White House and Justice Dept. Officials Discussed Mueller Report Before Release

New York Times ^

[Sub-Driver]

White House and Justice Dept. Officials Discussed Mueller Report Before Release

By Mark Mazzetti, Maggie Haberman, Nicholas Fandos and Katie Benner

April 17, 2019

WASHINGTON — Not all of Robert S. Mueller III’s findings will be news to President Trump when they are released Thursday morning.

Justice Department officials have had numerous conversations with White House lawyers about the conclusions made by Mr. Mueller, the special counsel, in recent days, according to people with knowledge of the discussions. The talks have aided the president’s legal team as it prepares a rebuttal to the report and strategizes for the coming public war over its findings.

A sense of paranoia is taking hold among some of Mr. Trump’s aides, some of whom fear his backlash more than the findings themselves, the people said. The report might make clear which of Mr. Trump’s current and former advisers spoke to the special counsel, how much they said and how much damage they did to the president — providing a kind of road map for retaliation.

The discussions between Justice Department officials and White House lawyers have also added to questions about the propriety of the decisions by Attorney General William P. Barr since he received Mr. Mueller’s findings late last month.

Mr. Barr and his deputy, Rod J. Rosenstein, determined that Mr. Trump did not illegally obstruct justice and said the special counsel found no conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia’s 2016 election interference. Mr. Barr told lawmakers that officials were “spying” on the Trump campaign, raised ominous historical parallels with the illegal surveillance of Vietnam War protesters and pointedly declined to rebut charges that Mr. Mueller’s investigators were engaged in a “witch hunt.”

[Boardwalk]

That spells disaster!

[rlbedfor]

I need to cut my finger nails. Let me know what jaba has to say about the great conspiracy:)

[Mr Ramsbotham]

They got him now ... obstruction of justice!

[Grampa Dave]

The Slimes and other lying mediots often,for some reason have 3-4 liars preparing their fake news about President Trump

By Mark Mazzetti, Maggie Haberman, Nicholas Fandos and Katie Benner

[epluribus_2]

Spin cycle set to Kenmore, Whirlpool, possibly closer to a Ferrari. What the rest of the country hasn’t let sink in - is that the New World Order communist steak and their hole game on Hillary continuing Obama’s Unlimited fundamentally transforming America, also more realistically ending it as a sovereign state nothing is more dangerous to their cause that a strong USA and it’s pissed off citizens. Look all over Europe and see what Trump is igniting by example. This is all they got folks. The primaries and election were fixed in 2016, the new Administration was fixed from the very top to fall, the whole world knew it but didn’t plan on

[epluribus_2]

Losing and getting caught. If the insurance plan failed there was no plan B.

[onyx]

Fake News Promises Mueller “Bombshell”

Mueller Report:
Who and What the Special Counsel Investigated



More than two years of criminal indictments and steady revelations about Trump campaign contacts with Russians reveal the scope of the special counsel investigation.

Is this the final word on the 2016 election and its aftermath?

Far from it!!! Even if much of the nation has moved on to “Game of Thrones,” this saga will continue.

Mr. Barr pledged to investigate the origins of the F.B.I.’s counterintelligence investigation into Russia’s election interference, which Mr. Mueller took over in May 2017. Congressional Democrats want to scrutinize the decisions by the special counsel and the attorney general, as well as Mr. Trump’s own behavior....and his taxes (years before he was in politics) along with his eating habits, (all that fast food and Diet Cokes)!

Mr. Barr has voluntarily agreed to explain his decisions to the House and Senate Judiciary committees in early May. The House committee is also likely to call Mr. Mueller to testify because he has some explaining to do!

House Democrats are busy with their own investigations into matters related to the Mueller inquiry, including whether the president abused his powers by firing FBI Director James Comey or obstructed justice and whether foreign governments, particularly the Russians, exerted improper influence over Mr. Trump and his family.

In the Senate, the intelligence committee is still working on its own report that will address some of the same questions that the Mueller team investigated!

Lawmakers may propose policy changes to protect American elections from future foreign interference.

In short, the cottage industry of investigators that has sprung up in the past two years expects to be busy until at least the next presidential election, in case they're voted out of office.

[rbg81]

I’m waiting for some Leftist pundit to declare that “The Walls are Closing In”.

[MortMan]

If a normal human being cannot read the words in this article and sense the panic on the part of supposed “neutral” media people, then the normal human being is a freaking idiot.

[SendShaqtoIraq]

now that’s funny. can I steal that?

[Fedora]

Interesting; what was the occasion of the Ellison interview?

[truthkeeper]

I was expecting to read the narrative Sen. Leahy was pushing at Barr's last testimony. You know, where Barr was supposedly discussing the report with POTUS at the WH egg roll in front of a bunch of Judges and the Easter Bunny?

Guess they decided to let that angle go.

[Fedora]

Sounds like the NYT also discussed the Mueller report with officials before release—just like they’ve been involved in the coup attempt throughout the process.

[Boardwalk]

So true fake news!

[The Toll]

CNN and DOJ Officials discussed a SWAT Raid on Roger Stone ahead of time. That’s far more concerning!

[petitfour]

It’s the internet. Steal away!

[frank ballenger]

Interesting; what was the occasion of the Ellison interview?
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Long ago I wrote for several SF magazines and was the book review columnist for two and was editor of a nonfiction book series about SF authors for a NY publisher and wrote three books of my own published in hardcover and trade paperback. Harlan Ellison was kind enough to write a nice blurb for the jacket of my first book. Also wrote for newspapers and many magazines. In Who’s Who in America and Contemporary Authors.

Under another name. Stopped writing except for FR.

[frank ballenger]

Nadler presser.....

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Thanks.
Sorry I didn’t thank you earlier for the headsup.
Had to quickly set up a much wider TV to get the full girth of Nadler on one screen.

A 1959 Peter Gunn episode I just watched on dvd had a carnival episode with the line “step up and see the 360 pound woman” Nadler was 400 pounds at one time.

[jersey117]

So

[Captain Compassion]

Exactly.

“according to people with knowledge of the discussions.” Which of the four reporters was the source?