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Reuters: Special counsel Mueller to probe ex-Trump aide Flynn's Turkey ties

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Fenderputty

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RPGCrazied said:
Yes, bring down the whole ship. Ryan, Pence, Sessions, Bannon, all of them!!
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Since I'm pretty sure Bannon is the one leaking shit about Kushner and Russia, I got a feeling he's probably safe.

What would be hilarious is, everyone but Bannon falling and him running back to Breitbart where he plasters story after story of Trump being a (((((globalist))))) seeking out cuck Kushner's advice instead of his own.
 
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EatinOlives

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Some members of Congress have asked the Justice Department to define the scope of Mueller’s inquiry.
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Mueller's response:

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Tovarisc

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Full article / new news from AP below.

Special counsel’s Trump investigation includes Manafort case
The special counsel investigating possible ties between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia’s government has taken over a separate criminal probe involving former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, and may expand his inquiry to investigate the roles of the attorney general and deputy attorney general in the firing of FBI Director James Comey, The Associated Press has learned.

The Justice Department’s criminal investigation into Manafort, who was forced to resign as Trump campaign chairman in August amid questions over his business dealings years ago in Ukraine, predated the 2016 election and the counterintelligence probe that in July began investigating possible collusion between Moscow and associates of Trump.

The move to consolidate the matters, involving allegations of kleptocracy of Ukrainian government funds, indicates that Special Counsel Robert Mueller is assuming a broad mandate in his new role running the sensational investigation. The expansiveness of Mueller’s investigation was described to the AP. No one familiar with the matter has been willing to discuss the scope of his investigation on the record because it is just getting underway and because revealing details could complicate its progress.

In an interview separately Friday with the AP, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein acknowledged that Mueller could expand his inquiry to include Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ and Rosenstein’s own roles in the decision to fire Comey, who was investigating the Trump campaign. Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller as special counsel to take over the investigation, wrote the memorandum intended to justify Trump’s decision to fire Comey. Sessions met with Trump and Rosenstein to discuss Trump’s decision to fire him despite Sessions’ pledge not to become involved in the Russia case.

Rosenstein told the AP that if he were to become a subject of Mueller’s investigation, he would recuse himself from any oversight of Mueller. Under Justice Department rules, Mueller is required to seek permission from Rosenstein to investigate additional matters other than ones already specified in the paperwork formally appointing Mueller.

“I’ve talked with Director Mueller about this,” Rosenstein said. “He’s going to make the appropriate decisions, and if anything that I did winds up being relevant to his investigation then, as Director Mueller and I discussed, if there’s a need from me to recuse I will.”

Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller, declined to comment on the scope of the investigation.
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https://apnews.com/35b610bf8d664167...'s-Trump-investigation-includes-Manafort-case
 
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Fenderputty said:
Since I'm pretty sure Bannon is the one leaking shit about Kushner and Russia, I got a feeling he's probably safe.

What would be hilarious is, everyone but Bannon falling and him running back to Breitbart where he plasters story after story of Trump being a (((((globalist))))) seeking out cuck Kushner's advice instead of his own.
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Bannon just wants to see the world burn. His goals are pretty much aligned with Putin here.
And he leaked the Kushner ties simply as another power play in his tug of war over Trump's ear. He's been burying Jared on Breitbart since Trump took office.
 
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Stereogatari

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If this Flynn guy helped to get intel on the Gülen Cult then he is ok in my book. Can't stand Erdogan but that Gülen creep is even worse.
 
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KernelPanic

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UberTag said:
Bannon just wants to see the world burn. His goals are pretty much aligned with Putin here.
And he leaked the Kushner ties simply as another power play in his tug of war over Trump's ear. He's been burying Jared on Breitbart since Trump took office.
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Sean Penn called Bannon a toxic narcissistic iconoclast and it's so true.
 
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Malreyn

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If Trump picks a new FBI director within the next month, does that new director have authority to kick out or take over Mueller's investigation? Can Trump himself kick out Mueller?
 
