Posted on 06/04/2019 9:41:48 AM PDT by Red Badger
Former Trump lawyer John Dowd predicted multiple instances of special counsel Robert Mueller misleading the public in his report will be revealed.
During an interview on Fox News, Dowd said he was glad a federal judge released the transcript of a voicemail he left for retired Lt. Gen. Michael Flynn's lawyer Rob Kelner shortly after he agreed to cooperate with Mueller.
"We now know the truth," he told host Sean Hannity.
Mueller referenced parts of the Nov. 22, 2017, voicemail in his final report about how Dowd asked for a "heads up" if Flynn knew information that "implicates" Trump after Flynn dropped from a joint defense agreement with the president.
Defenders of the president, including Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., have highlighted how parts of the transcript were left out, including Dowd saying his request was "not only for the president, but for the country," he was not asking for confidential information, and he did not appear to be certain that Flynn had decided to cooperate with Mueller's team.
"We also know this entire report by Mueller is a fraud. And we're going to find more of these things," Dowd said. He resigned as Trump's lead counsel for the Mueller investigation in March 2018.
Mueller completed his 22-month investigation into Russia interference in the 2016 election in March after roughly 2,800 subpoenas, 500 search warrants, and 500 witness interviews. His report, released by the Justice Department with redactions in April, shows Mueller's team was unable to find criminal conspiracy between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin.
"Isn't it ironic that this man who kept indicting and prosecuting people for process crimes committed a false statement in his own report?" Dowd said. "By taking out half my words," he added that they changed the "tenor and the contents" of his conversation with Flynn's lawyer.
"It's an outrage. And there's probably more of it," he said.
Mueller also declined to make a determination on whether the president attempted to obstruct justice. But Mueller laid out 10 areas of possible obstruction in his report, including some related to Flynn, which Democrats argue gives them a road map to continue to investigate and possibly seek impeachment. Attorney General William Barr said he and former Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein determined there was not sufficient evidence to establish a crime had occurred.
Defenders of the president, including Rep. Devin Nunes, R-Calif., have highlighted how parts of the transcript were left out, including Dowd saying his request was "not only for the president, but for the country," he was not asking for confidential information, and he did not appear to be certain that Flynn had decided to cooperate with Mueller's team.
Sounds like typical Rat tactics from Mueller.
Shirley this comes with a free BOOM?
I hear ya, but this is not quite the overblown BS many of these other stories are.
There was a pretty good video about one aspect of the Mueller report that's problematic: Dershowitz reacts to new details casting doubt on Mueller report.
It was on Hannity, but both John Dowd and Alan Dershowitz say quite a lot. Dershowitz is pretty emphatic about the seriousness of Mueller's unacceptable conduct as a prosecutor, and John Dowd does say that more things like this will come out.
You can just fast forward past the Hannity parts, and he does here do a bit better than usual at giving his guests a chance to talk.
Knee jerk overreaction. This has been pretty well documented.
I’m hard pressed to see how asking someone’s lawyer for information is obstruction.
They got Flynn to say he thought this phone call was an attempt to interfere with his cooperation? Can’t see how.
If a tree falls in the woods and no one is around, does it make noise?
The media will not report the truth about Mueller and so the truth will never be heard by the majority of the people. Even if a few liberals hear it, their Trump dillusion syndrome will keep them for processing and believing reality.
Mueller’s biggest lie was the there was no evidence of collusion! He gave details on the Trump Tower meeting between the lady Russian lawyer and Trump Jr. But he left out the part where:
(1) the lady Russian lawyer needed State Department approval to even be in the U.S. Who approved?
(2) The CEO of Fusion GPS met with this lady lawyer the day before the meeting, the day of the meeting, and the day after the meeting.
(3) The FBI had Trump Tower bugged using a specious FISA warrant.
Surely, there is collusion, with a Russian, no less, somewhere in that narrative!! Since the FBI was involved, it also points to entrapment.
Look, Lucy's holding the football again.
Oh ye of little faith.................
But no consequences for Mueller
Not yet and not for this...................
But no consequences for Mueller?
Republicans don’t have a good track record of bringing criminal democrats to justice.
There will be consequences, but not for his role as SC..................
These are not your average RINO-Republicans...............
These are not your average RINO-Republicans...............
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