Mueller probing Trump's attacks on attorney general -Washington Post

 

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions reacts to questions from U.S. Senator Ron Wyden (D-OR) as he testifies before a Senate Intelligence Committee hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, U.S., June 13, 2017. REUTERS/Jonathan Ernst

 

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The special counsel in the Russia probe is investigating a period of time last summer when President Donald Trump seemed determined to push Attorney General Jeff Sessions to resign, the Washington Post reported on Wednesday.

 

Special Counsel Robert Mueller is looking into whether Trump's apparent effort to drive Sessions from his job was part of a pattern of attempted obstruction of justice, the Post said, citing people familiar with the matter.

 

Mueller's team, which is investigating alleged Russian meddling in the 2016 U.S. presidential election, has questioned witnesses about Trump's private comments in late July and early August, around the time he issued a series of tweets belittling Sessions, according to the Post.

 

Mueller is seeking to determine whether Trump's goal was to oust Sessions in order to pick a replacement who would exercise control over the investigation into possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign during the 2016 election, the Post said.

 

Russia has denied meddling in the campaign and Trump has denied any collusion took place.

 

The White House and the Justice Department did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the Post story.

 

Trump and Sessions have had a rocky relationship since Sessions recused himself a year ago from the Justice Department's Russia probe. The recusal paved the way for the appointment of Mueller, who has indicted several former Trump campaign aides and advisers.

 

On Wednesday, Trump skewered Sessions about his decision to order the Justice Department's inspector general to investigate allegations that the Federal Bureau of Investigation improperly obtained a warrant to conduct surveillance on a former Trump campaign adviser.

 

Trump said in a tweet that Session's decision not to use prosecutors to investigate the matter was "DISGRACEFUL."

 

Sessions, an early supporter of Trump's 2016 presidential campaign, responded with a terse statement in which he pledged "to discharge my duties with integrity and honour."

 

(Reporting by Eric Beech; Editing by Peter Cooney)

 

-- © Copyright Reuters 2018-03-01

He's all over Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III this morning.  Feeling the heat I guess.

 

 

If this is true, then Mueller has completely politicised his investigation.

5 minutes ago, Khun Han said:

If this is true, then Mueller has completely politicised his investigation.

Not so.  Mueller and his team are doing what they're supposed to do:  Investigate everything related to Russia/Trump which may have been criminal.   If you want some precedence, look at what Ken Starr did when investigating Bill Clinton.   

...tho Mueller is more professional than Starr.  Starr would go on national TV and try to aggrandize himself.   Mueller's team isn't leaking, ...not a drop.   Commendable discipline.

 

There is soooooo much dirt on Trump and his cabal, that this investigation could go on for many more months.   Watergate put over 50 people behind bars.   I predict Trump-Russia will put over twice that many in the slammer.   

It's too bad these sorts of investigations, on the Federal level, are so expensive. 

 

Republicans spent tens of millions trying to bust HRC, but couldn't, despite several vindictive attempts. 

 

Now there's tens of millions being spent to try to find how deep and wide Trump's and his buddies' law-breaking spreads.  

 

Thanks Republicans, for compelling taxpayers to spend so much money, ...which could be spent on libraries, or helping people at the bottom rungs of the social ladder.

9 minutes ago, boomerangutang said:

There is soooooo much dirt on Trump and his cabal, that this investigation could go on for many more months.   Watergate put over 50 people behind bars.   I predict Trump-Russia will put over twice that many in the slammer.   

I saw a rumour that 3 Brits will be indicted. It could spill over to the Brexit campaign in the UK. 

30 minutes ago, boomerangutang said:

Not so.  Mueller and his team are doing what they're supposed to do:  Investigate everything related to Russia/Trump which may have been criminal.   If you want some precedence, look at what Ken Starr did when investigating Bill Clinton.   

...tho Mueller is more professional than Starr.  Starr would go on national TV and try to aggrandize himself.   Mueller's team isn't leaking, ...not a drop.   Commendable discipline.

 

There is soooooo much dirt on Trump and his cabal, that this investigation could go on for many more months.   Watergate put over 50 people behind bars.   I predict Trump-Russia will put over twice that many in the slammer.   

Well, I see you have been watching too much CNN...

