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Poor Donald, Tillerson called him a "fucking moron" and Kelly said he was "an idiot", everybody but the suckers call him a stupid asshole.
Mueller Has Dozens of Inquiries for Trump in Broad Quest on Russia Ties and Obstruction
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/us/politics/robert-mueller-questions-trump.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-ab-top-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia’s election interference, has at least four dozen questions on an exhaustive array of subjects he wants to ask President Trump to learn more about his ties to Russia and determine whether he obstructed the inquiry itself, according to a list of the questions obtained by The New York Times.
The open-ended queries appear to be an attempt to penetrate the president’s thinking, to get at the motivation behind some of his most combative Twitter posts and to examine his relationships with his family and his closest advisers. They deal chiefly with the president’s high-profile firings of the F.B.I. director and his first national security adviser, his treatment of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and a 2016 Trump Tower meeting between campaign officials and Russians offering dirt on Hillary Clinton.
But they also touch on the president’s businesses; any discussions with his longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, about a Moscow real estate deal; whether the president knew of any attempt by Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to set up a back channel to Russia during the transition; any contacts he had with Roger J. Stone Jr., a longtime adviser who claimed to have inside information about Democratic email hackings; and what happened during Mr. Trump’s 2013 trip to Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant.
The questions provide the most detailed look yet inside Mr. Mueller’s investigation, which has been shrouded in secrecy since he was appointed nearly a year ago. The majority relate to possible obstruction of justice, demonstrating how an investigation into Russia’s election meddling grew to include an examination of the president’s conduct in office. Among them are queries on any discussions Mr. Trump had about his attempts to fire Mr. Mueller himself and what the president knew about possible pardon offers to Mr. Flynn.
“What efforts were made to reach out to Mr. Flynn about seeking immunity or possible pardon?” Mr. Mueller planned to ask, according to questions read by the special counsel investigators to the president’s lawyers, who compiled them into a list. That document was provided to The Times by a person outside Mr. Trump’s legal team.
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These are the questions Nunes and the house intelligence committee forgot to ask.meh, nothingburger
that's because nunes wants to hang right next to his lord and savior, cheeto jesus...These are the questions Nunes and the house intelligence committee forgot to ask.
Uh,These are the questions Nunes and the house intelligence committee forgot to ask.
There are only two people who could have leaked these questions. It wasn't anyone on muehlers team because these aren't their questions. These are interpretations taken by someone listening to muehler's team describing the information they would be seeking. There are multiple grammar errors, and these weren't written by a prosecutor or defense lawyer.Mueller Has Dozens of Inquiries for Trump in Broad Quest on Russia Ties and Obstruction
https://www.nytimes.com/2018/04/30/us/politics/robert-mueller-questions-trump.html?hp&action=click&pgtype=Homepage&clickSource=story-heading&module=span-ab-top-region®ion=top-news&WT.nav=top-news
WASHINGTON — Robert S. Mueller III, the special counsel investigating Russia’s election interference, has at least four dozen questions on an exhaustive array of subjects he wants to ask President Trump to learn more about his ties to Russia and determine whether he obstructed the inquiry itself, according to a list of the questions obtained by The New York Times.
The open-ended queries appear to be an attempt to penetrate the president’s thinking, to get at the motivation behind some of his most combative Twitter posts and to examine his relationships with his family and his closest advisers. They deal chiefly with the president’s high-profile firings of the F.B.I. director and his first national security adviser, his treatment of Attorney General Jeff Sessions and a 2016 Trump Tower meeting between campaign officials and Russians offering dirt on Hillary Clinton.
But they also touch on the president’s businesses; any discussions with his longtime personal lawyer, Michael D. Cohen, about a Moscow real estate deal; whether the president knew of any attempt by Mr. Trump’s son-in-law, Jared Kushner, to set up a back channel to Russia during the transition; any contacts he had with Roger J. Stone Jr., a longtime adviser who claimed to have inside information about Democratic email hackings; and what happened during Mr. Trump’s 2013 trip to Moscow for the Miss Universe pageant.
The questions provide the most detailed look yet inside Mr. Mueller’s investigation, which has been shrouded in secrecy since he was appointed nearly a year ago. The majority relate to possible obstruction of justice, demonstrating how an investigation into Russia’s election meddling grew to include an examination of the president’s conduct in office. Among them are queries on any discussions Mr. Trump had about his attempts to fire Mr. Mueller himself and what the president knew about possible pardon offers to Mr. Flynn.
“What efforts were made to reach out to Mr. Flynn about seeking immunity or possible pardon?” Mr. Mueller planned to ask, according to questions read by the special counsel investigators to the president’s lawyers, who compiled them into a list. That document was provided to The Times by a person outside Mr. Trump’s legal team.
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I can't imagine Trump being able to sit for Mueller's questions, I figure they shouldn't fuck around too long, but should go to the grand jury with the 50 plus questions. Trump is fucked if he doesn't plead the 5th and if he does, he disqualifies himself from the office of POTUS. Donald will flip out and fire everybody insight before he sits for these questions and they are just the tip of the iceberg, there will be lots more when they start in on him!
If he ends up sitting for an interview, I would suggest he sit on a toilet, cause he's gonna shit enough bricks to build a house before Mueller is done dancing with him. When they are done charging the counts of perjury, the judge will have to give him a guinness world record to go along with the record sentence.
A good topic for a pool: How many minutes will Donald last before he storms out of the special counsel's interview in a rage! I can hear Donald whining now, "It's so unfair, they know I can't tell the truth even if my life depended on it"! Donald has a disability, he's truthfully challenged and has issues with trust and integrity...
