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Lindsey Graham on Mike Pence calling for end of Mueller investigation: It's not his decision
Washington Examiner ^ | May 10, 2018 | Daniel Chaitin

Posted on 05/11/2018 10:56:55 AM PDT by sickoflibs

Telling Russia special counsel Robert Mueller to wrap up his investigation is not up to Vice President Mike Pence, says Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C.

"That's not Vice President Pence's decision to make," Graham told CNN on Thursday. "I'm sure Mr. Mueller will wrap it up when it gets time to wrap it up."

Earlier in the day, Pence told NBC that a year into Mueller's inquiry, during which the administration has provided more than 1 million documents, it would be "in the interest of the country I think it’s time to wrap it up."

“And I would very respectfully encourage the special counsel and his team to bring their work to conclusion," Pence added.

Mueller's team is looking into Russian interference in the 2016 election and possible collusion between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. President Trump has repeatedly assailed the probe as a "witch hunt."

"The only thing I can say is I haven't seen any evidence of collusion," said Graham, who sits on the Senate Judiciary Committee, which is also looking into Russian interference. "Mr. Mueller has a good reputation. We'll see what his report says and where he goes, but in the system you can't have the people being investigated tell you to wrap it up."


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; US: South Carolina
KEYWORDS: donaldtrump; graham; lindseygraham; mikepence; mueller; pence; robertmueller; russia; senate; trump; trumprussia; vppence
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To: Brilliant
RE:”I suppose the GOP wants to avoid pushing the issue until after the election because it would just motivate Dems to vote, sort of like the Dem threat of impeachment motivates Republicans to vote. But at some point, the GOP needs to push for Mueller to wrap this up. It certainly shouldn’t be a blank check for Mueller”

If a couple of the cases are dismissed due to lack of evidence or lack of a real crime that would help.

The Concord Management case for example... hoping to see that blow up...

41 posted on 05/11/2018 11:31:28 AM PDT by sickoflibs (Florida school safety bill=gun grabbing)
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To: sickoflibs

That could just as easily be handled by Sessions. It doesn’t involve Trump. Same with Manafort.

And Papadopoulos and Flynn have already pled. Mueller himself farmed out Cohen to the DOJ proper. The whole thing looks like it’s over to me. But Trump’s not in a position to declare it over, and neither is Pence. They need some of the members of Congress to put the pressure on Mueller to bring it to a close. They need Graham and others to start talking about how it looks like he’s exhausted his efforts, and should think about bringing it to a close.


42 posted on 05/11/2018 11:37:15 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: conservatism_IS_compassion
". . . which will be when Mr. Mueller and Mr. Rosenberg are disbarred for ethical violations in creating/filling the Special Counsel."

Or, failing that, PDT is impeached, making Pence president and giving him the power to fire Mueller.

Sometimes losing gets in the way of even more losing.

43 posted on 05/11/2018 11:38:20 AM PDT by HangThemHigh (Entropy is not what it used to be.)
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To: sickoflibs

Hey, Linda: Pence only respectfully requested that the investigation be ended...he didn’t demand anything.

Why don’t you try imitating what John McCain is going to sound like soon, and STFU?


44 posted on 05/11/2018 11:41:34 AM PDT by Ancesthntr ("The right to buy weapons is the right to be free." A. E. van Vogt)
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To: sickoflibs

Whatever Disney Princess...


45 posted on 05/11/2018 11:42:42 AM PDT by Vendome (I've Gotta Be Me https://youtu.be/wH-pk2vZGw2M)
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To: sickoflibs

V.P. Pence can voice his opinion, Linda.

My opinion Sen. Graham is that Mueller can go and reproduce asexually.

With his thirteen democrat lawyers.

5.56mm


46 posted on 05/11/2018 11:42:48 AM PDT by M Kehoe (THIS SPACE FOR RENT)
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To: sickoflibs
I don't want the cases dismissed.

In fact, I would love to see Concord Management strenuously object to any attempt to drop the charges -- until AFTER they've gone through a full discovery process and obtained every document they've requested from Mueller's team.

47 posted on 05/11/2018 11:48:13 AM PDT by Alberta's Child ("I saw a werewolf drinking a pina colada at Trader Vic's.")
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To: sickoflibs

Pence isn’t being investigated.


48 posted on 05/11/2018 11:49:45 AM PDT by Williams (Stop tolerating the intolerant.)
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To: MUDDOG

“Who’s going to tell Lindsey what to say when McCain’s gone?”

Hopefully McCain will send him a postcard that says “Wish you were here”.


49 posted on 05/11/2018 11:53:41 AM PDT by Beagle8U (Liberals can kiss my bitter clingers!)
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To: sickoflibs

Hey Linda; that D behind your name...


50 posted on 05/11/2018 11:56:40 AM PDT by Boomer (Leftism is a Malignant Moral Cancer on Society!)
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To: sickoflibs

It’s time to disclose how much this has cost the taxpayer.


51 posted on 05/11/2018 11:59:48 AM PDT by Maudeen (www.ThereIsHopeInJesus.com)
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To: sickoflibs

Remember Graham is a lawyer.


52 posted on 05/11/2018 12:01:26 PM PDT by Herman Ball (2)
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To: sickoflibs

Lindsay is correct. It’s not pence’s decision. It’s Trump’s decision. And if trump doesn’t end the mueller farce soon it will destroy his presidency imho


53 posted on 05/11/2018 12:11:46 PM PDT by faithhopecharity ("Politicans aren't born, they're excreted." -Marcus Tillius Cicero (3 BCE))
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To: sickoflibs

Don’t worry Linda, Pence like Sessions is only paying lip service to wrapping up the mueller coup. Both want it to continue.


54 posted on 05/11/2018 12:17:45 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Jeff Sessions IS the insurance policy)
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To: sickoflibs

Well, duh, Miss Lindsey. Pence didn’t decree an end to the investigation; it was a suggestion.

Don’t be so bitchy. Midol is cheap at Walmart.


55 posted on 05/11/2018 12:20:26 PM PDT by MayflowerMadam (Have an A-1 day.)
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To: sickoflibs

Shove it, Graham.


56 posted on 05/11/2018 12:20:30 PM PDT by TTFlyer
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To: sickoflibs

Did it ever occur to Linda that Pence has just as much right to tell Mueller to wrap it up as he (she?) to insist that it continue?

Graham needs to be gone from the Republican Party. He’s friendless now except for his buddies in the ComDem party.


57 posted on 05/11/2018 12:23:50 PM PDT by Regulator
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To: faithhopecharity

“And if trump doesn’t end the mueller farce soon it will destroy his presidency imho”

You’re right but it maybe too late. If I were Trump I would drop the hammer anyways. Fire Sessions, Rosenstein and Mueller yesterday. Scratch that—round them up in the dead of the night and send them to Gitmo.


58 posted on 05/11/2018 12:24:13 PM PDT by Electric Graffiti (Jeff Sessions IS the insurance policy)
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To: sickoflibs

Majority of the GOP want impeachment as much as the DNC.


59 posted on 05/11/2018 12:27:55 PM PDT by shanover (...To disarm the people is the best and most effectual way to enslave them.-S.Adams)
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To: bigbob

He needs a reminder who was elected nationwide and who is just a Gamecock.


60 posted on 05/11/2018 12:29:22 PM PDT by Lisbon1940 (No full-term Governors (at the time of election!)
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