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orangecrush

(19,236 posts)
Tue May 1, 2018, 06:13 PM May 2018

Mueller's former assistant says grammatical errors prove leaked questions came from Trump

Michael Zeldin, a CNN legal analyst and former assistant to Robert Mueller, said Tuesday he believes President Trump leaked the list of nearly 50 questions the special counsel allegedly wants to ask Trump.

"I think these are notes taken by the recipients of a conversation with Mueller's office where he outlined broad topics and these guys wrote down questions that they thought these topics may raise," Zeldin said on CNN's "New Day."

"Because of the way these questions are written ... lawyers wouldn't write questions this way, in my estimation. Some of the grammar is not even proper," he continued. "So, I don't see this as a list of written questions that Mueller's office gave to the president. I think these are more notes that the White House has taken and then they have expanded upon the conversation to write out these as questions."

https://www.google.com/amp/thehill.com/homenews/news/385602-muellers-former-assistant-says-grammatical-errors-prove-leaked-questions-came%3famp

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Mueller's former assistant says grammatical errors prove leaked questions came from Trump (Original Post) orangecrush May 2018 OP
Nothing any rumper or rump or rump atty says is ever true, ever. Eliot Rosewater May 2018 #1
Good point! orangecrush May 2018 #6
The LIES just keep on rolling along. democratisphere May 2018 #2
Criminal enterprise orangecrush May 2018 #7
Some guests on Air Member just said that BigmanPigman May 2018 #3
Many possible reasons orangecrush May 2018 #8
That just doesn't ring true for me RandomAccess May 2018 #4
Mueller's office has said nothing orangecrush May 2018 #10
That's hilarious! procon May 2018 #5
... orangecrush May 2018 #9
All the proof I need randr May 2018 #11
as soon as I read "grammatical errors" orangecrush May 2018 #12
That's some nice shade-throwing right there... nt RockRaven May 2018 #13
Oh ffs - this headline is supposed to be Borowitz. nt Lucky Luciano May 2018 #14
No. Not. Pay attention. . . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2018 #15
I'm paying attention. I just can't believe this is not satire. Lucky Luciano May 2018 #16
The White House, not Trump kst May 2018 #17
Haaaaaaa ha ha ha ha ha ha ha Haaaaaaa nt Ilsa May 2018 #18
I heard this this morning driving in to do errands rurallib May 2018 #19
It would be a give away if the questions used the word "business" 14 times in a row AdamGG May 2018 #20
Again, genetically incapable of following the law - raven mad May 2018 #21
Great meme! orangecrush May 2018 #22
It's always been one of my faves! raven mad May 2018 #23

Eliot Rosewater

(31,097 posts)
1. Nothing any rumper or rump or rump atty says is ever true, ever.
Tue May 1, 2018, 06:18 PM
May 2018

If they say these came from Mueller, they didnt.

orangecrush

(19,236 posts)
6. Good point!
Tue May 1, 2018, 06:24 PM
May 2018

Mueller is saying nothing.

And the clown car just keeps spinning it's wheels and sinking deeper.

BigmanPigman

(51,432 posts)
3. Some guests on Air Member just said that
Tue May 1, 2018, 06:19 PM
May 2018

The moron's legal team probably wrote down the questions when discussing them with Mueller and that they leaked them . The reason for doing it is anyone's guess.

procon

(15,805 posts)
5. That's hilarious!
Tue May 1, 2018, 06:21 PM
May 2018

Trump's WH is so incompetent they can't even write a correct sentence or put a english major on staff to do the work for them. It reminds me of the school kid who tried to write his own absentee excuse and then signed it with, "Mom".

kst

(69 posts)
17. The White House, not Trump
Tue May 1, 2018, 08:08 PM
May 2018

The Hill article says that Michael Zeldin believes President Trump leaked the list, but that's not supported by the quotes.

“I think these are notes taken by the recipients of a conversation with Mueller’s office where he outlined broad topics and these guys wrote down questions that they thought these topics may raise,” Zeldin said on CNN's "New Day."

“Because of the way these questions are written ... lawyers wouldn’t write questions this way, in my estimation. Some of the grammar is not even proper," he continued. "So, I don’t see this as a list of written questions that Mueller’s office gave to the president. I think these are more notes that the White House has taken and then they have expanded upon the conversation to write out these as questions.”


It doesn't seem likely that Trump personally leaked the questions, but apparently somebody in the White House did so, probably without Trump's knowledge. (In a normal administration, "The White House" is nearly synonymous with "The President". This is not a normal administration.)

Also, Trump's tweet says it's "disgraceful" that the questions were leaked, but he doesn't say anything about who leaked them. His disgust could be directed to the leaker within his own White House.

rurallib

(62,346 posts)
19. I heard this this morning driving in to do errands
Tue May 1, 2018, 08:31 PM
May 2018

think it was Charlie Pierce on the Stephanie Miller show.
Damn near had an accident I was laughing so hard.

Pierce also said that most likely it was Ghoulie who released the questions.

AdamGG

(1,275 posts)
20. It would be a give away if the questions used the word "business" 14 times in a row
Tue May 1, 2018, 08:51 PM
May 2018

Imagine how incoherent the questions would be if Trump was the one who transcribed them.

raven mad

(4,940 posts)
21. Again, genetically incapable of following the law -
Wed May 2, 2018, 02:36 AM
May 2018

or telling the truth. OR of anything except cheating. OR of decent behavior, morals or ethics.





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