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Trump gives Whitaker free rein over Mueller probe: 'It's going to be up to him'
The Washington Times ^ | November 18, 2018 | S.A. Miller

Posted on 11/18/2018 8:02:40 AM PST by jazusamo

President Trump on Sunday said he is giving acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker free rein over special counsel Robert Mueller’s Russia probe, including limiting or shutting down the investigation.

“It’s going to be up to him,” Mr. Trump said in an interview aired on Fox News Sunday.” “I wouldn’t get involved.”

(Excerpt) Read more at washingtontimes.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Extended News; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: jamescomey; lisapage; matthewwhitaker; mattwhitaker; mueller; muellerprobe; peterstrzok; presidenttrump; robertmueller; trump; whitaker
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To: Dutch Boy

He needs to dismiss everything against Gen. Flynn.


21 posted on 11/18/2018 8:52:55 AM PST by LouisianaJoanof Arc (The future is best decided by ballots, not bullets. Ronald Reagan 1984)
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To: All

Whatever Whitaker does I’m sure Trump knows his plans.

But the statement by Trump was for the Dems. He’s letting them know that HE can fire Mueller anytime he wants. He doesn’t need Whitaker to do it.


22 posted on 11/18/2018 8:55:21 AM PST by Terry Mross (On some threads it's best to go jst inraight to the comments..)
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To: vette6387

To hell with Mueller! That’s nothing more than a circle jerk circus sideshow. Whitaker needs real IC’s with real grand juries investigating real crimes. Once Whitaker gets around to looking at real collusion Mueller, Rosenweasel and that whole rogues gallery will lawyer up and try to skedaddle out of town as quickly as possible.


23 posted on 11/18/2018 8:58:59 AM PST by hardspunned
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To: Behind the Blue Wall

Also, I wonder for every never trumper. ..that bailed on us many more have got on board the train..I hope cause 2020 is probably going to be the most corrupt election in our country’s history.


24 posted on 11/18/2018 9:08:21 AM PST by Leep (we need a Trump like leader for President 2024!)
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To: jazusamo

Mueller has nothing solid and so won’t be fired or impeded. He will be vilified in the meantime.


25 posted on 11/18/2018 9:08:30 AM PST by SaxxonWoods (Stop The Madness. Do Not Respond To Vanity Posts.)
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To: jazusamo

Mueller needs to be humiliated publicly by his superiors.


26 posted on 11/18/2018 9:21:59 AM PST by PGR88
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To: PGR88
Mueller needs to be humiliated publicly by his superiors.

And then privately by his cell mate.

27 posted on 11/18/2018 9:25:37 AM PST by Don Corleone (Nothing makes the delusional more furious than truth.)
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To: Leep

It won’t help
Trump
Will win by 10 points


28 posted on 11/18/2018 9:27:47 AM PST by Truthoverpower (The guvmint you get is the Trump winning express !)
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To: ZULU

Rosenswine is dead man walking. It’s just a matter of what day Trump cuts him loose.


29 posted on 11/18/2018 9:40:20 AM PST by Georgia Girl 2 (The only purpose of a pistol is to fight yourr way back to the rifle you should never have dropped)
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To: hardspunned

“....Whitaker needs real IC’s with real grand juries investigating real crimes...”

This gave me a thought. Once Whitaker starts these investigations, he’ll just have to stick around (get confirmed) to FINISH what he started.

“It’s the only way to be sure”


30 posted on 11/18/2018 9:55:48 AM PST by faucetman (Just the facts, ma'am, Just the facts)
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To: Dutch Boy

“Whitaker’s first task should be to have Mueller show everything he has. He should then match it against his authorization.”

I’d give Mueller a date certain to wrap things up...December 31, 2018. Enough of this bull shit Democrat boondoggle.


31 posted on 11/18/2018 10:16:39 AM PST by Bonemaker (invictus maneo)
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To: jazusamo
Wallis made a total a** of himself during that interview. He kept trying to get President Trump to give a provocative answer that he (Wallis) wanted. Didn't work.

The President kept Wallis in his place at all times.

32 posted on 11/18/2018 10:24:52 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Dutch Boy

That won’t happen. The authorization was so broad....”wherever it may lead”...


33 posted on 11/18/2018 10:26:31 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Georgia Girl 2

“Rosenswine is dead man walking. It’s just a matter of what day Trump cuts him loose.”

I think Rosenstein already knows that he will be the primary witness in the follow up investigation of the Deep State. After Sessions resigned, Trump spoke with Rosenstein later that day. Funny, how no one reported on it.

The next two years will be a race between the Democrat investigations and a new special investigation into the Deep State. Hillary will decide to run depending on the direction of the investigations.


34 posted on 11/18/2018 10:26:52 AM PST by EQAndyBuzz (EVERYONE IS UNIQUE! JUST LIKE EVERYONE ELSE!)
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To: faucetman

Sorry....he cannot get confirmed. This is a temporary position and one of the conditions is that he CANNOT be nominated to the permanent position.


35 posted on 11/18/2018 10:28:50 AM PST by Sacajaweau
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To: Behind the Blue Wall; FlingWingFlyer
I was on the “Trump Train” from the day he descended the escalator

Not me. It seemed like some kind of pointless publicity stunt. Then he gave a speech (his first?) where he decried illegal aliens hopping our borders in very strong terms. I liked it, but it didn't impress me. Then there was the inevitable leftist shrieking. He gave a follow-up speech. I awaited the required apology/walk-back of his comments so common in moments like that. Instead he condemned illegals and leftists supporting them in even stronger terms.

That was when I knew Trump was for-real.

36 posted on 11/18/2018 10:32:09 AM PST by Future Snake Eater (Get a handle on vote fraud or we're likely finished in 2020.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Can you imagine any other candidate standing up to the Marxist Machine the way Trump does?


37 posted on 11/18/2018 10:41:17 AM PST by bray (Pray for President Trump)
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To: Future Snake Eater

To be honest, I was probably one of the rare people hoping he would run. I was following the birth certificate issue circa 2009-11, and we it not for Trump, we who cared about it would’ve just been ignored and ridiculed.


38 posted on 11/18/2018 10:44:54 AM PST by Behind the Blue Wall
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To: jazusamo
“It’s going to be up to him,” Mr. Trump said in an interview aired on Fox News Sunday.” “I wouldn’t get involved.”

Oh, man - Trump just drew and ace from his sleeve: “I wouldn’t get involved" is pure genius.

39 posted on 11/18/2018 11:04:35 AM PST by Psalm 73 ("I will now proceed to entangle the entire area".)
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To: Behind the Blue Wall
we it not for Trump, we who cared about it would’ve just been ignored and ridiculed.

You were ridiculed and ignored. He finished two 4-year terms and is now an ex-president. Whatever may be there regarding where Obama was born, it was ultimately irrelevant.

40 posted on 11/18/2018 11:10:42 AM PST by Future Snake Eater (Get a handle on vote fraud or we're likely finished in 2020.)
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