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JonLP24

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Fri Aug 31, 2018, 12:08 AM Aug 2018

Chuck Todd Says Mueller May Drop Something Big: 'I Wouldn't Miss Work Tomorrow' [View all]

MSNBC host hints that President Trump may get some bad news just before the Labor Day weekend begins.
By Ed Mazza
08/30/2018 11:13 PM ET

MSNBC’s Chuck Todd thinks all signs point to special counsel Robert Mueller making major moves on Friday.

President Donald Trump on Thursday called the inquiry into Russian meddling “an illegal investigation.”

“This is the president feeling like there’s a lot happening around him, the walls may be closing in on him, and I think he’s lashing out,” said Bloomberg’s Sahil Kapur on MSNBC’s “MTP Daily.”

Republican strategist Brad Todd, however, said Mueller has a “responsibility” to know when “he’s gone past the time limit of when he has credibility with the public.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b889a67e4b0162f47214f13/amp (Huff Post)
I didn't want to do 2 threads so posting 2 stories in one.

Team Trump Is Prepping a Robert Mueller ‘Counter-Report’
LACHLAN MARKAY, ASAWIN SUEBSAENG
08.30.18 3:50 PM ET

President Donald Trump’s legal team is crafting a “counter-report” that will seek to delegitimize Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election meddling and present countervailing arguments.

Trump’s personal attorney, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, told The Daily Beast in an interview on Thursday that part of his report would examine whether the “initiation of the investigation was… legitimate or not.”

According to Giuliani, the bulk of the report will be divided into two sections. One section will seek to question the legitimacy of the Mueller probe generally by alleging “possible conflicts” of interest by federal law enforcement authorities. The other section will respond to more substantive allegations of Trump campaign collusion with Russian government agents to sway the 2016 election, and obstruction of justice allegations stemming from, among other things, the president’s firing of former FBI director James Comey.

Though this latter section will focus on the meat of Mueller’s investigation, Giuliani acknowledged that he doesn’t actually know what Mueller’s findings will look like, making the act of putting a counter-report together a bit more challenging.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.thedailybeast.com/rudy-giuliani-is-putting-together-a-counter-report-to-question-robert-muellers-legitimacy
(The Daily Beast)

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