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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsSessions hopes Russia probe ends 'sooner rather than later' (ABC News)
ABC NewsAttorney General Jeff Sessions gave a vote of confidence Friday to former FBI director Robert Mueller, the special counsel leading an investigation into potential coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign, but he also said he hoped the investigation could "move forward and come to an end sooner rather than later."
The attorney general's comments during a "Fox & Friends" interview were his most expansive to date on the Justice Department's appointment last month of Mueller to run the investigation.
"Mr. Mueller is someone I've known a long time, and I've had confidence in him over the years," said Sessions, an Alabama Republican who served for years on the Senate Judiciary Committee, the panel that oversees the FBI.
Those remarks stand in contrast to a drumbeat of Republican criticism of the special counsel's investigation, including from President Donald Trump, who on the same show last week contended that Mueller was "very, very good friends" with fired FBI director James Comey and characterized that relationship as "very bothersome." Republicans have also raised conflict-of-interest concerns by noting that some lawyers on Mueller's investigative team have previously contributed to Democratic candidates, though federal law and department policy does not permit the special counsel to take into consideration the political affiliations of a potential hire.
Combine this with Eric Holder's 3am tweet - hmmmm
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Sessions hopes Russia probe ends 'sooner rather than later' (ABC News) (Original Post)
Jimbo101
Jun 2017
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malaise
(268,997 posts)1. Is Sessions on the way out?
Folks want to know
spanone
(135,831 posts)2. as attorney general, he has no reason to hope that the truth is unearthed?...just 'get it over with'
criminals one and all
gratuitous
(82,849 posts)3. The length of the investigation sort of depends on whether the administration cooperates, Jeffy
If special counsel Mueller keeps getting stonewalled and denied access to evidence, it could take a while. I'm sure Mueller would appreciate any assistance you could render, like telling people in the administration to give the investigation their full cooperation.
Otherwise, it sort of sounds like Sessions is telling Mueller to lay off the investigation and go away, doesn't it?