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How Mueller Could Defend the Russia Investigation From Interference

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Via:  dulay  •  6 years ago  •  4 comments

How Mueller Could Defend the Russia Investigation From Interference
The special counsel could find recourse in the courts if the new acting attorney general tries to chip away at his work.

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In a little-noticed hearing this week before the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, attorneys for Special Counsel Robert Mueller laid out how much authority the acting attorney general has over the Russia investigation, including the ability to reject a proposed subpoena and scuttle an indictment. Although on its face the hearing had little to do with Matthew Whitaker, the man President Donald Trump just appointed to the post, it raised fresh questions about how far Whitaker could hypothetically go in gutting the investigation—and how the special counsel could fight back.


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Dulay
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1  seeder  Dulay    6 years ago

Here's the irony, Miller is being defended by Trump sycophants. Here is their 'argument':

On Thursday, a three-judge panel considered a legal challenge to Mueller’s authority brought by an assistant to Roger Stone, the longtime Trump confidant who is being investigated by Mueller for his ties to Russia and WikiLeaks. The aide, Andrew Miller, has been trying to fend off a grand-jury subpoena issued by Mueller earlier this year. Miller’s lawyers tried to argue that Mueller’s work isn’t lawful, saying that he’s effectively acting as a principal officer of the U.S. government without having gone through the proper Senate confirmation process that position requires. (“Principal officers” include Cabinet officials, among other posts.) But Michael Dreeben, Mueller’s lawyer, insisted that Mueller doesn’t qualify as a principal officer, because he “has a regular reporting obligation to the acting attorney general.”

Yep, you're reading that right. They are claiming that Mueller can't act as a 'principle officer' because he hasn't been confirmed by the Senate. 

Hmmm, Whitaker comes to mind. I wonder if the National Legal and Policy Center is searching for a plaintiff to file a suit against him. /s

 
 
 
MrFrost
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1.1  MrFrost  replied to  Dulay @1    6 years ago

Ridiculous. A special counsel is APPOINTED, not confirmed. They are really getting desperate to shut this investigation down. Gee wonder why? Because trump and the rest of his crime syndicate are guilty as sin? Naw....can't be... /s [eye roll]

 
 
 
lennylynx
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1.1.1  lennylynx  replied to  MrFrost @1.1    6 years ago

And the Trump supporters know it, they KNOW he's guilty as hell, that's the really sad part.  The Trumpists know it, even they're not THAT stupid.  They know that Trump is a total piece of shit and they don't care, they just like that he's blowing everything up.

 
 
 
Dulay
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1.1.2  seeder  Dulay  replied to  lennylynx @1.1.1    6 years ago

Even if you gave them the benefit of the doubt, there  really is NO denying that Trump and his family are profiteers. Cheney got away with it and Trump has taken it to a whole new level.

The Congress has to take this up ASAP and figure out if we need legislation of guarantee that this can't happen again. 

As it is, states CAN require that a candidate disclose there tax returns to qualify to be on the ballot. 

 
 
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