DT Under Investigation for Obstruction

[kadee79]

The special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia’s role in the 2016 election is interviewing senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination of whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice, officials said.

The move by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III to investigate Trump’s own conduct marks a major turning point in the nearly year-old FBI investigation, which until recently focused on Russian meddling during the presidential campaign and on whether there was any coordination between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. Investigators have also been looking for any evidence of possible financial crimes among Trump associates, officials said.

Trump had received private assurances from former FBI Director James B. Comey starting in January that he was not personally under investigation. Officials say that changed shortly after Comey’s firing.

Five people briefed on the requests, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, said Daniel Coats, the current director of national intelligence, Adm. Mike Rogers, head of the National Security Agency, and Rogers’ recently departed deputy, Richard Ledgett, agreed to be interviewed by Mueller’s investigators as early as this week. The investigation has been cloaked in secrecy and it’s unclear how many others have been questioned by the FBI.

www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/special-counsel-is-investigating-trump-for-possible-obstruction-of-justice-officials-say/ar-BBCGuJn

[Tennesseer]

trump may not be able to buy his way out of this like he did with trump university and other lawsuits.

[Gardening Grandma]

We should start a pool to see how long til he fires Mueller. I give it less than a month. (Ok, I know he can't directky fire him, but he can tell Sessions to do so. And Sessions is such an unethical weasel he would. Especially since he is also under a cloud.

[Tennesseer]

Jun 14, 2017 20:32:56 GMT -5 Gardening Grandma said:

We should start a pool to see how long til he fires Mueller. I give it less than a month. (Ok, I know he can't directky fire him, but he can tell Sessions to do so. And Sessions is such an unethical weasel he would. Especially since he is also under a cloud.

Because Sessions recused himself from anything to do with the investigation, it would be up to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to fire Mueller. And it is Rosenstein who appointed Mueller to conduct the investigation. Resenstein told Congress the other day Mueller was doing a fine job and no need to terminate him from the investigation.

If trump ordered Rosenstein to fire Mueller, and Rosenstein refused, trump could and probably would fire Rosenstein and then go down the line of Justice department officials until someone agrees to fire Mueller. Lots of terminations would probably result from that request.

Not a smart move for trump.

[billisonboard]

Jun 14, 2017 22:34:51 GMT -5 Tennesseer said:

Jun 14, 2017 20:32:56 GMT -5 Gardening Grandma said:

We should start a pool to see how long til he fires Mueller. I give it less than a month. (Ok, I know he can't directky fire him, but he can tell Sessions to do so. And Sessions is such an unethical weasel he would. Especially since he is also under a cloud.

Because Sessions recused himself from anything to do with the investigation, it would be up to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein to fire Mueller. And it is Rosenstein who appointed Mueller to conduct the investigation. Resenstein told Congress the other day Mueller was doing a fine job and no need to terminate him from the investigation.

If trump ordered Rosenstein to fire Mueller, and Rosenstein refused, trump could and probably would fire Rosenstein and then go down the line of Justice department officials until someone agreed fired Mueller. Lots of terminations would result of that request.

Not a smart move for trump.

[Gardening Grandma]

Jun 15, 2017 7:37:54 GMT -5 deminmaine said:

Trump simply has to STFU and listen to his advisors and some Washington DC lawyers. He just keeps making it worserer and worserer.

Anybody ever read The Cat in the Hat to their kids?  There is now red stuff EVERYWHERE, and spreading.

That's just it. He can't "stfu".  He is incapable of it. Goes back to his basic lack of temperament for the job.  He will continue to make it "worser and worser".  And his fans keep cheering the "job he's doing"
WTF?

[busymom]

It's just a matter of time... 

[Deleted]

Another tweet storm.

[ken a.k.a OMK]

Trump is tweeting in the afternoon, unusual for him, about why is he being investigated instead of Hillary. The man is not all there. 

[Tennesseer]

Jun 15, 2017 16:07:42 GMT -5 ken a.k.a OMK said:

Trump is tweeting in the afternoon, unusual for him, about why is he being investigated instead of Hillary. The man is not all there. 