If you want to see what is true and what is not, then go here and see for yourself.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-justice-department-mueller-russian-special-counsel-budget/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=press release

 

And here: https://www.facebook.com/JudicialWatch/?hc_ref=ART7njA_I6x_yTCf6VnMWXbV4vJVoiJp9WJSTyZpSVYQAF_n6Tp_i8Zkfj9qeJ-PsrU&fref=nf

 

 

11 minutes ago, doggie1955 said:

Well, I see you have been watching too much CNN...

If you want to see what is true and what is not, then go here and see for yourself.

https://www.judicialwatch.org/press-room/press-releases/judicial-watch-sues-justice-department-mueller-russian-special-counsel-budget/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=press release

 

And here: https://www.facebook.com/JudicialWatch/?hc_ref=ART7njA_I6x_yTCf6VnMWXbV4vJVoiJp9WJSTyZpSVYQAF_n6Tp_i8Zkfj9qeJ-PsrU&fref=nf

 

 

Uh, just a quick Internet search made me not go to these "conservative activist" websites as they're part of the problem, not the solution.

 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judicial_Watch

 

"If you want to see what is true and what is not, then go here and see for yourself."

! How's the weather in Lala land?

2 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

He's all over Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III this morning.  Feeling the heat I guess.

 

 

 

 

Candidate Trump promised 'the best people' for his Cabinet

http://abcnews.go.com/Politics/video/candidate-trump-promised-best-people-cabinet-50183308

 

I guess Trump has taken to referring to Sessions as Mr. Magoo. That seems so unfair to Mr. Magoo.

 

 

Trump refers to Sessions as 'Mr. Magoo': report

 

President Trump refers to Attorney General Jeff Sessions as “Mr. Magoo,” The Washington Post reported Wednesday.

 

Trump has been comparing his top law enforcement official to the bumbling cartoon character, an elderly man who lands in comic situations largely due to his severe near-sightedness.

 

The president has also been complaining to associates that he generally has hired the best lawyers for himself, but that as president he’s forced to use Sessions, who isn’t defending Trump to the best of his ability, according to the Post.

 

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/376167-trump-refers-to-sessions-as-mr-magoo-report

 

Edited March 1, 20188 yr by mtls2005

3 hours ago, Khun Han said:

If this is true, then Mueller has completely politicised his investigation.

How so? The big question you need to ask yourself is why is he upset with Sessions? The obvious answer is because he recused himself from Russia, as any other person in his position should have done. Why does that bother Trump? Because he wanted Sessions to be able to help him kill the investigation. That is textbook obstruction.

3 hours ago, KhaoNiaw said:

I saw a rumour that 3 Brits will be indicted. It could spill over to the Brexit campaign in the UK. 

If this is true, please let Nigel Farage be one of them!

It seems like he wants to shame Session into quitting - he can't fire him as it would look like obstruction - so just insult him until he resigns, then replace him with someone who will fire Mueller and lock Hillary up. Maybe DJTJ, or Eric can be the new AG?

 

 

 

 

5 hours ago, Khun Han said:

If this is true, then Mueller has completely politicised his investigation.

Absolutely not. Mueller is working well within the parameters of the job he was tasked with.

Should I write something on this thread? Nah, probably not

2 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

The president has also been complaining to associates that he generally has hired the best lawyers for himself, but that as president he’s forced to use Sessions, who isn’t defending Trump to the best of his ability, according to the Post.

He still doesn't get it.  The AG isn't his personal lawyer, his job is to defend the constitution of the USA not "old bone spurs"!

6 hours ago, Khun Han said:

If this is true, then Mueller has completely politicised his investigation.

 

The evidence is piling up of Trump's attempts to interfere with, impede and halt Mueller's investigation, up to and including evidence of attempts by Trump to fire the Special Council ... and you kick off with accusing Mueller of 'completely politicising his investigation'. 

 

Well of course you do, otherwise you'd have to deal with the reality of the 19 indictments and 5 guilty pleas the investigation has produced so far (or rather that we know of so far).

 

You do have some of my empathy, what with Manifort is et again being arraigned in court to face more charges... it's getting hard to keep up.

Troll post reported and removed.  

More like a Junior High spat.