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Robert Mueller expands special counsel office, hires 13 lawyers
CNN Politics ^ | Jume 16, 2017 | up-date

Posted on 06/16/2017 8:44:45 AM PDT by yoe

Special counsel Robert Mueller has brought 13 lawyers on board to handle the Russia investigation, with plans to hire more, according to his spokesman Peter Carr. Mueller has assembled a high-powered team of top investigators and leading experts, including seasoned attorneys who've represented major American companies in court and who have worked on cases ranging from Watergate to the Enron fraud scandal.

Among them are James Quarles and Jeannie Rhee, both of ( whom Mueller brought over from his old firm, WilmerHale.) He's also hired Andrew Weissmann, who led the Enron investigation.

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To: Obadiah

The GOP establishment hates Trump every bit as much as the commie RATS do. It is telling there is not a squeak out of the GOP defending Trump.


101 posted on 06/16/2017 10:21:31 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Trump: What to do now I can't repeal Obamacare? I know, lets start a war with Russia!)
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To: KyCats

Then Mueller and his friends need to suddenly run out of paycheck. Trump did promise to eliminate government waste.


102 posted on 06/16/2017 10:23:06 AM PDT by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: M Kehoe

Yep. That is all it has ever been. They know there is no collusion with Arussia. Everything from unmasking to these Kabuki investigations are all just a big fishing expedition. The term witch hunt is spot on.


103 posted on 06/16/2017 10:23:39 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Trump: What to do now I can't repeal Obamacare? I know, lets start a war with Russia!)
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To: drypowder
Where's the Clinton's good old stand by fixer attorney, Jamie Gorelick? She has to be in this den of skunks somewhere.

you're not going to believe this but she is Jared Kushner's (Trump's son in law) lawyer.

104 posted on 06/16/2017 10:25:24 AM PDT by Blue Highway (Q)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free
I think they have found a thread. My guess Manafort, Flynn, and/or Kushner. They are trying to unravel it to Trump.


Here is how serious it is getting:

Katy Tur‏Verified account @KatyTurNBC Follow More Exclusive: Trump personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, has hired his own counsel: Stephen Ryan, of McDermott, Will & Emery.- source w knowledge
105 posted on 06/16/2017 10:27:27 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: Lions Gate

Yep!!

Trump needs to replace Jeff Sessions immediately. It is a shame to replace an honest man, but the second he could not function as AG, he became worthless to the President.

Sessions should see this and tender his resignation immediately. Susch a shame, but very necessary.

Sessions MUST go.


106 posted on 06/16/2017 10:28:37 AM PDT by Freedom_Is_Not_Free (Trump: What to do now I can't repeal Obamacare? I know, lets start a war with Russia!)
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To: Governor Dinwiddie

Rudy Giuliani would have never stood for this crap eaither. Why was he shunned from Trump’s inner circle? He would have never got into this mess.


107 posted on 06/16/2017 10:29:45 AM PDT by Blue Highway (Q)
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To: snarkytart

Stop funding this insanity. Even if it means shutting down government offices and positions. Today. Do not feed rabid dogs.


108 posted on 06/16/2017 10:30:12 AM PDT by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: The Toll

YOU’RE FIRED!


109 posted on 06/16/2017 10:31:36 AM PDT by SisterK (its a spiritual war)
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To: yoe

There has never been a Special Prosecutor (aka ‘Counsel’) who did not quickly succumb to “Mission Creep”, embark on empire building, and conduct extended fishing trips looking for someone - anyone - to burn.

We see the Special Prosecutor as a temporary position, but they are lawyers and lawyers are experts at turning the smallest task into a life’s work.


110 posted on 06/16/2017 10:32:24 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Best Long Term Prepper Tactic: Beat The Muslim Demographic Tsnami - Have Big Families)
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To: FreeReign

Luv it !


111 posted on 06/16/2017 10:35:39 AM PDT by timestax (American Media = Domestic Enemy)
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To: Freedom_Is_Not_Free

So be Sessions inaction and cowardice, can we agree he is part of the swamp too that we need to get rid of? There are Freepers that are still praising him to the hilt and I have no idea why other than they are Never Trumpers and want to see Sessions thwart our president.


112 posted on 06/16/2017 10:38:14 AM PDT by Blue Highway (Q)
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

trump’s lawyer, Michael Cohen, has just hired someone who worked against organized crime under Reagan.

Stephen Ryan praised the hiring of Mueller for special counsel in a radio interview and said he was the best choice for it.


113 posted on 06/16/2017 10:38:43 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: Java4Jay

Is President Trump hanging himself here?


I am feeling frustrated that Trump is doing nothing. I try to tell myself he’s got a plan and when he hits back it will end this for good.

But I’m beginning to lose faith.


114 posted on 06/16/2017 10:40:41 AM PDT by samtheman (Trump++)
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To: Blue Highway
Rudy Giuliani would have never stood for this crap either.
Why was he shunned from Trump’s inner circle?

Because President Trump was getting advice from the Obama holdovers and GOP establishment insiders
he brought into his inner circle and they knew Rudy would have never stood for this crap.

.

115 posted on 06/16/2017 10:40:58 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Best Long Term Prepper Tactic: Beat The Muslim Demographic Tsnami - Have Big Families)
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To: RummyChick

How much is the federal government paying all these new lawyers on the Special Prosecutor’s staff?

$1,000 an hour?


116 posted on 06/16/2017 10:43:14 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Best Long Term Prepper Tactic: Beat The Muslim Demographic Tsnami - Have Big Families)
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To: RummyChick

What Perjury Trap? Trump is has not been under oath for anything. He is the President, he does not have to testify at the request of Congress.


117 posted on 06/16/2017 10:44:27 AM PDT by ClayinVA ("Those who don't remember history are doomed to repeat it")
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To: ClayinVA

Trump has volunteered to go under oath.

Of course, he would be crazy to do it.


118 posted on 06/16/2017 10:46:50 AM PDT by RummyChick (can we switch Don,Jr for Prince Kush and his flak jacket. From Yacht Party to Warzone ready to wear.)
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To: Obadiah

This is House of Cards, end of season 2. Waiting for the do-nothing Republicans to turn actively on Mr. Trump.


119 posted on 06/16/2017 10:52:44 AM PDT by Chaguito
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To: Chaguito
....” Waiting for the do-nothing Republicans to turn actively on Mr. Trump”....

Their silence, once again is deafening....Ryans keeping them all in check.....as is McCain And McConnell.....I hate these guys even worse than the Demorats....their own power is their game and retaining that first and foremost.

120 posted on 06/16/2017 10:55:38 AM PDT by caww
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