So, Mueller's "team" told Trump's "lawyers" that he wasn't a "target" of a criminal investigation?

[kentuck]

Are we to assume that the story came from Trump's lawyers?

Wouldn't that put Mueller and his team in an awkward situation, in that they cannot come out and dispute the claim? Because if they denied it, that would mean that Donald Trump could be a "target" of a criminal investigation? Could this be nothing more than Trump's lawyers attempting to steer their side to a more favorable position??

After all, the office of the Special Counsel has been very diligent in keeping quiet about information they did not want into the public.

On further study, we may find that this story originated with Donald Trump and his lawyers and may or may not be true?

[guillaumeb]

1. Thye did say "at this time".

[kentuck]

4. "They" said that Mueller's said "at this time".

"They" would have been Trump's lawyers??

[guillaumeb]

9. Probably. But even they did not give a definitive statement.

[kentuck]

10. Until I hear from Mueller, I am not able to give this story a lot of credence...

Because the White House lies and makes up shit.

[guillaumeb]

11. No!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[kentuck]

12. "We are going to leak a story...."

"...to the Washington Post, that you have found nothing criminal and that the President is not a target of any criminal investigation. Also, we are going to say that you will file a report in June or July to end this investigation....Capiche?"...

"...And if anyone disputes that this happened, we will move to shut down the investigation. Got it?"

(Conversation between Trump lawyers and lawyers on the Mueller team)


Impossible?


Which translated = Shit is about to get real.

[guillaumeb]

13. I do not beleive that Mueller will be persuaded or feel threatened.

I think the NY state level option is insurance against this and any preemptive pardons.

[kentuck]

14. I think Trump has a criminal mind...

He crosses one bridge at a time. We have been assured that the NY Attorney General is the back-up insurance if the Mueller investigation is shut down. I doubt that he would be able to get away with anything in NY state...

[guillaumeb]

15. Trump seems to be a classic con man.

Luckily for him, there is a nearly inexhaustible supply of gullible voters waiting to be conned.

[kentuck]

16. No doubt about that!

[Turbineguy]

2. But the TeeVee had a picture of Mueller!

Wouldn't that prove that Mueller released this information?



This story probably came from where trump gets all his facts. His ass.

[marylandblue]

3. It's almost certainly true

Because if they wanted to make Trump look innocent, they would have said Trump is "just a witness."

[Wellstone ruled]

5. Mueller is driving this Investigation.

And nothing is going to derail this investigation. Each Investigator has the similiar power as Mueller.

[kentuck]

6. Has Mueller responded to this story in any way?

Why should we accept it as factual?

[Cicada]

7. Good, no need to stir pot before midterms

As Senator Cruz of Texas said Dems now will crawl over broken glass to vote. I don’t want Trump supporters to wake up so I hope nothing happens fro Mueller until after November.

[kentuck]

8. Mueller is supposed to give a written "report" in June or July...

It is being reported??

Is that info coming from the Special Counsel office also?

[Mr. Ected]

17. Not sure, kentuck. The WaPo reporters that covered the story are legit.

Then again, the timing is weird. The same day Trump goes apeman on Jeff Bezos, the Post carries this story.

I think it may be a genuine leak, but one that Mueller intended to be disclosed to one man in particular: Trump.

Trying to lull him into a false sense of complacency. Maybe lower his guard and agree to an interview.

May have just been bait.

[kentuck]

18. Yes, the reporters are legit.

But someone leaked the story to them. Was it Trump's lawyers or was it Mueller's lawyers? I think it has been reported that the story came from Trump's lawyers to the Wash Post reporters? Dowd would have been on the team at the time Trump's lawyers were told that Trump was not a "target" of a criminal investigation.

Is this the information that was leaked to the reporters? They would have only reported what they were told, in my opinion. Can we trust the information, is the question? If the leak had come from Mueller's office, it would be much more trustworthy.

I think there is much more to this story than has been reported. Just my opinion.

[Mr. Ected]

19. If the reporters weren't able to corroborate White House sources would they have run with the story?

I guess I don't know the answer to that question. Seems if all they did was report what was being leaked by the WH, we'd be getting a very skewed - and untrue - point of view from a seminal newspaper.

Then again, Mueller does not leak, so who could have corroborated this info? Velly interesting.

[kentuck]

21. I don't know that Mueller's team would have corroborated such information?

Good question!

But, in this instance, they may have only reported the leak?

[Mr. Ected]

22. And if they only reported the leak

Then your conclusion seems on solid ground.

[kentuck]

23. It's possible someone on the Mueller team confirmed the leak, I suppose?

But I cannot imagine Donald Trump having that information and not tweeting about it or talking about it at every stop?

Something about this story doesn't add up for me??

[spanone]

20. Mueller is light-years ahead of the white house bozos