June 15, 20179 yr Looks like it is official now. Special counsel is investigating President Trump for obstruction of justice, new report says | Fox News
June 15, 20179 yr From the article: “The FBI leak of information regarding the President is outrageous, inexcusable and illegal,” Mark Corallo, a spokesman for Trump’s personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, told The Post. The Special Counsel’s office declined to comment. The investigation into obstruction of justice into Trump started days after Comey was let go on May 9, people familiar with the matter told The Post. Mueller’s office has resumed that work and early interviews scheduled to take place with intelligence officials indicate that his team is actively pursuing potential witnesses in and out of the government.
June 15, 20179 yr And away we goooooo......... I agree. The leakers need to go to prison. And this release of information jeopardizes the whole investigation because it would give President Trump cause to fire Mueller and start over.
June 15, 20179 yr I agree. The leakers need to go to prison. And this release of information jeopardizes the whole investigation because it would give President Trump cause to fire Mueller and start over. The cynic in me wonders how often this will happen.
June 15, 20179 yr The cynic in me wonders how often this will happen. Me too. When Comey started leaking documents I knew we would have to move to a special prosecutor. I initially was happy with Mueller but then when Comey testified that a Special Prosecutor was his motivation I immediately knew Mueller was the wrong guy for the investigation. Now we have a leak from Mueller's Office. If I was in charge I would seriously consider firing him at this point.
June 15, 20179 yr Author I agree. The leakers need to go to prison. And this release of information jeopardizes the whole investigation because it would give President Trump cause to fire Mueller and start over. I think it will be about a year or two before we get any kind of answers about any of this.
June 15, 20179 yr I think it will be about a year or two before we get any kind of answers about any of this. I sure hope not. Seems to me a few weeks should be plenty.
June 15, 20179 yr Author I sure hope not. Seems to me a few weeks should be plenty. No way any of this is resolved in a few weeks.
June 15, 20179 yr I wouldn't trust anyone ever associated with DC at this point to be the special prosecutor. Interestingly enough is the first four investigators hired by Mueller are Dems. Yeah, this will be impartial. :ohbrother:
June 15, 20179 yr I wouldn't trust anyone ever associated with DC at this point to be the special prosecutor. Interestingly enough is the first four investigators hired by Mueller are Dems. Yeah, this will be impartial. :ohbrother: And according to one news report I heard one defended HRC and another one defended another prominent Democrat.
June 15, 20179 yr And according to one news report I heard one defended HRC and another one defended another prominent Democrat. You can't make this stuff up.
June 15, 20179 yr And according to one news report I heard one defended HRC and another one defended another prominent Democrat. Special counsel team members donated to Dems, FEC records show - CNNPolitics.com Three of the five lawyers have donations in FEC records. They gave overwhelmingly to Democrats, totaling more than $53,000 since 1988. More than half of the donations came from just one of the lawyers, James Quarles, whom Mueller brought over from his old firm, WilmerHale. Quarles has given nearly $33,000 to political campaigns over the years. He gave money to Democratic presidential candidates Michael Dukakis, Al Gore, John Kerry, Barack Obama and Hillary Clinton. In addition, Quarles gave more than $10,000 to help Democrats get elected to the House and another $10,000 on the Senate side, including money to Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer. But Quarles is also the only lawyer among Mueller's team for which records were available who ever donated to Republicans. He gave $2,500 to Utah Rep. Jason Chaffetz in 2015 and gave $250 to then-Sen. George Allen of Virginia in 2005. Only about 30% of the donations were for elections in 2016. But Quarles and Jeannie Rhee, who also left WilmerHale to work on the Russia probe, gave the maximum contribution of $2,700 to Clinton's campaign last year. Rhee was the second-largest donor among Mueller's known team. Rhee has donated more than $16,000 since 2008, all to Democrats. She maxed out to the Clinton campaign in 2016 and 2015, totaling $5,400. She also gave a total of $7,300 to Obama's two presidential campaigns. She has already received attention for representing the Clinton Foundation in a racketeering lawsuit brought by a conservative advocacy group, and also represented Clinton herself in a lawsuit seeking access to her private emails. Mueller, who was appointed to be FBI director by Republican President George W. Bush, also hired Andrew Weissmann to join his team. Weissmann, who led the Enron investigation, previously gave $2,300 to Obama's first presidential campaign in 2008 and $2,000 to the Democratic National Committee in 2006, the same year Democrats won control of Congress.
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