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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAn unusally high number of sealed indictments have been added to the federal court docket
in Washington D.C. fueling speculation about whether many may be from Mueller.
Link to tweet
Qutzupalotl
(14,327 posts)With Whitaker, who knows what would happen. My guess is Mueller is racking up as many indictments as he can before he gets shut down. Those wont go away.
OnDoutside
(19,970 posts)Mueller can only indict someone with the approval of the Attorney General, and once the indictments have been approved and filed, any effort to withdraw charges would involve a judge.
At the time, those approvals fell to Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein because Attorney General Jeff Sessions had recused himself from the Russia matter. But President Trump had sent strong signals he planned to replace Sessions after the elections with someone who might be more willing to curtail the probe into Russian election interference and possible collusion.
The day after the elections, Trump appointed acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker, who has previously denounced the Mueller probe. A Justice Department spokeswoman said this week that Whitaker is fully committed to following all appropriate processes and procedures at the Department of Justice, including consulting with senior ethics officials on his oversight responsibilities and matters that may warrant recusal.
You cant prevent a new AG from blocking new indictments, Miller said. But if you were ready to move on cases, you could return a bunch of indictments under seal. If the stumbling block is approval from Muellers supervisors, you get that approval while you still have a supervisor who approves of your work.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/dozens-sealed-criminal-indictments-dc-docket-mueller/story?id=59249030
Qutzupalotl
(14,327 posts)OnDoutside
(19,970 posts)appears that Mueller has a load of sealed indictments ready to go.
Qutzupalotl
(14,327 posts)Usually its been Rosenstein. Now, would Whitaker do that?
OnDoutside
(19,970 posts)carry out the order.
SFnomad
(3,473 posts)This is my only exception to my longstanding ... no Xmas before Turkey Day rule.
marble falls
(57,204 posts)wishstar
(5,271 posts)His indictments of those who conspired to get Russian help or lied about their knowledge of the operation will be presented to us at one time so the entire operation and all of the players will not be exposed until the whole conspiracy has been nailed down. No wonder that the probe is dragging on since virtually all of the Trump gang have been either lying or uncooperative or fighting subpoenas.
BigmanPigman
(51,627 posts)Now Mueller is checking into Saudi relationships. This could him In forever. The Russia hacking of our election was the tip of the iceberg.