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Deputy Attorney General: Special counsel Mueller needs permission to expand Russia investigation
Business Insider ^ | 8/6/17 | Maxwell Tani & Natasha Bertrand

Posted on 08/06/2017 12:49:45 PM PDT by Lockbox

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said on Sunday that the special counsel investigating Russia's interference in the 2016 election needs permission from the Department of Justice to expand his investigation if he finds evidence of an unrelated crime.

In an interview with Fox News Sunday, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation of Russia's role in the 2016 campaign and President Donald Trump's campaign's potential ties to Russia was "not a fishing expedition."

"If he finds evidence of a crime that is within the scope of what Director Mueller and I have agreed is the appropriate scope of this investigation, then he can," Rosenstein said. "If it's something outside that scope he needs to come to the acting attorney general, at this time me, for permission to expand his investigation."

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TOPICS: Breaking News; Constitution/Conservatism; Government; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: bobmueller; braking; coup; deepstate; doj; mueller; russia; trump; trumprussia
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To: Mase
Meanwhile, the recuser will sit and watch from a safe distance.

Don't "humiliate" the recuser. You're going to hurt his feelings.

101 posted on 08/06/2017 3:51:11 PM PDT by FreeReign
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To: TigersEye

>> Post #66 wasn’t describing distrust was it? <<

What difference, at this point, does it make?


102 posted on 08/06/2017 3:53:31 PM PDT by Hawthorn
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To: Hawthorn

Bupkis


103 posted on 08/06/2017 3:54:46 PM PDT by TigersEye (0bama. The Legacy is a lie. The lie is the Legacy.)
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To: Cementjungle

Actually Rosenstein is saying he is the ‘Acting AG’, so where is AG Sessions? Why is there a need for an ‘Acting AG’...and what were Rosenstein and Sessions doing at Gitmo a few weeks ago, alone?


104 posted on 08/06/2017 3:58:58 PM PDT by Ambrosia
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To: FreeReign

Reminds me of the old Mutual of Omaha Wild Kingdom show. While Jack Hanna went toe to toe with the wild animals, Marlin Perkins sat in the studio watching and hoping for the best. Trump is Jack Hanna and the recuser is Marlin Perkins.


105 posted on 08/06/2017 4:10:45 PM PDT by Mase (Save me from the people who would save me from myself!)
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To: Lockbox

IMHO, the Deep Staters are worried that Jeff SESSIONS WILL NAME A SPECIAL PROSECUTOR TO INVESTIGATE THE CLINTON/LYNCH COLLUSION 7 RUSSIAN CONNECTION AND THE WASSERMAN-SCHULTZ FOREIGN ESPIONAGE BUSINESS. This statement that Mueller’s investigation is limited is a FALSEHOOD TO MAKE SESSIONS MORE COMFORTABLE/CALM WITH MUELLER’S ACTIVITIES.


106 posted on 08/06/2017 4:18:48 PM PDT by House Atreides (Send BOTH Hillary & Bill to prison.)
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To: House Atreides

He’s in a coma.


107 posted on 08/06/2017 4:20:07 PM PDT by Ray76 (The Republican party must die.)
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To: House Atreides

Sessions had better name a special prosecutor... it’s way past just investigating this thing... put some worry into obama, hillary and bill, lynch and the rest of that ugly bunch.. let them know their incessant investigating of Trump is the reason they were not put to rest or let off the hook! They had some gall to keep pressing when they KNEW there were crimes on their side... they figure we never do anything so they were safe? or they figure they could outsmart this side? or they don’t care about hillary or obama?

We HAVE to start playing like we want to win this country back to its greatness!! Get em’!


108 posted on 08/06/2017 4:25:11 PM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: Lockbox

By Rosenstein’s logic, any expansion of the investigation beyond Russian collusion would require acting AG permission — BUT, if that expansion goes beyond Russian collusion, then it would require AG Sessions’ approval as it would go beyond Sessions’ recusal on Russian/campaign related matters, including so-called “obstruction” charges.

I’m seeing this as result of pressure by POTUS.


