Roflmao...WhiteHouse considering hiring Mueller as FBI head...Rachel Maddow just said.

[SummerSnow]

Didn't they just pick a guy?

[spanone]

1. that sounds most inappropriate....

would it be before or after he finds trump guilty?

[drray23]

2. no the were considering it before he got picked for counsel.nt.

[marybourg]

6. That's what the past tense is used for. nt

[bresue]

3. Also, why did the Senate not ask Mueller for the memos?

Is he refusing them?

[SaschaHM]

10. I believe he is.

He knows that releasing them to Congress means that Sessions and Trump will see them and adjust their story to them accordingly. He's keeping them close to the vest which means that he trusts their validity and will at some point use them to gauge the truthfulness of the two.

[bresue]

12. Yes...I had heard that originally

but I thought I heard that the memos would be released to Senate after Comey testified?

[bresue]

11. I just love listening to Dan Rather....

He explains events so well...I wish they had him on more often just to explain what is happening....

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

4. Was Trump just flattering Mueller to try to co-opt him?

That's his M.O. But it won't work.

[Stinky The Clown]

5. They were considering him BEFORE they nominated Wray

[blueinredohio]

7. That way Trump can say he wasn't doing a good job

and fire him b/c if he fires him now we all know why

[elleng]

8. More like 'consider(ED,) I think.

[pnwmom]

14. +1. n/t

[bdamomma]

9. Listen just on Rachel

Mueller is going to hire the highest criminal lawyer.

Sorry Du'ers I didn't get his name.

[SummerSnow]

17. Michael Dreeben is his name.

[pnwmom]

13. What I read is that they WERE considering hiring him for that position

when Mueller took the Special Counsel position

[gratuitous]

15. That should inoculate Mueller from the inevitable charges of incompetence

"Mueller's just hopeless. He doesn't know what he's doing."

"Then why were you considering him for the FBI job?"

"Did I tell you about how I won the popular vote, too?"

[pnwmom]

16. He used to be the Director of the FBI -- before Comey.

He retired to go into private practice. So the job of Special Counsel, which should have a much sooner end-date, makes more sense than going back to his old job.

[Thrill]

18. He already had that job. lol