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Robert Mueller
the national interest
May 17, 2018
In Year Two, Mueller Is Wading Into a Bottomless Pit of Trump Sleaze If Mueller hasn’t found collusion yet, can he still investigate money laundering and other potentially rampant criminality?
the national interest
May 16, 2018
The Michael Cohen Bribery Scandal Is Now a Trump Bribery Scandal Turns out Cohen was not just soliciting money, but allegedly passing it on to the Trump family.
Schneiderman Is Gone, But New York’s Legal #Resistance to Trump Will Go On The efforts of state attorneys general to uphold the rule of law are bigger than any one person.
the national interest
May 8, 2018
Trump Legal Defense Prep Foiled by Trump’s Inability to Concentrate “In an informal, four-hour practice session, Mr. Trump’s lawyers were only able to walk him through two questions.” That’s bad.
the national interest
May 7, 2018
Why Mueller Has to Expose Trump’s Crooked Business Empire If Trump is laundering money, and he probably is, the Russians know about it. So do Michael Cohen’s gangster friends.
mueller investigation
May 5, 2018
Mueller Team Has Interviewed Tom Barrack, a Close Friend of Trump Barrack was a top fundraiser for Trump’s presidential campaign and chaired his inaugural committee.
The Supreme Court Will Make Trump Talk to Mueller If It Has To If Mueller’s effort to make Trump testify winds up before the court, expect SCOTUS to stick to the precedent set by United States v. Nixon .
the national interest
May 3, 2018
the national interest
May 3, 2018
Giuliani’s FBI ‘Stormtroopers’ Smear Is the Key to Trump’s Authoritarian Mindset How Republicans can both fear the law as an instrument of terror while coveting it for the same purpose.
In One Hannity Interview, Giuliani Blew Up Trump’s Arguments in 3 Legal Cases The new head of Trump’s legal team managed to contradict his positions on the Mueller probe, the Stormy Daniels affair, and the Michael Cohen case.
Former Trump Aide Is Being Interviewed by Mueller — and Producing Russian Ballet On Wednesday, the former campaign staffer will answer questions from the special counsel. But that won’t distract from his passion project.
the national interest
May 2, 2018
Did Trump Bribe Ukraine to Stop Cooperating With Mueller? The No. 1 rule in understanding Trump is that the lies are usually covering even worse lies.
last night on late night
May 2, 2018
Seth Meyers Knows What Trump Wants to Ask Mueller “Does impeachment have anything to do with peaches?”
Trump Team Signals That He Won’t Talk to Mueller Without a Fight It appears they’re building a case that Mueller is overreaching with his questions and subpoena threat, and prepping for a long legal battle.
the national interest
May 1, 2018
Rod Rosenstein: ‘The Department of Justice Is Not Going to Be Extorted.’ Robert Mueller’s boss finally states plainly what Trump and his allies are trying to do: subvert the rule of law.
Why Were Mueller’s Questions for Trump Leaked? The leading theories on what the release of dozens of questions, which seems to have come from Trumpworld, was supposed to accomplish.
the national interest
Apr. 30, 2018
Has Michael Cohen Already Flipped on Donald Trump? The president’s sleaziest media hatchet man attacks his sleaziest fixer. It’s hard to think of another explanation except that Cohen turned.
A Bill to Protect Mueller From Trump Took Its First Step Toward Passage But McConnell says he’s not going to let the bill come to the floor for a vote, since he doesn’t think Trump will fire Mueller anyway.
russia probe
Apr. 26, 2018
Giuliani Joins Trump’s Legal Team, Predicts Quick Settlement With Mueller Hizzoner’s accession to his friend’s legal team probably won’t change anything other than getting the spotlight off Michael Cohen.
russia probe
Apr. 19, 2018
House Republicans Lay the Groundwork for Trump to Fire Rosenstein Trump’s allies in the House are preparing a subpoena and threatening to impeach the deputy AG if he won’t do more to meet their demands for documents.
the national interest
Apr. 17, 2018
Mitch McConnell Gives Trump Green Light to Fire Mueller McConnell sees “no indication” Trump will fire the special counsel, Trump’s repeated public and private threats to do so notwithstanding.
the national interest
Apr. 13, 2018
Extremely Ominous Rod Rosenstein Foreshadowing News Roundup Things are looking very, very, very grim for Robert Mueller’s supervisor.
