Donald Trump Jr.'s Russia email scandal shakes the Presidency, v6: Mueller Probing Trump Business

[Sir Galahad]

Ummm.... there's a burger in that gif idiot.

 

[RetiredWisFighter]

trump nervous about mueller looking into his finances. especially his tax returns.
looking into pardoning, including himself
trumps lawyers trying to undercut muellers investigation
its all here folks

 

[mixmastermo]

***BREAKING***

Trump team seeks to control, block Mueller’s Russia investigation


So....what's the excuse this time? He deliberating getting in the way of a the lawman who replaced the lawman he fired who came before him? What sort of "nothingburger" requires the active hamstringing of two investigators including a specially appointed independent one?

He wants to pardon the nothing burgers, obviously. I've heard they cause bad gas...

Get with the program madmick there's absolutely nothing to this investigation, the media are trying to play us for fools.

Now.. Hillary's emails.. that's a problem. Illegal voting must be investigated by Trump, so we have fair elections (even though he won)

 

[Limbo Pete]

trump nervous about mueller looking into his finances. especially his tax returns.
looking into pardoning, including himself
trumps lawyers trying to undercut muellers investigation
its all here folks

Thicker and thicker
The plot doth grow

 

[Joe]

trump fans are gonna be like by looking into pardons it only makes him more innocent. hes just looking into it so he can know how not to do it.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Remember when people were saying last summer that it was obvious that Trump's team was working with the Russians to undermine Clinton via hacks/theft? And the Trumpers howled about it? Well, we were correct. Now, instead of owning up to being wrong- and you were all wrong, so bite my ass- it's now "doesn't matter unless he's impeached/convicted etc."

It literally went from "it isn't happening" to "it happened but it doesn't matter"

peppridge farm remembers

I'll bet not a single one of them mans up and admits being wrong.

 

[Rational Poster]

Who cares if Trump is guilty? He'll just pardon himself you stupid liberal.

 

[OverCoronavirus Pressure]

Thicker and thicker
The plot doth grow

No, no.
These are things an innocent man's lawyers entertain.

 

[Limbo Pete]

Who cares if Trump is guilty? He'll just pardon himself you stupid liberal.

It would be an incredible precedent if a President tried to pardon themself. Furthermore, think of the insane implications if that was found to be legit somehow lol.
We live in strange times.

 

[Sycho Sid]

Spokesman for Trump's legal team quits after only 2 months

The spokesman for President Donald Trump's legal team has resigned within two months of being on the job, according to people familiar with the matter.

Mark Corallo, the spokesman, had grown frustrated with the operation and the warring factions and lawyers, these people said. Corallo also was concerned about whether he was being told the truth about various matters, one of these people said.

 

[WiolentOne]

Things aren't looking good for Kusher.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/07/20/politics/draft-kushner-visas/index.html

 

[M3t4tr0n]

 

[m52nickerson]

 

[RockstarChris]

a Republican gets elected and all of a sudden Democrats care about following the rules. LOL

 

[FacePunch]

Coincidentally - I just got a new Traeger, and I will be cooking something-burgers.

 

[sickc0d3r]

Seriously, this is getting fucking crazy.

 

[Madmick]

This is this week's thing that's gonna take down Trump?

I don't know. What do you figure Trump thinks?...

trump nervous about mueller looking into his finances. especially his tax returns.
looking into pardoning, including himself
trumps lawyers trying to undercut muellers investigation
its all here folks

 

[Joe]

meanwhile at state run media

Seriously, this is getting fucking crazy.

SS USA is headed towards a constitutional crisisberg

 

[PHATV]

Mueller's law firm gave OVER 99% of their donations to Hillary, it's become an expanding witch hunt, Trump should dismiss the acting attorney general (Rosenstein?) if he won't fire/drop Mueller and find someone who will and move on with his agenda. Fuck 'em. MAGA.

The whole abuse of power (Comey) and leaks to even get Mueller appointed is more worthy of investigation than is Trump.

