DOJ Initial Russia Hearings

[knapplc]

I'd bet on Bannon or Kushner at this point. Both are inner-circle guys and have been since the campaign started. Pence isn't a Trump guy, he's just a stooge.

 

If it is Pence... holy moly, it's probably everybody.

[Red Five]

My money is on Kushner. He was supposedly pushing hard to fire Comey.

[BigRedBuster]

All this said...Both Pence and Bannon have both been much less talked about and visible.

[ZRod]

 

 

Oh my....

 

 

Wouldn't it be interesting if Bannon was the one that was working with the Russians all the time and Breitbart is actually a front for a vast Russian conspiracy to affect American politics along with other right wing "news" outlets like Infowars????

 

If there really is someone high up in the WH involved, I'd put my money on Jared Kushner. If you're looking for biggest surprise/drama, that'd be Pence.

I'm thinking it would be a bigger shock and upheaval if Bannon, Breitbart and Infowars are all tied to Russia. It would possibly cause at least some of these brainwashed people into figuring out these people don't have the "truth" anywhere close to the top of priority.

Easily denied as a conspiracy by the left to take down the truth bringers.

[Danny Bateman]

[BigRedBuster]

I don't care how this turns out.

 

 

That's funny.

[BigRedBuster]

[Making Chimichangas]

 

I'm pretty sure this ^^^ is "normal" and "business as usual".

 

[BigRedBuster]

[Danny Bateman]

A certain someone questioned why anyone who isn't guilty would need the Fifth Amendment last year.

[Danny Bateman]

Oh, and Spiceybot:

 

[sho]

Within hours of Mueller's appointment on Wednesday, the White House began reviewing the Code of Federal Regulations, which restricts newly hired government lawyers from investigating their prior law firm’s clients for one year after their hiring, the sources said.

 

An executive order signed by Trump in January extended that period to two years.

 

Mueller's former law firm, WilmerHale, represents Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, who met with a Russian bank executive in December, and the president's former campaign manager Paul Manafort, who is a subject of a federal investigation.

 

Legal experts said the ethics rule can be waived by the Justice Department, which appointed Mueller. He did not represent Kushner or Manafort directly at his former law firm.

 

If the department did not grant a waiver, Mueller would be barred from investigating Kushner or Manafort, and this could greatly diminish the scope of the probe, experts said.

 

The Justice Department is already reviewing Mueller's background as well as any potential conflicts of interest, said department spokeswoman Sarah Isgur Flores.

 

Even if the Justice Department granted a waiver, the White House would consider using the ethics rule to create doubt about Mueller's ability to do his job fairly, the sources said. Administration legal advisers have been asked to determine if there is a basis for this.

 

Under this strategy, the sources said the administration would raise the issue in press conferences and public statements.

 

Moreover, the White House has not ruled out the possibility of using the rule to challenge Mueller’s findings in court, should the investigation lead to prosecution.

 

 

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-mueller-idUSKCN18F2KK?il=0

[NM11046]

But no, they've got nothing to hide and nothing to be afraid of.

[BigRedBuster]

Sooo....this is a reason to NOT turn over documents?

 

[QMany]