Page 2 - Mueller Being News Today

Vekselburg to argue he knew nothing about the payments to cohen, team trump and the republican national committee which, by the way, michael cohen is a top official of. >> this doesnt pass the smell test. when you connect the dots, it looks like yet another example of russians trying to purchase some sort of influence, some sort of governance in their favor to the trump administration. it is another example of michael cohen walking out there with the biggest continue cup ive ever seen. pay to pl...

Well, the president quoting alan dershowitz, the noted constitutional expert from harvard on twit theyre morning saying, quote: special counsel is told to find crimes, whether a crime exists or not. i was oppose to the selection of mueller being special counsel and still opposed to. i think president trump was right when he said there never should have been special counsel appointed when there was no crime or otherwise or obstruction of justice. other than misspelling the word council. the presi...

To quit over the possibility of mueller being fired. muellers prosecutions are grinding on. did you know in two days, rick gates has a hearing devoted to why three of his own criminal defense lawyers are withdrawing or that flynn is facing three more months, 90 days of cooperation under a new mueller request and this nugget from paul manaforts lawyers. it says the u.s. government has been conducting a law enforcement investigation regarding manafort since 2014. that is significant, because again...

To distract attention from a legitimate criminal inquiry does long-term, unnecessary damage to these foundations of our government. those are the words of eric holder just moments after nbc news confirmed that the now-former deputy director of the fbi, andrew mccabe, would be stepping aside, using that terminal leave to fulfill the remaining time before his pension goes into effect in march. the press briefing will take place here at about 1:15 with sara sanders. well try to press her for more d...

Eventually to mueller being hired. well, hes been dismissed by the trump campaign as, quote, a coffee boy. a low level nobody. the question is john dean said, does he know more than they actually think? back with me, nick ackerman and investigative correspondent, michael isikoff. let me begin with you, michael, if i may. in particular, the former adviser was on "the beat." ari had asked him about coffee boy. >> i might have exaggerated papadopouloss role when i called him a coffee boy. he was no...

I have problems with mueller being appointed simply because i thought it was a counter intelligence investigation not a criminal investigation. rod rosenstein made a mistake by imposing a criminal prosecutor on this because we didnt really have evidence of a crime and so what a prosecutors going to do is find evidence of a crime but thats not really the way you want criminal investigations to go. you want there to be an identified crime and then try to build the case and that basic central crime...

Make sure we save that democracy and i will fight until i die. cia criticized, fbi criticized, over and over and over again. now the rumors, and i hope thats all they are of mueller being fired. i hope thats not true. those tear down a democracy because those are the things a democracy is based upon. i say to all americans and i beg you to guard this democracy, guard it. >> elijah cummings, top democrat, the latest in the last couple days to sound a loud alarm about whatever it is going on with ...

Unlawfully produced private materials including privileged communications and tens of thousands of e-mails and attributed -- as this goes forward what does this actually mean? >> well i guess some people right now are trying to lay the groundwork for mueller being fired. i think there are some people who would like to see that. mark levin the conservative talkshow host, he is beating the drum for mueller to be firebird republicans on the hell arent hill are going to get so the question is how in...

Unlawfully produced private materials including privileged communications and tens of thousands of e-mails and attributed -- as this goes forward what does this actually mean? >> well i guess some people right now are trying to lay the groundwork for mueller being fired. i think there are some people who would like to see that. mark levin the conservative talkshow host, he is beating the drum for mueller to be firebird republicans on the hell arent hill are going to get so the question is how in...

Responsible for hiring mueller, sees no reason to do so. hes satisfied -- >> he said mueller was the perfect choice for running the investigation. do you agree with that? >> yeah. look, its hard to imagine who else might have been able to serve in this role. so considering sort of the arc of muellers career, this is an individual who was george w. bushs fbi director. he was so popular and respected in the bureau and on capitol hill, that barack obama actually sought special legislation in order ...