He just woke up from his nap. Some babies are cranky after their nap and before they get their bottle.

[apple 2]

Ted Lieu, I like this guy. 


twitter.com/tedlieu

[Deleted]

Lol.

He bashed Hillary again today and her campaign twitter, inactive since the election, tweeted the end scene from Ferris Bueler where he's like... Are you still here?

[dondub]

Nutty Buddy.

[Rukh O'Rorke]

oh, donald.

[ken a.k.a OMK]

Trumps tweets only add to written evidence he's hiding something.

[Tennesseer]

trump's personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, has now hired his own personal lawyer, Stephen M. Ryan, to help guide him through the Russian investigations.

Pretty soon all of trump's advisers and anyone associated with his campaign will have hired lawyers who have hired their own lawyers who have hired then their own lawyers to help them get through this.


Trump’s personal lawyer, Michael Cohen, hires his own lawyer in Russia probe

[ken a.k.a OMK]

Unemployed lawyers are lining up for work. 

[tallguy]

Hey, at least Trump is finally responsible for some real job growth, rather than just taking credit for someone else's....  

[Rukh O'Rorke]

pence has hired his own lawyer...

jared under investigation.

[swamp]

Trump would be a nightmare client. He never takes advice, he thinks he's smarter than he is, and he won't STFU.

[tallguy]

Jun 16, 2017 20:57:02 GMT -5 swamp said:

Trump would be a nightmare client. He never takes advice, he thinks he's smarter than he is, and he won't STFU.

And that assumes he will even pay his bill.   

[Gardening Grandma]

Jun 16, 2017 21:05:05 GMT -5 tallguy said:

Jun 16, 2017 20:57:02 GMT -5 swamp said:

Trump would be a nightmare client. He never takes advice, he thinks he's smarter than he is, and he won't STFU.

And that assumes he will even pay his bill.   

My understanding is that his lawyers want payment up front. And they NEVER talk to him one one one: alwaysin pairs, because of his penchant for lying.

[OldCoyote]

Trump and I have something in common, Every place I go they want paid up front or at least before I walk out the door anyway.

I go to the grocery store , they want paid,   I get gas, They want paid,   I go to a restaurant, they want paid!

Dr's office , Hmm, they want paid also,,,

It must be some liberal thing about walking out without paying, I guess!!

[ken a.k.a OMK]

 Trumps lawyers and contractors want to be paid upfront now because he stiffs all of them. Oh the art of the deal. 

[tallguy]

Jun 16, 2017 21:59:13 GMT -5 OldCoyote said:

Trump and I have something in common, Every place I go they want paid up front or at least before I walk out the door anyway.

I go to the grocery store , they want paid,   I get gas, They want paid,   I go to a restaurant, they want paid!

Dr's office , Hmm, they want paid also,,,

It must be some liberal thing about walking out without paying, I guess!!

Is that because they don't trust you either?  

[billisonboard]

Jun 16, 2017 22:15:08 GMT -5 tallguy said:

Jun 16, 2017 21:59:13 GMT -5 OldCoyote said:

Trump and I have something in common, Every place I go they want paid up front or at least before I walk out the door anyway.

I go to the grocery store , they want paid,   I get gas, They want paid,   I go to a restaurant, they want paid!

Dr's office , Hmm, they want paid also,,,

It must be some liberal thing about walking out without paying, I guess!!

Is that because they don't trust you either?  

I can walk into multiple businesses and pick up items with just a signature.

[tallguy]

Me too.  All the business gets is a promise to pay in the future.  

[OldCoyote]

But I do expect to pay, not stick something in my pocket and walk out!

[Tennesseer]

Jun 16, 2017 22:27:40 GMT -5 OldCoyote said:

But I do expect to pay, not stick something in my pocket and walk out!

You just described your man, OC. The donald.

[tallguy]

Jun 16, 2017 22:27:40 GMT -5 OldCoyote said:

But I do expect to pay, not stick something in my pocket and walk out!

So the relevance of any of your comments to this thread arc is...what?