A sign of deep anxiety and desperation, Donald thinks he's being clever, but he's really out of his depth and in way over his head, the Marianas Trench lurks beneath him. All of Trump's tricks have either fallen flat or backfired, these are nothing more than his old habits on display. When the time comes Mueller is gonna jerk this guy's chain so hard his head will pop off and land in the Potomac.There are only two people who could have leaked these questions. It wasn't anyone on muehlers team because these aren't their questions. These are interpretations taken by someone listening to muehler's team describing the information they would be seeking. There are multiple grammar errors, and these weren't written by a prosecutor or defense lawyer.
So that leaves Trump and Guiliani (kelley is out of the loop, and probably wasn't shown the notes). These came directly from the top. Guiliani doesn't have the spine to leak these. It was likely Trump himself.
He does this shit all the time, telling reporters they can only quote a wh official or in this case, who it wasn't. It wasn't anyone on his legal team (guiliani isn't technically on his team, just an advisor). He will then spin around and yell fake news at the story he, himself, sourced.
It's all a part of the poor, poor, me story he s spinning. Everyone is out to get me. It's a witch hunt. Blah, blah, blah.
Muller will have no problem martyring the fucker if he sticks his neck out far enough the sword of justice will swing. Nunes has a lot of enemies in the DOJ and FBI, no democratic politician will need to motivate them either, Devin had better be as clean as a cat's asshole cause someone will be checking.that's because nunes wants to hang right next to his lord and savior, cheeto jesus...
My turn to be facetious, guess I should have used quotes around "forgot".Uh,
forgot?
He wouldn't have to do that right away. He would be in charge of the investigation (role goes to AG unless they recuse themselves).Why is Scott Pruitt still in the cabinet? The fact that Trump is keeping him around speaks to his intentions, Scott is morally and ethically retarded, the kind of guy who will do Trump's bidding as AG in the DOJ. I would expect Pruitt's first move will be to fire Rosenstein.
The clock is ticking to election day and Scottie boy in the DOJ would cause mass resignations and a very long hot summer indeed. Any charges will have to go before a judge, and a jury and free legal help will step forward too. Pruitt may yet be charged himself for corruption and I'm sure there's enough evidence to indict him. The FBI and DOJ are not a bunch of innocent scientists, but lawyers and real pricks in their own right, they know all the dirty tricks and Pruitt might find good help hard to find. Pruitt would be pretty stupid if he didn't realise that within a year he could be put away for the rest of his life, fucking with the FBI and DOJ are not the same thing at all as screwing with the EPA.He wouldn't have to do that right away. He would be in charge of the investigation (role goes to AG unless they recuse themselves).
His first move would be to derail and effectively shut down the investigation without firing anybody. His second move would be to take full and complete control of DoJ, by appointing toadies into leadership posts under him. He can demote rosenstein without firing him.
Third, he would order a true and ugly witch hunt. An investigation so partisan and tainted that it will indict the muehler probe and all connected to it. Their goal is not just to "stop" muehler, but to destroy him and any credibility he and the investigation have. They would also purge the DoJ of anyone who won't swear fidelity to his orange skid mark and prosecute anyone who took part in the muehler probe, from rosenstein all the way down to clerks and aides.
Lastly, it will be the political enemies turn. Media, politicians (especially those rising stars that can take national office and the presidency), corporate leaders who oppose them, even the non republicans on SCOTUS could be investigated and charged. And of course Hillary.
Oh, and the FBI's counter-intelligence division? One the most successful deterrents to espionage and foreign criminal activity in the us? Gone. Dismantled. Thrown away. Secrets given out to any country who is willing to pay the trump family for them.
Sounds like a crazy conspiratorial rant, but it really isn't that different from what pruitt did, and is still doing, at the epa. He conducted a massive purge at the agency. Shut down the science division. Shut down investigations into polluters who were contributors or friends of scott. They have initiated investigations against companies who trump has an axe to grind against.
Sames games, just a less noticed playing field.
The only flaw in this logic is trump either doesn't care about the congress or he doesn't believe he will lose it no matter what he does. So he sees no reason not to gut the doj, at least wrt the congress.Yep, I really do think it will be that bad if Donald is POTUS in november and they've fucked over the DOJ and FBI with the republicans sitting on their hands or doing too little too late. They might be shocked at where they lose
Things are changing fast these days as the pace of events quickens, I think facebook and youtube will be keeping a close eye on things this time around. Lots of people will be keeping an eye on this election without being ordered to. Donald's recent firing spree was mostly cover for the firings he was gonna do at the DOJ until Cohen was raided and he was warned off. I still think Mitch McConnell wants to dispose of Donald ASAP after primary season which is why he refused to protect Mueller. Jeff Sessions is making a giant roadblock for such a little prick and is uniquely positioned with the base and senate to make Donald fearful about removing him. I find it hard to believe that Jeff never cut a deal to save his own skin from perjury charges. When it comes to the special counsel's investigation and Rosenstein at least, Jeff will go all out, everything else including insults from Trump he will let slide.The only flaw in this logic is trump either doesn't care about the congress or he doesn't believe he will lose it no matter what he does. So he sees no reason not to gut the doj, at least wrt the congress.
Don't forget, the russians haven't gone anywhere. We haven't bulked up on defenses against voter manipulation or even actual vote tampering. The dark money pools are overflowing. The conservative media isn't gone. Fake news is alive and well. Facebook and twitter haven't changed a thing.
There are tails aplenty to wag the dog. Trump has already decided to pull all troops out of south korea, driving kelley and the joint chiefs crazy. That will give jung EVERYTHING he wants without having to give up a thing. It will look like a yuuuge success, but in reality it will greatly weaken us in the region and almost guarantee another outbreak of war between the koreas. It is one of putins goals to drive us out of asia and europe. He gets a big piece of it with this one stunt.
The elections are still 6 months away. I'm not at all convinced the wave won't crest too early and be nothing but foam when it hits the shore.