Tue May 28, 2019, 12:07 PM

gldstwmn (4,023 posts)

Mueller drew up obstruction indictment against Trump, Michael Wolff book claims

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/may/28/mueller-trump-obstruction-charge-michael-wolff-book-siege-under-fire-news

A new book from Fire and Fury author Michael Wolff says special counsel Robert Mueller drew up a three-count obstruction of justice indictment against Donald Trump before deciding to shelve it – an explosive claim which a spokesman for Mueller flatly denied.

The stunning revelation is contained in Siege: Trump Under Fire, which will be published a week from now, on 4 June. It is the sequel to Fire and Fury, Wolff’s bestseller on the first year of the Trump presidency which was published in 2018.

The Guardian obtained a copy of Siege and viewed the documents concerned.

In an author’s note, Wolff states that his findings on the Mueller investigation are “based on internal documents given to me by sources close to the Office of the Special Counsel”.

But Peter Carr, a spokesman for Mueller, told the Guardian: “The documents that you’ve described do not exist.”

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Mueller drew up obstruction indictment against Trump, Michael Wolff book claims (Original post)	gldstwmn	May 2019	OP
Take Michael Wolff with a grain of salt	meow2u3	May 2019	#1
A lot of Fire and Fury turned out to be true.	gldstwmn	May 2019	#3
Then he should reproduce them in his book	onenote	May 2019	#9
The House committee can ask Mueller about the accuracy of this story	eleny	May 2019	#10
Maybe he will?	gldstwmn	May 2019	#11
The full article is at the link but I found these two	gldstwmn	May 2019	#2
Which part did the Mueller spokesperson deny?! I'm getting sick of all the freak double speak coming	uponit7771	May 2019	#4
I don't know who that spokesman is.	gldstwmn	May 2019	#5
+1, this too ... it could be from Barr's boys	uponit7771	May 2019	#8
I don't doubt that.	GoCubsGo	May 2019	#6
Agreed. This is probably what's in the report	gldstwmn	May 2019	#7
"The documents that you've described do not exist."...	flotsam	May 2019	#12
Wolff has copies so someone else probably has copies too.	gldstwmn	May 2019	#13

Response to gldstwmn (Original post)

Tue May 28, 2019, 12:12 PM

meow2u3 (24,544 posts)

1. Take Michael Wolff with a grain of salt

I read "Fire and Fury" and took his writings as nothing but gossip. Wolff is a tabloid gossip columnist and his writings should be interpreted that way.

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Tue May 28, 2019, 12:50 PM

gldstwmn (4,023 posts)

3. A lot of Fire and Fury turned out to be true.

Also this article says Wolff has copies of the documents.

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Tue May 28, 2019, 01:45 PM

onenote (37,586 posts)

9. Then he should reproduce them in his book

If he doesn't, it would suggest he's got nothing.

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Tue May 28, 2019, 02:05 PM

eleny (46,055 posts)

10. The House committee can ask Mueller about the accuracy of this story

Hopefully he'll get his butt out of the clouds and gets over himself for the good of the democracy.

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Tue May 28, 2019, 02:28 PM

gldstwmn (4,023 posts)

11. Maybe he will?

The book comes out June 4th I think.

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Tue May 28, 2019, 12:12 PM

gldstwmn (4,023 posts)

2. The full article is at the link but I found these two

paragraphs especially explosive:
And yet Wolff reports that Mueller’s office drew up a three-count outline of the president’s alleged abuses, under the title “United States of America against Donald J Trump, Defendant”. The document sat on the special counsel’s desk, Wolff writes, for almost a year.

According to a document seen by the Guardian, the first count, under Title 18, United States code, Section 1505, charged the president with corruptly – or by threats of force or threatening communication – influencing, obstructing or impeding a pending proceeding before a department or agency of the United States.

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Tue May 28, 2019, 12:55 PM

uponit7771 (87,006 posts)

4. Which part did the Mueller spokesperson deny?! I'm getting sick of all the freak double speak coming

... from the Mueller team.

Looks like that one article by [forget the name] was right about Cohen or close enough not to deny the jist and substance.

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Tue May 28, 2019, 12:58 PM

gldstwmn (4,023 posts)