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BlackLagoon

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mackaveli said:
Whose next in line if rosestein recuses himself? What if this new person tries to shutdown the special counsel?
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One of the US Attorneys, based on a line of succession chosen by the president. Seems Trump replaced Obama's list with his own when he replaced Acting Deputy AG Dana Boente with Rod Rosenstein.
 
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Tovarisc

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jellies_two said:
Where is the topic that AP reports session is now in the scope of the Mueller probe as well.
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In an interview separately Friday with the AP, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein acknowledged that Mueller could expand his inquiry to include Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ and Rosenstein’s own roles in the decision to fire Comey, who was investigating the Trump campaign. Rosenstein, who appointed Mueller as special counsel to take over the investigation, wrote the memorandum intended to justify Trump’s decision to fire Comey. Sessions met with Trump and Rosenstein to discuss Trump’s decision to fire him despite Sessions’ pledge not to become involved in the Russia case.
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https://apnews.com/35b610bf8d664167...'s-Trump-investigation-includes-Manafort-case

That?

Thread: http://www.neogaf.com/forum/showthread.php?p=238978059
 
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mackaveli

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BlackLagoon said:
One of the US Attorneys, based on a line of succession chosen by the president. Seems Trump replaced Obama's list with his own when he replaced Acting Deputy AG Dana Boente with Rod Rosenstein.
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So if Rosenstein has to recuse himself wouldn't then a new US attorney appointed by Trump then be able to shut down the investigation as only the DoJ can do it and Rosenstein and Sessions would be recused? Could this happen?
 
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Nazgul_Hunter

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mackaveli said:
So if Rosenstein has to recuse himself wouldn't then a new US attorney appointed by Trump then be able to shut down the investigation as only the DoJ can do it and Rosenstein and Sessions would be recused? Could this happen?
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I mean... at that point he might face an armed revolt. It be an admission of guilt. Also; the investigation would leak everything they found.
 
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BlackLagoon

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mackaveli said:
So if Rosenstein has to recuse himself wouldn't then a new US attorney appointed by Trump then be able to shut down the investigation as only the DoJ can do it and Rosenstein and Sessions would be recused? Could this happen?
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Sure, but these are career DoJ bureaucrats not Trump toadies, and it'll probably be hard for Trump to find someone who will want to engage in overt and blatant partisan meddling when the whole world is looking straight at them. Rosenstein himself was a Trump pick after all. Never mind that the opponent is Mueller, who spent a decade in the DoJ under 3 presidents, has an impeccable record and broad bi-partisan support.
 
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Vena

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mackaveli said:
So if Rosenstein has to recuse himself wouldn't then a new US attorney appointed by Trump then be able to shut down the investigation as only the DoJ can do it and Rosenstein and Sessions would be recused? Could this happen?
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As you knock out the totem pole on the DoJ, Mueller will have less and less "overhead pressure" because the major heads are all recusing themselves or under investigation (Rosenstein, Sessions respectively). That means that next-in-line is even less likely to try and impede Mueller. This weakens any attempt by the administration to attempt to impede/influence the investigation through the DoJ.

Rachel Brand is next, she's a lifetime bureaucrat, she'd likely never even try to touch Mueller's investigation and he'd be pretty much set loose.
 
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mackaveli

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Vena said:
As you knock out the totem pole on the DoJ, Mueller will have less and less "overhead pressure" because the major heads are all recusing themselves or under investigation (Rosenstein, Sessions respectively). That means that next-in-line is even less likely to try and impede Mueller. This weakens any attempt by the administration to attempt to impede/influence the investigation through the DoJ.

Rachel Brand is next, she's a lifetime bureaucrat, she'd likely never even try to touch Mueller's investigation and he'd be pretty much set loose.
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Good to know. Thanks for the info.
 
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This guy is gonna take out half the administration at this point. He'll leave the line of succession looking like this

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