Trump lawyer says Mueller obtained transition emails illegally

[sofa king]

Source: The Hill

A lawyer for President Trump's transition team said Saturday that Robert Mueller's special counsel office obtained tens of thousands of emails from the Trump transition organization illegally, Reuters reports.

Kory Langhofer, counsel to Trump for America (TFA), wrote a letter to several congressional committees claiming that Mueller's team improperly obtained thousands of emails from the General Services Administration (GSA), where the Trump transition team housed its staffers during the transition.

Langhofer's letter accuses Mueller's team of “unlawfully produc[ing] TFA’s private materials, including privileged communications, to the Special Counsel’s Office,” according to Reuters.

The illegally obtained documents include “tens of thousands of emails," the letter adds.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/365278-trump-lawyer-says-mueller-obtained-transition-emails-illegally

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Attacking the legality of the evidence, eh? Just in case, "we didn't do it" fails to hold up, I guess.

[underthematrix]

1. Subpoena

[rzemanfl]

2. My reaction is "what the actual fuck?" They must really be in panic mode. n/t

[mobeau69]

3. BINGO!

Mueller wouldn't do anything stupid. They're panicing.

[mobeau69]

20. Politico just published a better piece on this IMO.

Includes a link to the complete letter and more.

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/12/16/mueller-trump-transition-emails-lawyer-299577

[PunksMom]

26. Exactly what i was thinking!

Mueller has it all together, and wouldn’t make a mistake like that. They surely are in freak out mode and I can only hope we soon find out why.

[gohuskies]

4. Trump hypocrites

Now that’s rich talking about illegal acquisition of emails when it is the dotard and the likes of howdy gowdy and the repug weasels going after Hillary Clinton’s emails. Lying bastards all of them

[pnwmom]

5. DT didn't have Executive Privilege while Obama was President. So there goes that argument.

And no one can use the .gov system and have an expectation of privacy.

Tough luck, Jared!

[democratisphere]

6. The whole damn crew must be on the verge of being taken down.

[Sanity Claws]

7. If the emails came through Russia or Wikileaks, then that is okay

Their hypocrisy is highlighted.

Karma can be beautiful.

[bucolic_frolic]

8. "RUSSIA, IF YOU'RE LISTENING ...."

SINCE WHEN DOES LEGALITY MATTER TO THE TRUMP ADMINISTRATION?

[Irish_Dem]

9. More PR stunts to feed the base, who are Trump's protection and poker chips.

He needs to keep the propaganda flowing to them.

[PoliticAverse]

10. Standard pre-emptive legal strategy. n/t

[sofa king]

51. Remember the old lawyer's trope?

If the law is on your side, pound the law; if the facts are on your side, pound the facts; if neither is on your side, pound the table.

We already know that the Trump team is best at table-pounding.

[JI7]

11. The white house and presidency isn't their private family business

[still_one]

12. So much for transpancy, fucking traitors

[0rganism]

13. hmm, anyone post them all to "wikileaks" yet?

if not, maybe stfu Kory

[Bernardo de La Paz]

22. Wikilieaks feared Hillary's prosecution of Assange. They are very partisan.

You won't see much incriminating tRump and his Gang and the RepubliCONs on Wikileaks.

[Sunlei]

14. guess that lawyer 'forgot' the day all devices were downloaded because of Rs fear of 'leakers'

that happened about 2 days into start of the new WH term?

Those files were saved on server by someone and very useful today to see if trumps 'team' really did turn over everything.

[bluestarone]

15. im here in COLD North Dakota and

I CAN FEEL THE HEAT!!!!! GO GET THEM Mueller

[appleannie1943]

16. had separated messages they believed contained privileged information. IE: Incriminating

He outsmarted them by obtaining the emails from somewhere else to insure he got them all.

[cab67]

17. setting up a rationale for firing Mueller?

[George II]

18. Wrong, bud. Hold your breath and stomp your feet, ain't gonna change a thing.

[Demtexan]

19. Wonder how many are planning out of country holiday trips.

Must be hard waiting for door knock.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

21. They are government property, hence almost as good as public.

Further, any client or lawyer using a government email address and server to transact personal lawyering is just stupid and incompetent, respectively.

[LisaL]

23. And he didn't even have to ask Russia for it.

[C_U_L8R]

24. By the smell of it

The entire Trump Administration has spontaneously crapped their pants.

[Orrex]

25. The sole purpose of this statement is to lay the groundwork for firing Mueller

[sofa king]

46. I thought so, too.

But then Saturday night came and went with no massacre. Wonder what's up with that?

[onetexan]

54. 45's lawyers got their law degrees from Trump U.

[Orrex]

55. LOL

Well played!

[joshcryer]

27. This is their defense?!? HAHAHA

Oh sweet summer child.

[Hoyt]

28. Those transition emails might be embarrassing, but doubt they prove election tampering or crimes.

[mobeau69]

33. Maybe not alone but taken together

with other information Mueller may have they very well could.

[Hoyt]

34. They COULD, and the COULD provide nothing but some embarrassing comments about

GOPers; Trump's preference for MacDonald's, ______ grabbing, and dementia; utter incompetence of transition team; racism; etc. Those are all things that will probably endear him to his supporters.

[mobeau69]

43. Agree, we just don't know one way or the other. What we do know is

they sure as hell don't want them seeing the light of day. It's as if they contain a smoking gun.

