Pamela Brown CNN: WH says Mueller has not met threshold to get to interview Trump.

[applegrove]

CNN

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

1. Then I guess he'll just have to be subpoenaed.

And Mueller can subpoena any damn body he wants.

[triron]

17. What are these clowns thinking???

[pangaia]

26. He won;t show up. And who will do anything about it?

[Cattledog]

2. Can anyone say Subpoena!

[spanone]

4. my thoughts exactly.

[C_U_L8R]

3. Threshold???

How about a subpoena? Is that enough threshold for you Trump clowns?

[kentuck]

9. Sh...h...h..h.

Don't tell him....Mueller was a Marine in Vietnam. Don't make him put the hammer down, Donald.

[madaboutharry]

5. Mueller should subpoena him and drag his fat ass before a Grand Jury.

Trump is a poseur. I am sick of him and his sycophants and enablers.

[pangaia]

27. WHO will drag his ass?

[Cha]

6. "WH" is a bunch of cornered little

rabid rats who will say anything to keep stupid trump from talking to Mueller.

[kentuck]

7. An act of desperation.

He doesn't want to talk to Robert Mueller.

[unblock]

8. they will filibuster as long as they can. this was a case in point.

they dangled a possibly cooperative interview out there to avoid a subpoena for a while.

after all, why would mueller subpoena while they're negotiating a cooperative interview?

now that they feel they've played that card, they can say there are further requirements.
haven't met the "threshold".

maybe mueller will try to jump through more hoops and waste more time.

hopefully, mueller will go straight to the subpoena.


at a minimum, they successfully avoided a subpoena prior to the sotu. maybe that was all they wanted.

[mulsh]

10. Mueller's team can issue a Grand Jury Subpoena anytime they choose. That's the real threshold.

It will be amusing to see what loser sexual predator don the con's team of third rate real estate scam attorneys do in response.

[pangaia]

28. Nothing.. nothing good, anyway.

[dewsgirl]

11. WTH is that supposed to mean? OMG, these corrupt treasonous bastards.

[lindysalsagal]

14. I'm thinking, video of the russian oligharchs and the trucks full of laundered money with 45 driving

???

Anything short of that just means it's all speculation???

[dewsgirl]

15. SMH. God. I hope Mueller and team as smart as we hope they are.

[justgamma]

16. I think it means that he must

genuflect and kiss the ring of the royal dotard.

[OilemFirchen]

12. Okay, then.

[writerJT]

13. Outrageous. What does that even MEAN?

This is off the charts brazen.

[milestogo]

18. What the hell is that supposed to mean?

[triron]

19. Seth Abramson on this

Link to tweet

[Akoto]

20. Sorry, Pam. The only threshold is when Mueller decides to subpoena. n/t

[triron]

21. kick for visibility

[triron]

22. kick again

[UTUSN]

23. Link here:It'sSHITLER's*lawyers*saying it,that the threshold is prez-only-source-of-info-requested

But BROWN goes on to say that this is "the early" part of the negotiation between MUELLER and SHITLER's lawyers for the interview, that if it gets to a stalemate, it could to the subpoena route, then possibly for a court.

**********QUOTE*********

https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/30/politics/donald-trump-attorneys/index.html

Trump's lawyers argue Mueller has not met threshold for interview

.... ...President Donald Trump's attorneys are arguing that special counsel Robert Mueller's team has not met the high threshold they believe is needed to interview a president in person, according to sources familiar with the ongoing deliberations.

... the President's legal team argues that the President should not be treated like anyone else. Trump's attorneys would like Mueller's prosecutors to show that only the President can give them the information they require. The President's team, one source said, is consulting with the White House counsel's office and other outside legal experts given the implications of any decision about the President's testimony on the office of the President.

The discussions about presidential testimony are ongoing and professional, says one source. But it is now clear where the President's attorneys stand. ....

But even if the President's lawyers object and seek to fight efforts to talk to him, Mueller could ultimately seek to force the issue through a grand jury subpoena. That would prolong the issue and could lead to court battles. ....

One significant challenge facing the President's lawyers is there is no clear legal precedent for a president to avoid testifying.

***********UNQUOTE*******

[triron]

24. see my post (19) on Seth Abramson's comments on this.

It's subpoena time.

[UTUSN]

25. Yea, saw it. I had to look up who Pamela BROWN is, cause it sounded like *she* was saying it.

[fierywoman]

29. So tRump is thinking: L'Etat, c'est moi.?

[triron]

30. Thanks for the French lesson.

[fierywoman]

34. I had to look it up -- but it doesn't feel the same in English!

[TheDebbieDee]

31. Here's some speculation that I read in one of my FB forums...

Mueller will try to get Trump to come in for an interview but once Trump makes it clear that he's playing games, Mueller will send his report to Congress re: collusion, Congress will do nothing...

Then, Mueller will send the $ laundering, corruption and conspiracy cases to NY AG Schneiderman - who will file charges against Trump, Kushner and Donald Jr and use asset forfeiture to pressure them to get things resolved!

However, I thought that the practice of asset forfeiture had been rescinded by the current little POS AG of the US! Would this affect the practices of the State AGs as well?

[triron]

33. Mueller will subpoena Trump to testify before a grand jury..

[Takket]

32. i'll try that one next time i get pulled over for speeding

"you haven't met the threshold for writing me a ticket yet"

[struggle4progress]

35. "No! You didn't say 'Putin says'"