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White House and Justice Dept. Officials Discussed Mueller Report Before Release
New York Times ^

Posted on 04/17/2019 4:57:37 PM PDT by Sub-Driver

White House and Justice Dept. Officials Discussed Mueller Report Before Release

By Mark Mazzetti, Maggie Haberman, Nicholas Fandos and Katie Benner

April 17, 2019

WASHINGTON — Not all of Robert S. Mueller III’s findings will be news to President Trump when they are released Thursday morning.

Justice Department officials have had numerous conversations with White House lawyers about the conclusions made by Mr. Mueller, the special counsel, in recent days, according to people with knowledge of the discussions. The talks have aided the president’s legal team as it prepares a rebuttal to the report and strategizes for the coming public war over its findings.

A sense of paranoia is taking hold among some of Mr. Trump’s aides, some of whom fear his backlash more than the findings themselves, the people said. The report might make clear which of Mr. Trump’s current and former advisers spoke to the special counsel, how much they said and how much damage they did to the president — providing a kind of road map for retaliation.

The discussions between Justice Department officials and White House lawyers have also added to questions about the propriety of the decisions by Attorney General William P. Barr since he received Mr. Mueller’s findings late last month.

Mr. Barr and his deputy, Rod J. Rosenstein, determined that Mr. Trump did not illegally obstruct justice and said the special counsel found no conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia’s 2016 election interference. Mr. Barr told lawmakers that officials were “spying” on the Trump campaign, raised ominous historical parallels with the illegal surveillance of Vietnam War protesters and pointedly declined to rebut charges that Mr. Mueller’s investigators were engaged in a “witch hunt.”

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TOPICS: Editorial; Front Page News; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: fakenews; newyorkslimes; trumprussia
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1 posted on 04/17/2019 4:57:37 PM PDT by Sub-Driver
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To: Sub-Driver

Four in the by line. Classic sign of fake news.


2 posted on 04/17/2019 5:00:05 PM PDT by FlipWilson
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‘Peach fohtie fi!


3 posted on 04/17/2019 5:02:43 PM PDT by dsrtsage (For Leftists, World History starts every day at breakfast)
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To: FlipWilson
Maggie Haberman in by-line.

Classic sign of Derp State/CIA sponsored fake news.


4 posted on 04/17/2019 5:03:50 PM PDT by bagster ("Even bad men love their mamas".)
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To: Sub-Driver

Who gives a crap. Barr works for The President !! Bwahhhaaa. This is a nothing burger. The redacted report will NOT satisfy the leftist. They will flop around like caught fish on the bank of Truth and then they will die, GO TRUMP 2020 and 2024 ( Jr.!!)


5 posted on 04/17/2019 5:04:25 PM PDT by bingoplayer
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To: Sub-Driver

“illegally obstruct justice”

ROFLOL

Alas, the Obama administration misled judges in their efforts to make their spying on Donald Trump legal. They had already spied before they ever had FISA approval. They make New England Patriot efforts to spy on their opponents look so silly.


6 posted on 04/17/2019 5:04:58 PM PDT by petitfour (APPEAL TO HEAVEN)
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To: Sub-Driver

“A sense of paranoia is taking hold among some of Mr. Trump’s aides, some of whom fear his backlash more than the findings themselves, the people said.”

Hahaha. If “the people” said it, it must be true. There is no better source than “the people.”

This article is totally meaningless.


7 posted on 04/17/2019 5:07:15 PM PDT by map
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To: Sub-Driver

Is this supposed to be news?

5.56mm


8 posted on 04/17/2019 5:07:47 PM PDT by M Kehoe (DRAIN THE SWAMP! BUILD THE WALL!)
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To: Sub-Driver

Talk about reaching. It’s pathetic that in 2019 America we have a Nazi and Soviet style propaganda media.


9 posted on 04/17/2019 5:07:54 PM PDT by dowcaet
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To: Sub-Driver

Trump allowed to defend himself! Impeach! Impeach!


10 posted on 04/17/2019 5:11:12 PM PDT by Pravious
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To: dowcaet

They all voted for Hillary Clinton, the crime Trump committed in their eyes was winning the election


11 posted on 04/17/2019 5:11:59 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: dowcaet

Haberman? you still there? what would it take to get you fired? perhaps you are “untouchable”.


12 posted on 04/17/2019 5:12:25 PM PDT by MAGAthon
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To: Sub-Driver

>>> A sense of paranoia is taking hold among some of Mr. Trump’s aides <<<

Classic NYT bullshiff.


13 posted on 04/17/2019 5:13:28 PM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer (The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.)
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To: bagster

Maggotbrain got her 4am media matters talking points email early


14 posted on 04/17/2019 5:13:29 PM PDT by VRWCarea51 (The Original 1998 Version)
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To: map

I looks to me like the democrats are the ones who are paranoid.


15 posted on 04/17/2019 5:15:55 PM PDT by Revel
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To: Sub-Driver

Yeah so?


16 posted on 04/17/2019 5:16:08 PM PDT by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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To: FlipWilson

Four in the by line. Classic sign of fake news.
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Wise of you.

I interviewed Harlan Ellison and he said if you ever see a TV screenplay with 3 or 4 names as the writers it means a disaster or infighting controversy and the higherups had to get outsiders in to fix it or else drop the episode.

For the MSM they have to add a line Suzi Q. Smith and Wade Dimwit contributed to this story. As: don’t blame the top writer for this screwed up mess.


17 posted on 04/17/2019 5:16:52 PM PDT by frank ballenger (End vote fraud,non-citizen voting & leftist media news censorship or we're finishid.)
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To: frank ballenger

Nadler presser about to start in 3 mins

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GPI5jjJw5p0


18 posted on 04/17/2019 5:18:23 PM PDT by janetjanet998 (1K very)
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To: Sub-Driver

Wow. Pulitzer deep-dive material there, Maggie.

How did the intrepid Slimes reporters discover this nefarious plot to rebut the report?

Fishwrap.


19 posted on 04/17/2019 5:20:45 PM PDT by KitJ (Shall not be infringed...)
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To: Sub-Driver

Pseudo events

https://mises.org/wire/fake-news-america-invented-pseudo-events


20 posted on 04/17/2019 5:20:49 PM PDT by wardaddy (When only the best Santa will do...call Joe Biden)
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