Trump lawyers seek to offer Mueller an interview in exchange for wrapping up probe: report

[demmiblue]

Source: The Hill

Attorneys for President Trump are reportedly considering asking special counsel Robert Mueller to set a hard end date for his investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election as one of the preconditions for an interview with president.

While Trump's lawyers remain split on the terms of such a deal, The Wall Street Journal reported Friday, they also want Mueller to agree to parameters on the scope of such an interview.

One idea being floated is that Mueller would agree to wrap up the probe within 60 days of interviewing Trump.

Trump has said he is "looking forward" to speaking with the special counsel's team, but his lawyers have repeatedly emphasized that he would only agree under certain conditions.

Read more: http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/377652-trump-lawyers-aim-to-offer-mueller-an-interview-in-exchange-for

[Blue_Adept]

1. I can't even.

?1

[shawn703]

2. Mueller must have started pulling on a thread

That's getting Trump very worried. If I were Mueller, I'd decline any conditions and see where the evidence is already taking me.

[cstanleytech]

34. Agreed. nt

[Kablooie]

72. Mueller is probably rolling his eyes.

He prosecuted Noriega, the Lockerbie bombing, and the Gambino crime family .
I'm sure he's heard it all before and knows exactly what to do.

[ailsagirl]

74. Absolutely

As if an "interview" with dumbo would clear everything right up!

[unc70]

3. Lots of luck with this!

Mueller will not put a time limit on his investigation. Just not his way.

[forgotmylogin]

47. Boy they sure are on tenterhooks about ending this!

The only way would be Mueller ending the interview with. "All right, this is the end of the investigation. You have the right to remain silent..."

[Sedona]

4. ROFLMAO

[HopeAgain]

11. My reaction exactly

[YessirAtsaFact]

30. Pretty much it-Can you say Subpoenaed?

These are some arrogant baboons.

[Duppers]

64. Exactly.

Their "offer" is hilarious. Just wow, how the ignorance oozes out of these people.

[SergeStorms]

81. Well, Trump IS.....

the best negotiator on earth, so Mueller might be inclined to take Trump's offer before Donald isn't in such a generous mood.



Yeah, right.

[onetexan]

33. teehehee

they got their law degrees @trump U apparently

[KPN]

77. Yup! Too funny!

[safeinOhio]

5. Bull Dog Bob Mueller

won’t let go of his pant leg that easy.

[Angry Dragon]

6. Don't ask me any hard questions

[tblue37]

24. They want the sort of sweetheart deal W got with the 9/11 Commission.

[Angry Dragon]

42. yep

[red dog 1]

45. Exactly!

[Reporter to Bush] "Will you be testifying before the 9/11 Commission?"

BUSH: "You know, I don't 'testify' - but I'll be glad to sit down and talk with them."

[This scene is part of Michael Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/11"]

Bush did "sit down & talk with them"..along with Dick Cheney, and neither one was "under oath"

[livetohike]

7. They are delusional. Don't know whether to laugh or

be angry. They are really frightened of Mueller.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

8. Clearly Trump has not told his lawyers the truth about his crimes (a long list).

If he had they wouldn't propose such a ridiculous exchange.

Or they can guess, but tRump proposed it and so they go through the motions because, what the hey, they get paid.

[Angry Dragon]

43. maybe paid

[TexasTowelie]

49. I'd ask for a retainer and then also send monthly installment invoices to be paid.

After the attorneys abandon him for non-payment, Trump can find a public defender if he provides the financial records to prove he is indigent.

[CentralMass]

53. This. tRump is incapable of telling the truth.

[Jim__]

9. Maybe Mueller could just sign an NDA and then he could interview Trump on any topic whatsoever. n/t

[not fooled]

13. Maybe Mike Cohen can

send Mr. Mueller $130,000 to seal the deal.

[Leith]

10. Since When Does a Suspect Set the Terms for the Interogation?

Isn't this supposed to be a nation of laws and not just what the guy in charge feels like doing?

shitgibbon has to answer the questions that an investigation needs answered. Being president doesn't give him any special right to blow off the interview.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

18. Since Bush got his puppet master (Cheney) to sit with him & limited the interview to two hours.

Watch for tRump to try for a time limit so he can gish-gallop with mangled language and misunderstanding the questions and other time wasting techniques to run out the clock.