Total nothing burger. Jettison Mueller and move on.

 

[Madmick]

Mueller's law firm gave OVER 99% of their donations to Hillary, it's become an expanding witch hunt, Trump should dismiss the acting attorney general (Rosenstein?) if he won't fire/drop Mueller and find someone who will and move on with his agenda. Fuck 'em. MAGA.

The whole abuse of power (Comey) and leaks to even get Mueller appointed is more worthy of investigation than is Trump.

Total nothing burger. Jettison Mueller and move on.

Smells like bullshit to me.
CORRECTED: Three members of Mueller's team have donated to Democrats

Three members of special counsel Robert Mueller's team on the Russia probe have donated to Democratic presidential campaigns and organizations, according to Federal Election Commission filings.

Jeannie Rhee, a member of Mueller’s team, donated $5,400 to Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign PAC Hillary for America.
Andrew Weissmann, who serves in a top post within the Justice Department’s fraud practice, is the most senior lawyer on the special counsel team, Bloomberg reported. He served as the FBI’s general counsel and the assistant director to Mueller when the special counsel was FBI director.

Before he worked at the FBI or Justice Department, Weissman worked at the law firm Jenner & Block LLP, during which he donated six times to political action committees for Obama in 2008 for a total of $4,700.

James Quarles, who served as an assistant special prosecutor on the Watergate Special Prosecution Force, has donated to over a dozen Democratic PACs since the late 1980s. He was also identified by the Washington Post as a member of Mueller's team.

Starting in 1987, Quarles donated to Democratic candidate Michael Dukakis’s presidential PAC, Dukakis for President. Since then, he has also contributed in 1999 to Sen. Al Gore’s run for the presidency, then-Sen. John Kerry’s (D-Mass.) presidential bid in 2005, Obama’s presidential PAC in 2008 and 2012, and Clinton’s presidential pac Hillary for America in 2016.

He also donated to two Republicans, Rep. Jason Chaffetz (R-Utah) in 2015 and Sen. George Allen (R-Va.) in 2005.

The political affiliations of Mueller's team have been spotlighted by former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Ga.) an ally of Trump.

After initially hailing Mueller's appointment as special counsel, Gingrich questioned for former FBI director's ability to be impartial on Monday because of "who he is hiring."

Republicans are delusional if they think the special counsel is going to be fair. Look who he is hiring.check fec reports. Time to rethink.
— Newt Gingrich (@newtgingrich) June 12, 2017
Michael R. Dreeben, who serves as the Justice Department’s deputy solicitor general, is working on a part-time basis for Mueller, The Washington Post reported Friday.

The FEC database shows a donation from a Michael W. Dreeben in 2006 of $1,000 dollars to Hillary Clinton’s Senate political action committee (PAC), Friends of Hillary. But a spokesman for the special counsel said this is not the Dreeben working for Mueller, who has a different middle initial. The FEC database identifies the Dreeben who made the contribution as deputy solicitor general in the Justice Department.

Several of the figures on Mueller's team are well known and respected for their work at the Department of Justice.

Dreeben has reportedly received bipartisan praise for his handling of the department’s criminal appellate cases, the Post reported.

Weissmann is well-known for his work in the investigation on Volkswagen cheating on their diesel emissions tests, which they pleaded guilty to earlier this year.

Mueller, who formerly served as FBI director, was first appointed by Republican President George W. Bush in 2001.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed Mueller as special counsel last month.


CORRECTION: This story was updated at 10:03 a.m. to reflect the special counsel spokesman's statement that Dreeben did not give a donation to Clinton.

Which means that probably just as many donated to Republicans (including those above who donated to both, not just Democrats). It's a fine team. It's inevitable that it will be made up of people who have participated in politics. That's the nature of bipartisan/nonpartisan bodies.

Funny that you immediately try to shift the focus to Mueller: a man earlier in life nominated to FBI Director by a Republican President (Bush W.). I haven't noticed Mueller lying about being in rooms with Russians offering hacked dirt in breech of national security.