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| POTUS allies on the offensive against Mueller and Deep State attacks |
| 2017-06-17 |
| [The Hill] President Trump’s legal team and political allies have launched a preemptive strike against special counsel Robert Mueller. Trump’s backers are furious about a story that appeared Wednesday in The Washington Post, in which five anonymous sources alleged that the president is the target of an obstruction of justice investigation for allegedly trying to bury an FBI probe into his former national security adviser, Michael Flynn. The timing of that story, which was published on Trump’s birthday and a week after the White House believed the president had moved beyond allegations of collusion with Russia in the presidential election, was viewed by Trump’s allies as evidence that the story was planted by law enforcement officials to ensure a shadow of suspicion would remain. It is unclear whether the Post story was leaked by the special counsel, the FBI, former FBI Director James Comey and his allies, or witnesses that have been contacted by those law enforcement agencies as part of the investigation. Many legal experts suspect the leaks didn’t come from the special counsel or from current or former FBI officials, but rather from those who have been reached for questioning as part of the probe -- or their staffers. "The Special Counsel’s Office has undertaken stringent controls to prohibit unauthorized disclosures that deal severely with any member who engages in this conduct," Mueller spokesman Peter Carr told The Hill. That hasn’t been enough to stop a barrage of attacks against the special counsel and Mueller, the lead investigator, who otherwise enjoys the confidence of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #7 Well, he's not the real POTUS, Besoeker - he stole the elections from the real POTUS: ask anybody in DC. |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-06-17 18:10 |
| #6 How can there possibly be "obstruction" when POTUS could have simply directed Comey to terminate the investigation ? |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-06-17 10:42 |
| #5 Wait a minute. How long does it take to investigate Comey's claim that Trump expressed hope that the investigation of General Flynn could be wrapped up soon? What other evidence besides Comey's memo could there be? Are they looking inside closets and under beds for something more? Are they interviewing flies on the wall? What do they expect to find? |
| Posted by: Abu Uluque 2017-06-17 10:37 |
| #4 The WAPO and NYT are historical 'Deep State' platforms of disinformation and psychological warfare. In the popular vernacular it's called "Fake News." Unfortunately it's purpose is far worse than simply "Fake." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2017-06-17 07:46 |
| #3 evidence that the story was planted by law enforcement officials to ensure a shadow of suspicion would remain. These people who planted the story are not law enforcement officials. They care little about the law. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2017-06-17 07:39 |
| #2 Too little, too late? |
| Posted by: g(r)omgoru 2017-06-17 02:43 |
| #1 Mueller, the lead investigator, who otherwise enjoys the confidence of lawmakers on both sides of the aisle The same Mueller that has been Comey's pal since way back when? But Brutus is an honorable man. |
| Posted by: SteveS 2017-06-17 02:28 |