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Trump to Attorney General Jeff Sessions: Stop Mueller probe 'right now'
CNBC ^ | 08/01/2018 | Tucker Higgins | @tuckerhiggins

Posted on 08/01/2018 8:20:49 AM PDT by Red Badger

Trump calls on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end Robert Mueller's Russia probe immediately, escalating his attacks on the inquiry.

"Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now," the president tweets. "Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 Angry Democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to USA!"

The president's attacks on the special counsel have escalated in recent weeks. Trump's attorney, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, made headlines on Monday saying that "collusion is not a crime."

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President Donald Trump on Wednesday called on Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end Robert Mueller's Russia probe immediately, escalating his attacks on the inquiry.

"Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now," the president wrote in a post on Twitter. "Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 Angry Democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to USA!"

Trump tweet

Trump's tweet came before the trial of ex-campaign chief Paul Manafort entered its second day in federal court in Virginia. Manafort is being tried by Mueller's team.

Sessions, who endorsed Trump's presidential bid during the 2016 campaign, recused himself from the Russia investigation last March, before Mueller was appointed. The investigation is being overseen by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who has defended Mueller against critics in Congress.

Trump has attacked Sessions several times for his recusal. In June, the president wrote in a post on Twitter that Mueller was continuing to investigate "all because Jeff Sessions didn't tell me he was going to recuse himself."

"I would have quickly picked someone else. So much time and money wasted, so many lives ruined...and Sessions knew better than most that there was No Collusion," Trump tweeted.

The office of the special counsel did not immediately respond to a CNBC request for comment Wednesday, and the White House did not immediately respond to a request to elaborate on the president's remarks.

The Department of Justice declined to comment.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., called the president's tweet "just another attempt to make the American people look at his latest shiny object."

In a post on Twitter Wednesday, Schumer quoted the president's tweet and wrote: "The Mueller-Rosenstein investigation is making progress at record speed: 35 indictments, 5 guilty pleas & Trump's campaign chairman on trial."

California congressman Rep. Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House Intelligence Committee, called the president's tweet "an attempt to obstruct justice hiding in plain sight."

Schiff tweet

The special counsel is investigating the president's tweets criticizing Sessions as part of a wider inquiry into whether the president has obstructed justice, The New York Times reported last month.

Trump's attacks on the special counsel have escalated in recent weeks. Trump's attorney, former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani, made headlines on Monday saying that "collusion is not a crime."

The president doubled down on his attorney's comments, tweeting on Tuesday that "Collusion is not a crime, but that doesn't matter because there was No Collusion (except by Crooked Hillary and the Democrats)!"

It's true that "collusion" is not a word that appears in any criminal statute that Mueller is examining. Mueller, however, has pursued charges involving conspiracy, obstruction of justice and making false statements.


TOPICS: Breaking News; Crime/Corruption; Government; Politics/Elections; US: District of Columbia
KEYWORDS: 3rdthread; agsessions; braking; giuliani; jamescomey; lisapage; mueller; peterstrzok; robertmueller; russia; schiff; sessions; trump; trumpdoj; trumprussia
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1 posted on 08/01/2018 8:20:49 AM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Can Sleepy Jeff rescind his recusal? Otherwise, POTUS needs to direct his orders to RR.


2 posted on 08/01/2018 8:22:07 AM PDT by Yo-Yo (Is the /sarc tag really necessary?)
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To: Red Badger

Obstruction of justice must establish criminal intent. Good luck with that. The president is doing his job under Article II of the Constitution.


3 posted on 08/01/2018 8:22:44 AM PDT by Genoa (Luke 12:2)
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To: Red Badger

Hopefully, this is the hammer coming down hard.


4 posted on 08/01/2018 8:22:51 AM PDT by myerson
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To: Red Badger

Sorry, Sessions can’t do that. McCain, Lindsey and Russophobe conservatives will try their best to defend Mueller probe.


5 posted on 08/01/2018 8:24:07 AM PDT by granada
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To: Yo-Yo

Sessions recused himself, so he can’t do anything.

Trump is a master showman.

This may be a diversionary tactic.................


6 posted on 08/01/2018 8:27:25 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: Red Badger
Main Thread.....

Trump urges Attorney General Sessions to stop Mueller probe 'right now'
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Posted on ‎8‎/‎1‎/‎2018‎ ‎8‎:‎43‎:‎02‎ ‎AM by harwood

7 posted on 08/01/2018 8:27:49 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Responsibility2nd
Another Thread.

What? Was this posted on Drudge?? Must have been.

 

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8 posted on 08/01/2018 8:30:41 AM PDT by Responsibility2nd
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To: Red Badger

Nothing will happen until Horowitz releases the DOJ OIG report on FISA abuse...


9 posted on 08/01/2018 8:30:51 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("itYou can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: Hotlanta Mike

Any timeline?................


10 posted on 08/01/2018 8:33:09 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: Red Badger

Just Trump stirring the pot .... if Trump was serious about this Trump would call Sessions into the Oval Office and order him to do that ...


11 posted on 08/01/2018 8:37:30 AM PDT by catnipman ((Cat Nipman: Vote Republican in 2012 and only be called racist one more time!))
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To: Red Badger


12 posted on 08/01/2018 8:38:06 AM PDT by Vlad The Inhaler (Liberalism is the philosophy of sniveling brats. - P.J. ORourke)
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To: Red Badger

I wonder how other Presidents would have responded to this situation.


13 posted on 08/01/2018 8:38:28 AM PDT by Mr. N. Wolfe
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To: Vlad The Inhaler

Doesn’t mean they won’t try.....

‘High crimes and misdemeanors means whatever we say it means!”, says Maxine Waters................


14 posted on 08/01/2018 8:39:50 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: Mr. N. Wolfe

It would have been quashed at once.

If my AG recused himself I would have fired him immediately.............


15 posted on 08/01/2018 8:40:58 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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To: Red Badger

Anybody have a Huber sighting? It’s now August and he is AWOL. No surprise there, of course.


16 posted on 08/01/2018 8:41:40 AM PDT by lodi90
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To: Red Badger

Another misleading headline from the propaganda media.


17 posted on 08/01/2018 8:43:07 AM PDT by Freee-dame (Best election ever!)
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To: Red Badger

About time.


18 posted on 08/01/2018 8:44:43 AM PDT by lastchance (Credo.)
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To: Red Badger

I’m not a Trump lackey, but I’m with him on this.


19 posted on 08/01/2018 8:45:37 AM PDT by umgud
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To: umgud

It’s a tactical maneuver................


20 posted on 08/01/2018 8:46:20 AM PDT by Red Badger (July 2018 - the month the world discovered the TRUTH......Q Anon)
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