Dem strategist says media leaks from Mueller probe should be taken with 'grain of salt'

The Hill ^ | February 01, 2019 | Julia Manchester

[yesthatjallen]

Democratic strategist Jennifer Holdsworth said on Friday that media leaks emerging from special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russian election meddling should be taken "with a grain of salt."

"A lot of the narrative that has emerged about the Bob Mueller report is leaks from the media. They're anonymous leaks and I think that we need to take them with a grain of salt," Holdsworth, senior vice president of issues management at MWWPR Public Affairs, told Hill.TV's "Rising."

"We need to let Robert Mueller do his job and either clear the president or indict him," she continued.

President Trump and his allies have frequently slammed the investigation as a "witch hunt" and a "hoax."

The latest development in the investigation's saga surrounds former Trump associate Roger Stone, who was indicted last week on seven criminal charges, including obstructing a congressional inquiry, witness tampering and making false statements. He has pleaded not guilty.

Mueller on Thursday asked Judge Amy Berman Jackson for more time to prepare for Stone's trial, citing the "voluminous and complex" evidence they collected.

Holdsworth cited Mueller's reputation of being thorough and meticulous in his investigations, as more of a reason to trust the outcome.

"Everybody who has come into contact with Robert Mueller during the course of his career, with the exception of President Trump, knows that he is overwhelmingly professional and ethical," she said. "He is overwhelmingly ethical, and I think that it takes a long time to build a case."

"I think that he is independently verifying every claim that is made," she said.

[yesthatjallen]

Translation:

'Democrat operatives are going to continue leaking rumors to maintain their narrative. The ones that stick and damage Trump are a win for us. If they don't just ignore them'.

[dirtboy]

"Everybody who has come into contact with Robert Mueller during the course of his career, with the exception of President Trump, knows that he is overwhelmingly professional and ethical,"

Unless you are a target of Mueller's. Then you see raw unchecked corrupt power at work.

[Political Junkie Too]

"A lot of the narrative that has emerged about the Bob Mueller report is leaks from the media. They're anonymous leaks and I think that we need to take them with a grain of salt,"

Unless they're about Trump, in which case we will buzzfeed them to you.

-PJ

[Mouton]

“let Mueller finish his investigation....and prove Trump innocent of the charges”. Having a modicum of experience with investigations, that is the stupidest comment I ever heard.

Once allegations are out in the open, no one is ever “proven” innocent. There might be a statement that we did not evidence of whatever crime is alleged but that rings like this with the populace: well, they did not find it but we know it was there.

This whole witch hunt should have never gotten off the ground. Anyone found to have been involved in its initiation should be hung for the coup attempt it is.

[MIchaelTArchangel]

Democrats should take the leaks from the Mueller cabal with a grain of salt and like that most infamous of all Nazis (Adolph Hitler) a gram of cyanide and a 55 grains of gunpowder.

[ClearCase_guy]

So true. Mueller has a long and well-documented history of being very, very sleazy. He decides who he wants to protect and who he wants to “get” and then he just does whatever it takes to “get” them. Ethics do not figure into this at all.

[Buckeye McFrog]

translation: A lot of stuff really damaging to Mueller is about to come out.

[goodtomato]

“Overwhelmingly ethical”. You are ethical, or you are not. There is not a scale!

[Boogieman]

“We need to let Robert Mueller do his job and either clear the president or indict him,” she continued.

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Mueller can’t indict the President. If ignoramuses like this are “Democrat strategists”, no wonder Trump is #Winning.

[Boogieman]

“Anyone found to have been involved in its initiation should be hung for the coup attempt it is.”

Definitely. Anyone who participated in using the intelligence apparatus against a Presidential candidate should be jailed for decades at least. Anyone who continued to participate once Trump was elected President should be swinging from a noose.

[M Kehoe]

“that media leaks emerging from special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into Russian election.”

Isn’t that a felony?

5.56mm

[RideForever]

Trump must suspend Muellers natl security clearance or lose his. The leak of the sealed indictment could only come from Muellers group. Should he find and prosecute the perpetrators he may have his clearance restored after investigation.