The fact that Mueller felt the need to respond makes clear what dire straits our nation is in. Doturd saying he's going to "rebuild" the FBI should've shocked any patriot. The shit is really hitting the fan now.

[karynnj]

44. What if there were a string of email about their legal vulnerability

It would be unwise to commit something like that to email, but in what way have they showed wisdom? Even if they tried to be vague, that could almost be a roadmap. Even knowing which ones were concerned and about whom is useful.

[Hoyt]

49. If those exist, great. I'll gladly eat crow while watching the impeachment.

[Linda Ed]

40. Why then?

Is the trump team losing their cool over them? If they didn't do anything wrong why worry?

A new poll has found that 63 percent of Americans believe President Donald Trump has tried to “impede or obstruct” the investigations into Russian interference in the U.S. election and possible links between Trump’s campaign and the Kremlin.

Additionally, 40 percent are convinced Trump did something “illegal” with Russia, according to the Associated Press-NORC poll, while 32 percent believe he has done something “unethical” concerning Russia.

The poll found the president had only a 32 percent approval rating, with 67 percent disapproving of the way Trump is handling his job as president. Those numbers mimic the findings of an earlier Pew Research poll.

Most American's who keep up with this are not stupid! The writing is on the wall

[Hoyt]

50. For the same reason Clinton was worried when her emails were released. Who knows how things will

be interpreted, what some fool may have said that makes Trump look bad but is not criminal (did you pick up daddy's new false teeth and Viagra), derogatory comments about important people, etc., is one possibility. The other could be they wrote a road map to the prize, Trump's impeachment. But I don't think the latter is likely.

As to people thinking he's guilty, I don't think that makes a lot of difference. I think he's guilty of something -- if only being the most ignorant fool to ever be elected to public office, or selling his influence for personal gain -- but we need something that enough people will demand impeachment. Enough people voted for him, notwithstanding knowing he had Ruskie ties, grabbed women, had read the dossier, was a braggart, and maybe worse.

[uncle ray]

45. they are a major help in constructing a timeline of communication.

they will incriminate many whether the crimes were collusion, money laundering, obstruction, etc. They may not be the smoking gun, but they help account for the guns whereabouts. the Kushner calls before and after the Flynn/Kislyack meeting are a good example.

[Kentonio]

47. Maybe they prove statements that have been made to the FBI

Were actually untrue.

[emulatorloo]

52. Why are they squealing so loudly? I expect some lied to the FBI, not knowing Mueller had these

emails in his possession.

Put more succinctly :

Link to tweet

"The big freak-out over Mueller having the transition emails is that it means any interviewees who lied to the FBI about matters contained therein is already caught bc the FBI has the record of what happened."

[Ccarmona]

29. What Law covers Improperly obtained?

This is the Trump team, including its State run medium, muddying the waters to lay the case to fire Mueller.

[Corgigal]

30. They aren't private

nor own, this is Americas system.

Crappy attorney logic, but he has dumb clients. Should have stay in private business idiots.
Then ya OWN, now your words own you.

[elleng]

31. 'wrote a letter to several congressional committees'

See you in court, a*hole.

[Freethinker65]

32. Karma

[videohead5]

35. Trump did not give a shit

About the Russians illegally hacking the DNC's e-mails so I could care less.

[Tatiana]

36. It would be fitting for this band of traitors to be brought down by emails. n/t

[left-of-center2012]

37. Trump asked Russia to get Hillary's emails in 2016 election

Guess that was OK?

[turbinetree]

38. Hey sexual predator transition "team" you might want to go back to law school

nice try...........................you really are grasping for straws, and they are really short...............

[Linda Ed]

39. Statement from Robert Mueller Special Counsel spokes person

Peter Carr, Special Counsel spokesman:
“When we have obtained emails in the course of our ongoing criminal investigation, we have secured either the account owner’s consent or appropriate criminal process.”

So FAUX news can ram it and so can drumpf's attorney's

It all began around around 5pm on Saturday when Axios reported that Mueller has been sitting on fifty thousand emails from the Trump transition team all along (link). Mueller had kept this a secret, and had tricked Trump’s people into a false sense of security by requesting copies of the emails that he already had. Trump’s people only turned over the non-incriminating emails, and thought they were covered. This means he has a whole lot of people nailed for various crimes. If Trump tries to make a move, Mueller can begin arresting them all before Trump can complete the complicated process of trying to fire him.

http://www.palmerreport.com/politics/ace-sleeve-mueller-2/6700/

[jpak]

41. ...but her emails...I love WkiLeaks....

F.U. Cheeeto

[Quemado]

42. Dear Right Wing: Stop feeding red meat to the base

http://thehill.com/homenews/house/352137-pelosi-i-hope-trump-will-stop-feeding-red-meat-to-his-base


Anything the right wing (Trump, his lawyers, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, etc.) says is basically red meat for the base. They have to cast doubt on the legitimacy of the Mueller investigation. It's all for the base. They are trying to set the base up for a fight.

[Penn Voter]

48. If that is so

Kory, then why not go to a court instead of making a political statement? Non Trump apologists already know the answer.

[Doodley]

53. Everything Trump and his band of criminals do to undermine the FBI and Mueller, just

means more people are more determined to bring the POS down.