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Biden cancels fundraiser with top Mueller team prosecutor
washingtonexaminer ^ | May 29, 2020 | Emily Larsen

Posted on 05/29/2020 8:06:43 AM PDT by MarvinStinson

Joe Biden's campaign canceled a fundraiser that it had scheduled with a top lawyer from special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election.

Andrew Weissmann, a former Department of Justice lawyer who had the second-most senior position in the Mueller team, was scheduled to host a "fireside chat" for a June 2 event benefiting the former vice president and presumptive Democratic presidential nominee. But according to the Wall Street Journal, the event was canceled shortly after it was planned.

After the planned event was revealed last week, President Trump's campaign went on the attack, arguing that this was further evidence that the investigation was politically motivated.

“It’s no surprise that a guy who tried to take down the president through the sham impeachment would also help Joe Biden’s campaign," Tim Murtaugh, the Trump campaign's communications director, told the Washington Examiner. "It doesn’t get any swampier than this: trying to stage a partisan coup against the president and then raising money for his political opponent."

The Biden campaign has not publicly commented on the fundraiser's cancellation.

Weissmann was known as Mueller's " pit bull" during the Russia investigation. After leaving the DOJ, he became a legal analyst for MSNBC.


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: biden; biden2020; bidenfundraiser; fundraiser; mueller; weissmann; whoops
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1 posted on 05/29/2020 8:06:43 AM PDT by MarvinStinson
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biden and trump now trading at a pickem price

https://www.predictit.org/markets/detail/3698/Who-will-win-the-2020-US-presidential-election


2 posted on 05/29/2020 8:10:59 AM PDT by RummyChick ( Yeah, it's Daily Mail. So what.)
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To: MarvinStinson

Joey Fingers felling the heat.


3 posted on 05/29/2020 8:12:20 AM PDT by jmaroneps37 (Conservatism is truth. Liberalism is li)
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To: MarvinStinson

Andrew WEISMAN!!

Guten tag, Herr Biden.

4 posted on 05/29/2020 8:12:28 AM PDT by conservative98
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May not be such good optics after Grenell releases details of Weissman’s involvement in the Mueller-Russia scam.


5 posted on 05/29/2020 8:14:21 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: MarvinStinson

Dang, maybe they heard Barr wanted to arrest him during the fundraiser!


6 posted on 05/29/2020 8:15:50 AM PDT by aynrandfreak (Being a Democrat means never having to say you're sorry)
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To: conservative98

My man Mark - WEISMAN!!!!!


7 posted on 05/29/2020 8:17:02 AM PDT by MomwithHope (Forever grateful to all our patriots, past, present and future.)
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To: PGR88

Wow, Biden got one right. I can’t remember the last time that happened.


8 posted on 05/29/2020 8:24:04 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: MarvinStinson

A fireside chat? In the middle of June?


9 posted on 05/29/2020 8:24:37 AM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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I’m sure MSDNC will hire Wissman back.


10 posted on 05/29/2020 8:25:44 AM PDT by tennmountainman (The Liberals Are Baby Killers)
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To: Dutch Boy

Biden didn’t get anything right. He doesn’t even know what day of the week it is. One of his “advisors” got it right.


11 posted on 05/29/2020 8:25:48 AM PDT by usconservative (When The Ballot Box No Longer Counts, The Ammunition Box Does. (What's In Your Ammo Box?))
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To: RummyChick

Both @ ~ $0.49.

Not a gambler but I bet $100 on Dubya and made ~$400 - some LV site.

Bet $100 and I have ~198 “shares” on PDJT. What happens if PDJT wins? When Hillary had a 95% chance to win was PDJT @ 10 cents?

Just curious.


12 posted on 05/29/2020 8:32:05 AM PDT by Tunehead54 (Nothing funny here ;-)
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To: MarvinStinson

Too late!


13 posted on 05/29/2020 8:37:11 AM PDT by Renkluaf
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To: Texas Eagle
...A fireside chat? In the middle of June?

Well, maybe in New Zealand

14 posted on 05/29/2020 8:46:44 AM PDT by HangnJudge (When one is in a house of mirrors, everywhere you stand is “center”)
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To: MarvinStinson

Peter Strozk might be available.


15 posted on 05/29/2020 8:48:50 AM PDT by outofsalt (If history teaches us anything, it's that history rarely teaches anything.)
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I think the cancellation is more to do with Rosenstein’s June 3rd testimony. Real bad optics there.


16 posted on 05/29/2020 8:50:24 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: MarvinStinson

Who is the fool running Biden’s campaign? What another blunter!!


17 posted on 05/29/2020 8:55:15 AM PDT by existentially_kuffer
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To: usconservative

So, Biden’s record remains intact.


18 posted on 05/29/2020 8:59:12 AM PDT by Dutch Boy
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To: MarvinStinson

Does this mean Weissmann will keep his sinecure with MSNBC...?


19 posted on 05/29/2020 9:04:31 AM PDT by mewzilla (Break out the mustard seeds.)
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“It’s no surprise that a guy who tried to take down the president through the sham impeachment would also help Joe Biden’s campaign," Tim Murtaugh, the Trump campaign's communications director, told the Washington Examiner. "It doesn’t get any swampier than this: trying to stage a partisan coup against the president and then raising money for his political opponent."

maybe should have waited until Tuesday to post this...? probably be re-scheduled as a private affair...
20 posted on 05/29/2020 9:08:34 AM PDT by stylin19a ( 2016 - Best.Election.Of.All.Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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