27:16 PM PDT by Mr. Jeeves ([CTRL]-[GALT]-[DELETE])
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To: Magnatron

Somebody posted a note about how to get FR search to work well, but I forgot.

Google seems to keep up pretty well with posts on FR.


42 posted on 06/16/2018 3:29:46 PM PDT by Paladin2 ( TOO?)
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To: DesertRhino

Schedule right after election. After election, cancel and fire him!


43 posted on 06/16/2018 3:31:17 PM PDT by csivils
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To: Mollypitcher1

you misunderstand.
i am trying to figure out why the Hell he let this Mueller crap start and then, when it became obvious what it was all about (removing DJT from office),
why he let it continue
and continue

(I’m rooting for DJT’s success)


44 posted on 06/16/2018 3:31:31 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: Magnatron

lol.... Corrupt-o-crat Mueller will fail and Republicans will keep the House meaning no Impeachment. What happened to Mueller’s Russian collusion investigations? Another fail so loser Mueller starts indicting on process crimes.

You can knock the IG report but it shows that FBI and DOJ obstruction and interference in elections is the real issue. These skunks and saboteurs interfered in the 2016 election 1000x more than any mythical Russians.


45 posted on 06/16/2018 3:37:28 PM PDT by dennisw
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To: ExTexasRedhead; volunbeer

Let the lawyers and God work it out

Best explanation today...from another thread by volunbeer.

...”I fully expect Horowitz to say there was bias in the congressional hearing. I believe Wray will also.

Everyone seems to forget that the final draft of this report went through DOJ and Rosenstein. They likely changed some of the language (much as this same cast of characters changed the email memo) purposely. Given the “circle the wagons” tactics of DOJ up to this point they will then be able to point to the “special matters group” on the 7th floor of the FBI that handled this investigation.

Our national discourse is so divided that it is unlikely to make a difference and I think the MSM and left is barking up the wrong tree given how the “bias” question is polling. It will be very interesting to see what the Russia investigation report looks like, but unfortunately it will likely be many months before that drops (if not another year).

The irony of the OIG FISA abuse and the “crossfire hurricane” investigation is that IT IS ESSENTIAL DISCOVERY for anyone including the President facing scrutiny from the special counsel investigation. One can easily make an argument that this information showing bias is exculpatory to every defendant in the case. This biased and likely very illegal investigation, combined with the actions of the now discredited Comey, was the entire basis for the appointment of the special counsel. You cannot build a legal case on an illegal foundation! Any remotely competent appeals attorney will make mincemeat of these cases.


46 posted on 06/16/2018 3:44:38 PM PDT by hoosiermama (When you open your heart to patriotism, there is no room for prejudice.DJT)
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To: Magnatron
This is pure Horse Shi!. Mueller is currently a shadow president and with his new 150 subpoenas he will never quit until he had destroyed as many Republicans he can.
47 posted on 06/16/2018 3:49:54 PM PDT by Logical me
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To: Paladin2
how to get FR search to work well

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48 posted on 06/16/2018 3:55:31 PM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Magnatron

“Our posts were a minute apart.”

A minute and ten seconds. Don’t exaggerate! /sarc


49 posted on 06/16/2018 3:56:28 PM PDT by JoeRed
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To: Magnatron

He and Rot Rosenstein are about to get blind sided.


50 posted on 06/16/2018 4:01:35 PM PDT by DarthVader ("The biggest misconception on Free Republic is that the Deep State is invulnerable")
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To: Magnatron

I think the plan was to keep the investigation open until the mid terms, then the BLUE WAVE would have happened and the Democrats with a majority in the house would vote on impeachment.

A funny thing happened on the way to the impeachment...

No crime was found (except for the corrupt DOJ, FBI and Hillary Clinton)

The economy has taken off.

The end of the Paris accord

The end of the Iran Deal

The (unfair)trade balance between the US and the world is being worked on.

Taxes have been lowered

Regulations have been cut

and last but not lease, the end of the Korean war may happen along with the removal of nukes from North Korea.

...and the Democrats (and the the media) are still talking impeachment. It must hurt to be them.


51 posted on 06/16/2018 4:03:47 PM PDT by CIB-173RDABN (US out of the UN, UN out of the US)
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To: Magnatron

“Our posts were a minute apart. “

Damnit, you’re right.

You were composing as I hit enter.

Good eye. My bad.


52 posted on 06/16/2018 4:11:01 PM PDT by Mariner (War Criminal #18)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

It will backfire big-time on the DNC/Deep State. The GOP will turn out in droves for the mid-terms. It will indeed “influence the November election to the maximum extent possible.”


53 posted on 06/16/2018 4:15:55 PM PDT by huckfillary
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To: AndyJackson

Thanks.

“in sequence”

That could be key.


54 posted on 06/16/2018 4:18:19 PM PDT by Paladin2
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To: Magnatron

I’d guess that Mueller is more worried about the 2ndMarDiv traveling up I-95 and arresting his traitorous ass for an attempted coup.

All the pieces aren’t on the chessboard yet.


55 posted on 06/16/2018 4:38:51 PM PDT by sergeantdave (Teach a man to fish and he'll steal your gear and sell it)
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To: sergeantdave

resign now Mueller. you are a complete disgrace.

keep on self-destructing WaPo.


56 posted on 06/16/2018 4:45:25 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: jdsteel

Hold the line and keep winning.

No interview w Mueller.

Let Mueller play out on his own. The longer it goes on, the worse Mueller looks.

Once Mueller issues his report, Trump’s hands are untied. Hold on to your hat.


57 posted on 06/16/2018 5:02:49 PM PDT by joshua c (To disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives)
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To: Mariner

No worries! Sorry for the terse reply. My wife was nagging me to tell her what I wanted on my hoagie while I was responding...

That and the Deep State...


58 posted on 06/16/2018 5:03:23 PM PDT by Magnatron
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To: Jeff Chandler

Since there is no crime, the President should not sit down for an ambush

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Nuff said


59 posted on 06/16/2018 5:09:26 PM PDT by thinden
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To: PIF

and have the impeachment proceeding done no later than mid-January 2019, after the expected very poor Republican turnout in the midterms. Further, the impeachment charges will include Pense, leaving House Speaker Nancy Pelosi President - after the historic double Conviction and Removal in the Democrat controlled Senate.

Thant is if DJT is foolish enough to talk to Mueller

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Yikes


60 posted on 06/16/2018 5:13:42 PM PDT by thinden
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