Robert Mueller May or May Not Go, But His Work Won’t Go Anywhere The special counsel has constructed an investigation that is sabotage-proof in key ways.
Alan Dershowitz and Steve Bannon Offer Trump Advice on Crippling Mueller If it weren’t already obvious that Trump’s legal team was in tatters, it is now.
Why Republicans Love Talking About Impeachment – For Now While Democrats debate impeachment, Republicans are using it to whip up their base.
Will Michael Cohen Snitch on Trump? Cohen once said that he “would take a bullet” for the mogul. But is Trump’s longtime lawyer actually willing to go to jail for him?
Chill Out on the Whole Mueller Getting Fired Thing, Republicans Say There’s no indication Trump will get rid of him, except for the fact that he really, really wants to.
Will Syrians Pay for Trump’s Anger at Investigators? Maybe the U.S. should punish Syria for alleged chemical weapon attacks. But maybe the president considering that action should not be in a hate rage.
White House: Trump Believes He Has the Power to Fire Mueller Most legal experts believe that only Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein can end the special counsel’s investigation. Trump thinks otherwise.
Mueller Scrutinizing Ukrainian Magnate’s $150,000 Gift to Trump’s Charity In the fall of 2015, Ukrainian billionaire Victor Pinchuk gave $150,000 to Trump’s “charity” as compensation for a 20-minute speech.
FBI Raids Show the Investigation of Michael Cohen Is No ‘Witch Hunt’ Despite what Trump thinks, federal investigators had to clear multiple hurdles to take such remarkable action, and Mueller didn’t orchestrate it.
Trump Calls Michael Cohen Raid ‘Disgraceful’ The president also went off on Jeff Sessions, and said “many people” have told him to fire Robert Mueller.
Mueller (Quietly) Keeps Turning Up the Heat Recent court filings by the special counsel’s office in the Russia saga paint a picture very different than the one GOP critics are trying to sell.
Mueller Is Asking Russian Oligarchs If They Funneled Money to Trump Campaign One Russian was yanked off his private jet and questioned by the special counsel’s team.
Mueller May Be Baiting Trump, Eyeing Early Summer Release on Obstruction His reported plan could convince Trump to sit for an interview, and make the midterms more miserable for Republicans.
Lawyer Who Lied to Bob Mueller May Have Blown Paul Manafort’s Russia Cover Alex van der Zwaan, a minor character targeted by Mueller’s investigation, could make history.
the national interest
Mar. 25, 2018
Stormy Daniels Has Put Trump Fixer Michael Cohen in Serious Legal Danger Michael Cohen’s possible illegal behavior starts with campaign finance violations and goes all the way up to mob-style threats.
Trump’s Conspiracy Theory Lawyer Dropped From Team Before Starting Just after the president insisted (wrongly) that attorneys are dying to work for him.
Lead Lawyer on Russia Probe Resigns Because Trump Won’t Listen to Him Eleven days ago, Trump tweeted that John Dowd was doing a “great job.” Now he’s off the president’s legal team.
the national interest
Mar. 21, 2018
Alan Dershowitz’s Audition to Be Trump’s Lawyer Is Not Going Well The best legal case for firing Robert Mueller is extremely unconvincing.
russia probe
Mar. 20, 2018
Mueller’s Interest in Obstruction Is Probably Just the Tip of the Iceberg The obstruction case may never come, but don’t be surprised if Mueller’s effort to unravel the Trump-Russia connection yields more conspiracy charges.
Trump Hires Lawyer Who Thinks the FBI Is Framing Him This does not appear to be a good sign for the likes of Robert Mueller.
russia investigation
Mar. 18, 2018
Republicans Barely React as Trump Goes After Mueller The president may be laying the groundwork to end the Russia investigation. The GOP is still looking the other way.
Trump Attacks Mueller Personally on Twitter Another warning sign that he may be preparing to do something drastic.
Reports: McCabe Kept Memos of Interactions With Trump His firing may turn out to be another big headache for the president.
the national interest
Mar. 17, 2018
Trump Lawyer: Mueller Should Be Fired John Dowd made it clear that he wasn’t speaking for the president, though it’s safe to say his client agrees.
Robert Mueller Trains His Sights on the Trump Organization A new round of subpoenas suggest an expanding investigation.
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