White House and Justice Dept. Officials Discussed Mueller Report Before Release
Source: New York Times
WASHINGTON Robert S. Mueller IIIs findings will be public on Thursday, but some of them will not be news to President Trump.
Justice Department officials have had numerous conversations with White House lawyers about the conclusions made by Mr. Mueller, the special counsel, in recent days, according to people with knowledge of the discussions. The talks have aided the presidents legal team as it prepares a rebuttal to the report and strategizes for the coming public war over its findings.
A sense of paranoia is taking hold among some of Mr. Trumps aides, some of whom fear his backlash more than the findings themselves, the people said. The report might make clear which of Mr. Trumps current and former advisers spoke to the special counsel, how much they said and how much damage they did to the president providing a kind of road map for retaliation.
The discussions between Justice Department officials and White House lawyers have also added to questions about the propriety of the decisions by Attorney General William P. Barr since he received Mr. Muellers findings late last month.
Read more: https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/17/us/politics/trump-mueller-report.html
Seems legit.
MelissaB
(16,420 posts)Link to tweet
True Blue American
(17,984 posts)jayfish
(10,039 posts)Republicans were incensed about Bill Clinton talking to Loretta Lynch?
cstanleytech
(26,281 posts)One didn't matter the other one does.
2naSalit
(86,536 posts)It's what explains idiot's change of attitude from before he heard what was in it to how he's been acting ever since. Like a cornered rat.
riversedge
(70,186 posts)ancianita
(36,023 posts)Huddling like the crooks they are. To rebut something the public hasn't had time to read and digest.
All official rebuttals in media should be withheld from media until the public has access to the full report.
watoos
(7,142 posts)that he is investigating the Mueller investigation for "spying" on Trump.
Trump announced that there are going to be some big things coming out of Barr's press conference.
Still think that impeachment is a bridge too far?
robbob
(3,527 posts)How does/could tRump know whats coming out at Barrs conference? They are so transparent its ridiculous. And dump is too fucking stupid to know when to keep his mouth shut...
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And his brain dead followers are to willfully blind to even ask themselves these obvious questions.
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)at request of trumps defense team.
forgotmylogin
(7,527 posts)Yeah, I know.
Marcuse
(7,479 posts)Corgigal
(9,291 posts)Anyone know who's on the schedule tomorrow?