Posted on 11/19/2017 7:23:03 PM PST by Coronal
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating whether President Donald Trump sought to obstruct a federal inquiry into connections between his presidential campaign and Russian operatives has now directed the Justice Department to turn over a broad array of documents.
In particular, Mueller's investigators are keen to obtain emails related to the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the earlier decision of Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from the entire matter, according to a source who has not seen the specific request but was told about it.
Issued within the past month, the directive marks the special counsel's first records request to the Justice Department, and it means Mueller is now demanding documents from the department overseeing his investigation.
Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein played key roles in Comey's removal. And Sessions has since faced withering criticism from Trump over his recusal and Rosenstein's subsequent appointment of Mueller.
Mueller's investigators now seek not only communications between Justice Department officials themselves, but also any communications with White House counterparts, the source said. Before this request, investigators asked former senior Justice Department officials for information from their time at the department, ABC News was told.
The latest move suggests the Special Counsel is still actively digging into, among other matters, whether Trump or any other administration official improperly tried to influence an ongoing investigation.
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I believe Mueller is part of the swamp and will be eventually implicated in the Uranium One scandal. He’s doing everything he can to disrupt and block the investigation of his crap while in charge. IMHO.
Understood. But I still say president trump got snookered somehow, as bright as he is, into appointing such a person. And he should definitely end the farce ( and let the swamp critters and opposition mass media scream). Sometimes ya gotta know when to fold em .
Keep the faith - he has been tireless despite all the crap being thrown at him from both sides of the aisle.
Obama, Hillary, Huma, Jarrett, Comey, Holder, Mueller, Rosenstein, McCabe, Lynch, Koskinen, Lerner, Rice, Mills, Pagliano, Power, Clapper, Brennan to name a few. ALL OF THESE INDIVIDUALS BELONG IN FEDERAL PRISON FOR TREASON.
Yes, I agree Tom Fitton or one of his attorneys should be AG!
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