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orangecrush

(19,546 posts)
Sun May 13, 2018, 04:05 PM May 2018

Mueller investigation "Like steaming locomotive" - WaPo

Last edited Sun May 13, 2018, 10:49 PM - Edit history (3)

The Mueller operation, like the former Marine Corps platoon commander who leads it, is secretive and methodical. Ten blocks west in the White House, President Trump combats the probe with bluster, disarray and defiance as he scrambles for survival.

The president vents to associates about the FBI raids on his personal attorney Michael Cohen — as often as “20 times a day,” in the estimation of one confidant — and they frequently listen in silence, knowing little they say will soothe him. Trump gripes that he needs better “TV lawyers” to defend him on cable news and is impatient to halt the “witch hunt” that he believes undermines his legitimacy as president. And he plots his battle plans with former New York mayor Rudolph W. Giuliani, his new legal consigliere.

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The probe is a steaming locomotive, already delivering indictments or guilty pleas involving 19 people and three companies, while soliciting interviews with most of the president’s closest aides and outside associates. Players have departed, including most of Trump’s original legal team, while others have joined — including, most recently, Cohen, adult-film actress Stormy Daniels and her attorney, Michael Avenatti.

“This has moved at a lightning speed,” said Christopher Ruddy, a Trump friend and chief executive of Newsmax. “They’re not messing around. They’re going very quickly. The number of indictments, pleas and other moves is just amazing. I think it will come to a head quicker than other investigations.”



https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.washingtonpost.com/amphtml/politics/buckle-up-as-mueller-probe-enters-second-year-trump-and-allies-go-on-war-footing/2018/05/13/e3d15fbe-546b-11e8-9c91-7dab596e8252_story.html

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Mueller investigation "Like steaming locomotive" - WaPo (Original Post) orangecrush May 2018 OP
Orange Blossom Special kentuck May 2018 #1
Ha Roland99 May 2018 #13
Perfect. Haven't heard that in janx May 2018 #16
Empire State Express orangecrush May 2018 #28
Not getting the article?--try this link Maeve May 2018 #2
kick for visibility triron May 2018 #3
This is not the old 97. And Mueller is not Casey Jones! gibraltar72 May 2018 #4
KnR for Team Mueller Hekate May 2018 #5
Note to Steaming Locomotive: Come on *HOME*!1 UTUSN May 2018 #6
This is Trump's train... orangecrush May 2018 #27
Long Train Runnin' Blue Owl May 2018 #7
Here BumRushDaShow May 2018 #9
Way too cool, those Doobies, thanks for the flashback nolabels May 2018 #32
They were silly in that too. BumRushDaShow May 2018 #33
This message was self-deleted by its author RandomAccess May 2018 #8
k and r Achilleaze May 2018 #10
THANK YOU! orangecrush May 2018 #26
People are complaining that this is taking too long... BigmanPigman May 2018 #11
NSA orangecrush May 2018 #25
"TV Lawyers"? Fritz Walter May 2018 #12
The more I read about Trump, janx May 2018 #18
Better call Saul! orangecrush May 2018 #24
He never had any legitimacy because the election was rigged bucolic_frolic May 2018 #14
Looking for Cohen indictment orangecrush May 2018 #23
Moving at lightning speed enid602 May 2018 #15
Because orangecrush May 2018 #22
Why do Trump attorneys janx May 2018 #17
My guess orangecrush May 2018 #21
Page not found. The link is broken. From what you've written, it sounds encouraging. rainin May 2018 #19
Fixed it! orangecrush May 2018 #20
I always take the opinion of Newsmax trump buddies seriously lunasun May 2018 #29
All Aboard! retread May 2018 #30
GREAT TUNE! orangecrush May 2018 #31

Response to orangecrush (Original post)

BigmanPigman

(51,589 posts)
11. People are complaining that this is taking too long...
Sun May 13, 2018, 06:05 PM
May 2018

but I heard that this investigation is proceeding faster than investigations during the Nixon, Reagun, Clinton, and Bush administrations. That is saying something since this one is so much more complicated and enormous. This makes the others pale in comparison. The tech tools available now have really helped speed it along. Thank goodness for the "devices" seized by Mueller from Cohen, Manafort, "the Russian"... as well as all the emails, etc. Documentation has never been easier.

Fritz Walter

(4,291 posts)
12. "TV Lawyers"?
Sun May 13, 2018, 06:29 PM
May 2018

He's welcome to try calling "1-800-ASK-GARY" but I doubt they'd return his call.

Nor would most other attorneys-at-law who use TV ads to attract potential clients.

janx

(24,128 posts)
18. The more I read about Trump,
Sun May 13, 2018, 07:26 PM
May 2018

the more I have to conclude that he was raised in front of a television.

bucolic_frolic

(43,146 posts)
14. He never had any legitimacy because the election was rigged
Sun May 13, 2018, 06:59 PM
May 2018

It is amazing how Obama maintains legitimacy even as he has left office. He put the probes in motion, telling us America would answer at a "time and place of our choosing."

I do hope the speed of the investigation grows exponentially. Any attempt to derail it must stopped.

janx

(24,128 posts)
17. Why do Trump attorneys
Sun May 13, 2018, 07:24 PM
May 2018

keep asserting that the investigation will wrap up soon? Do they say this because Trump wants them to say it?

Even Giuliani, who said he was brought in to end the probe and initially predicted it would wrap up within two weeks, now seems uncertain of where Mueller’s investigation will conclude.


Honestly, so far they've had no basis to believe such a thing.
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