[tblue37]

25. And no record. nt

[procon]

29. That would be the interview with no oaths and no official recording or transcription.

The 9/11 commission was convened by congress but they had to schlepp over to the WH so Bush could look more imposing in the Oval Office. Even though we supposedly have three separate and coequal branches of government, Cheney thumbed his nose at congress and downplayed the interview, not as legal testimony, but something akin to a little coffee tete a tete amongst old pals. Bush and Cheney acted like eastern potentates and made it sound like they were doing the commission a favor just by deigning to speak to them.

Likewise, Trump sees himself as some fictional, mighty warlord, inviolate and untouchable, so it should come as no surprise that he's trying the tilt the outcome and further hobble Mueller's investigation.

[red dog 1]

46. + 1

[Angry Dragon]

44. But he is Donald J Trump, the bestest of the best

[Rhiannon12866]

50. +100!

[cp]

12. Nice try, asshole

Mueller is in charge.

[bitterross]

14. Sure, A Guilty Plea will wrap it right up.

One good way to end it.

[ancianita]

15. Preconditions? Preconditions?? We don't have to take no stinkin' preconditions!!

[not fooled]

16. donnie's new wardrobe

[link:?itok=dBpAVut2|]

[Fritz Walter]

67. You may have a point there

An orange jumpsuit would clash with his complexion.
At least at first. I’m guessing most federal prisons don’t have golf courses or electric coffins (tanning beds).

[SergeStorms]

82. A fashion faux pas.

"Stout" people should never wear horizontal stripes. It makes the stripes look so distorted he'd look like a corkscrew. Vertical stripes ONLY for someone of Trump's "stature".

[marble falls]

17. Why would Mueller even consider this? Cheetolini is going to have to talk at some point...

why wouldn't Mueller want to wait until he was ready to indict Cheetolini?

[PJMcK]

23. This story came from Trump's lawyers

Robert Mueller's team doesn't leak. Trump's attorneys are trying to float a balloon to show that Trump can be "reasonable." When Mr. Mueller actually tries to schedule an interview with Trump, his lawyers can say the Mr. Mueller is unreasonable.

At that point, of course, Mr. Mueller simply has one of his grand juries issue a subpoena.

Trump cannot be interviewed or even give testimony because he will perjure himself. The man lies like I breathe. His lawyers know their client. It will be fascinating to watch this play out.

[marble falls]

26. At some point there's a Cheetolini subpoena a commin'. And Mueller will know all the facts...

before the Donald even gets to make his first lie.

[blue-wave]

19. This is a joke, right?

ROTFL!!! Donnie your not in the 5th grade playing a game of kick ball. Mueller's not gonna deal with you. You just gotta fess up to what you've done and take what's coming.

[C Moon]

20. I almost choked on my sandwich when I read that headline! :D

[Maven]

21. HAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! nt

[RandomAccess]

22. Ridiculous

Are they delusional, or just that incompetent?

Mueller has NO reason to make any sort of agreement like that. Have they never heard the word subpoena??

[meadowlander]

37. Isn't that what you get when unfair people decide to be mean to you?

You can just ignore those and laugh.

[C_U_L8R]

27. Oh that's hilarious

Who's representing Trump... David Dennison ????

[Historic NY]

28. "That's not how works, that not how any of this works"...

this isn't a negotiation, you come in for an interview or go in front of the grand jury.

[riversedge]

31. Go sit in the corner until Mueller calls you.

[briv1016]

32. If Mueller agrees to this it means he's ready to arrest Donald at the "interview."

[MGKrebs]

48. Exactly. And even then he STILL wouldn't agree to this.

[PubliusEnigma]

35. Just subpoena already!

[meadowlander]

36. He thinks he has leverage, bless his heart.

[SergeStorms]

83. That's the southern way of saying.....

"what an asshole".