109 posted on 08/06/2017 4:25:52 PM PDT by nicollo (I said no!)
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To: Ray76
The Russia Narrative was losing steam and they needed to create an ongoing aura of wrongdoing. Comey could not appoint a special council, Rosenstein could. Getting Comey fired would feed the “obstruction” sub-narrative of the Russia Narrative and would create the optics needed to bull through the appointment of a special council.

But first the head guy had to move out of the way... Would have been pretty messy if Sessions was the one appointing a special prosecutor to investigate Trump...

As we seem to all understand, this is an illegal investigation since there was no crime committed...Sessions is still the boss (on paper anyway)...He could have stopped this special prosecutor in his tracks...And instead gone after Comey for leaking classified inforation to the press...But he didn't...

110 posted on 08/06/2017 4:31:44 PM PDT by Iscool
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To: MarMema

The miniseries House of Cards wasn’t as bad as reality. WDC is a corruption cesspool that overflows daily.


111 posted on 08/06/2017 4:34:01 PM PDT by hal ogen (First Amendment or Reeducation camp?)
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To: Iscool

Sessions could point out the problems with Rosenstein’s authorization. He won’t.

I had high hopes for him and he may be a good man, but he’s not the man for this job. I wish him well but he’s gotta go.


112 posted on 08/06/2017 4:39:21 PM PDT by Ray76 (The Republican party must die.)
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To: Ray76

After months of leaks he comes up with a policy review? Ya gotta be kiddin.


113 posted on 08/06/2017 4:42:01 PM PDT by Ray76 (The Republican party must die.)
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To: Steely Tom

I have read after Rosenstein made this comment today that it is too late. The actual piece of paper he signed was overly broad and allows Mueller almost unlimited scope. Rosenstein made a mistake.


114 posted on 08/06/2017 4:53:31 PM PDT by Dave W
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To: Alberta's Child

Don’t be naïve.


115 posted on 08/06/2017 4:55:11 PM PDT by Dave W
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To: Lockbox

The Special Counsel is already existing contrary to law. There is no crime being investigated. The law for the creation of a SC requires that there be a crime to investigate. An allegation is not a crime nor is it evidence of a crime and is insufficient.


116 posted on 08/06/2017 5:07:52 PM PDT by arthurus
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To: Lockbox

“”If he finds evidence of a crime that is within the scope of what Director Mueller and I have agreed is the appropriate scope of this investigation””

That certainly leaves a lot of wiggle room, doesn’t it?


117 posted on 08/06/2017 5:26:48 PM PDT by Thank You Rush
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To: Paladin2
If one is conducting a counterintelligence probe, why would one hire a bunch of fat cat Democrat lawyers instead of some former FBI or military counter-intelligence types?

To ask the question is to answer it.

Suppose for 20 seconds that Donald Trump was colluding with Vlad the Invader during the 2016 campaign. While I would consider that a legitimate matter for impeachment, I have yet to hear anyone explain just what provisions of the U.S. Code would have been violated.

118 posted on 08/06/2017 5:36:22 PM PDT by Lysandru
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To: Dave W
Don't believe everything you read or hear in the media.

Don't you find it pathetic that I still have to remind people of this right here on FreeRepublic even in August of 2017?

119 posted on 08/06/2017 5:52:44 PM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I was elected to represent the citizens of Pittsburgh, not Paris." -- President Trump, 6/1/2017)
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To: Lockbox

“Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation of Russia’s role in the 2016 campaign and President Donald Trump’s campaign’s potential ties to Russia was “not a fishing expedition.” “

Why no, it’s just a rectal exam of Trump and anyone around him to see if he did anything wrong without the slightest objective allegation that any crime of any kind has ever occurred. Who could ever call THAT a fishing expedition?

In other news the FBI will be investigating a bank robbery in a town where there isn’t the slightest proof that a bank robbery ever occurred.


120 posted on 08/06/2017 6:05:35 PM PDT by DesertRhino (Dog is man's best friend, and moslems hate dogs. Add that up.)
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