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 IIIs 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 presidents 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. Trumps aides, some of whom fear his backlash more than the findings themselves, the people said. The report might make clear which of Mr. Trumps 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. Muellers 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 Russias 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. Muellers investigators were engaged in a witch hunt.
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That spells disaster!
I need to cut my finger nails. Let me know what jaba has to say about the great conspiracy:)
They got him now ... obstruction of justice!
The Slimes and other lying mediots often,for some reason have 3-4 liars preparing their fake news about President Trump
By Mark Mazzetti, Maggie Haberman, Nicholas Fandos and Katie Benner
Spin cycle set to Kenmore, Whirlpool, possibly closer to a Ferrari. What the rest of the country hasn’t let sink in - is that the New World Order communist steak and their hole game on Hillary continuing Obama’s Unlimited fundamentally transforming America, also more realistically ending it as a sovereign state nothing is more dangerous to their cause that a strong USA and it’s pissed off citizens. Look all over Europe and see what Trump is igniting by example. This is all they got folks. The primaries and election were fixed in 2016, the new Administration was fixed from the very top to fall, the whole world knew it but didn’t plan on
Losing and getting caught. If the insurance plan failed there was no plan B.
I’m waiting for some Leftist pundit to declare that “The Walls are Closing In”.
If a normal human being cannot read the words in this article and sense the panic on the part of supposed “neutral” media people, then the normal human being is a freaking idiot.
now that’s funny. can I steal that?
Interesting; what was the occasion of the Ellison interview?
Guess they decided to let that angle go.
Sounds like the NYT also discussed the Mueller report with officials before release—just like they’ve been involved in the coup attempt throughout the process.
So true fake news!
CNN and DOJ Officials discussed a SWAT Raid on Roger Stone ahead of time. That’s far more concerning!
It’s the internet. Steal away!
Interesting; what was the occasion of the Ellison interview?
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Long ago I wrote for several SF magazines and was the book review columnist for two and was editor of a nonfiction book series about SF authors for a NY publisher and wrote three books of my own published in hardcover and trade paperback. Harlan Ellison was kind enough to write a nice blurb for the jacket of my first book. Also wrote for newspapers and many magazines. In Who’s Who in America and Contemporary Authors.
Under another name. Stopped writing except for FR.
Nadler presser.....
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Thanks.
Sorry I didn’t thank you earlier for the headsup.
Had to quickly set up a much wider TV to get the full girth of Nadler on one screen.
A 1959 Peter Gunn episode I just watched on dvd had a carnival episode with the line “step up and see the 360 pound woman” Nadler was 400 pounds at one time.
So
Exactly.
“according to people with knowledge of the discussions.” Which of the four reporters was the source?
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