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Qutzupalotl

(14,230 posts)
1. Rosenstein used to announce the public indictments.
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 06:55 PM
Nov 2018

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 won’t go away.

OnDoutside

(19,906 posts)
7. Look at the end of the article,
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 07:28 PM
Nov 2018
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 can’t 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 Mueller’s 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

OnDoutside

(19,906 posts)
10. The article addresses that too, in that Whitaker might be able to block new ones but it
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 08:08 PM
Nov 2018

appears that Mueller has a load of sealed indictments ready to go.

OnDoutside

(19,906 posts)
12. It sounds like Whitaker brazenly would. My hope is that the permanent DOJ staff would refuse to
Sun Nov 18, 2018, 07:29 PM
Nov 2018

carry out the order.

 

SFnomad

(3,473 posts)
2. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas ...
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 07:01 PM
Nov 2018

This is my only exception to my longstanding ... no Xmas before Turkey Day rule.

wishstar

(5,267 posts)
4. He is trying to round up the entire gang of co-conspirators before he issues joint indictments
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 07:13 PM
Nov 2018

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

(51,430 posts)
5. And they keep getting more info leading to new investigations.
Fri Nov 16, 2018, 07:23 PM
Nov 2018

Now Mueller is checking into Saudi relationships. This could him In forever. The Russia hacking of our election was the tip of the iceberg.

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