[Binkie The Clown]

38. How about if he agrees to an interview he gets a few years knocked off his sentence.

For all practical purposes it's going to be a life sentence anyway.

[onetexan]

39. 60 days huh? now how long did their witch hunt of Hillary go on? and still going on?

[Enoki33]

40. Dotard and his attorneys still have not grasped the fact

that Mueller and his team are proceeding on the basis of patriots. Apparently an alien concept to the WH.

[Frustratedlady]

41. David Dennison, aka Donald Trump must be running scared. Mueller must have gotten into the finances

and has him by the jewels. He is one scared puppy and has NO right to be making demands of Mr. Mueller. He is the devil compared to Mr. Mueller and he knows we all recognize that.

Go sit in the corner until you are called to testify, DD/DT. You have another trial in the future you might need to get ready for. You sure wouldn't want to give the wrong answers meant for the Daniels trial at the Russia trial. Just imagine replying to a Mueller question about money laundering with details of a sexual tryst with a porn star.

That web is getting more and more complicated, isn't it?

[Maynar]

56. This.

nt

[orangecrush]

51. ....

[Submariner]

69. That's the photo I was lookin' for

[orangecrush]

78. That

is no doubt Mueller's reaction!

[Skittles]

52. TRANSLATION: MUELLER IS GETTING TO CLOSE TO THE TRUTH

[CanonRay]

54. Trump thinks he can bullshit his way through one interview

and then walk. Why? Because it's always worked before. God knows how many crimes this asshole has gotten away with.

[NastyRiffraff]

55. :Sniff: Is that desperation I smell?

I think so.

[Honeycombe8]

57. Translation: Stop probing! Ask me questions (& I'll plead the 5th). End of story!

So I can continue planning to be President for Life!

[Maynar]

58. What worries me

is his rabid followers who will obviously stoop to murder for their "leader".

Somebody gonna get a hurt real bad...

[FakeNoose]

71. The bots are mostly in Russia & eastern Europe

Real people are going to change their minds quickly, once they see the pee tape.

[Freethinker65]

59. Hahahahahahahaha

[dchill]

60. "Be careful what you wish for."

Wise old saying.

[George II]

61. donnie, the "probe" will be over when it's over. Mueller doesn't deal on stuff like that.

Wait until the NEXT "probe" you undergo, it'll be in Cellblock C.

[red dog 1]

62. "Trump has said he is 'looking forward' to speaking with the special counsel's team"

But since he is, among other things, a pathological liar, this statement is absolutely meaningless!


K&R, thanks for posting

[Corvo Bianco]

63. So cute.

[Docreed2003]

65. Lmao...Trump is so screwed

[flying-skeleton]

66. That's not how this works ....

That's not how this works
That's not how any of this works

[keithbvadu2]

68. For an interview that includes Trump's lies, avoidances and can't remembers.

[BobTheSubgenius]

70. All questions are to be multiple choice.

Ideally, they should also be submitted with plenty of time for Drumpf to learn some handy phrases. "I don't remember." "I just don't know." "I can't recall." "I invoke my right to take the Beauregard on that question."

If that many answers prove to be confusing or too hard to remember, just the first two, then. Also....there will be no limit on how often the "Phone A Friend" option can be invoked.

[Fritz Walter]

73. A chill just ran down my spine

After what happened in the UK this week (Nerve Agent Used to Kill Sergei Skripal), it has become abundantly clear that Putin and his minions will ruthlessly kill anyone who threatens him. Or even just pisses him off.

I hate to ask this, but does Mueller have any active protection against similar, sinister acts?

[kentuck]

75. That would just be another strike against him...

...another obstruction of justice charge.

[NCjack]

76. Just one interview and out. Well, that is a job for a prosecutor with

proven credentials for extracting every drop from Trump -- Miss Stormy Daniels.

[Blue Owl]

79. Amateur Hour

[SergeStorms]

80. Yeah Donnie Little Hands.

Like you hold all the cards, and Mueller had better take this deal, or he's in big trouble!

[WhiteTara]

84. The caveat might be that Mueller indicts him

at the table thereby ending the investigation.