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DonViejo

(60,536 posts)
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 02:55 PM Mar 2018

McConnell: Mueller isn't 'going anywhere'

Source: The Hill




BY ALEXANDER BOLTON - 03/20/18 02:45 PM EDT

Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) on Tuesday defended Robert Mueller after President Trump blasted the special counsel's investigation over the weekend as biased.

-snip-

McConnell argued that speculation of Mueller’s imminent ouster is overheated and that Trump’s lawyers agree he should be allowed to wrap up his investigation. “I don’t think Bob Mueller is going anywhere,” McConnell told reporters. “The president’s lawyers obviously agree that he ought to be allowed to finish the job.

McConnell called Mueller a “thoroughly credible individual” and “an appropriate appointment” to serve as special counsel.

“We all anticipate him finishing the job and telling the American people what they need to know about this episode,” he said.

Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/senate/379354-mcconnell-mueller-isnt-going-anywhere

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McConnell: Mueller isn't 'going anywhere' (Original Post) DonViejo Mar 2018 OP
Yeah, Mitch. Like a book report. bucolic_frolic Mar 2018 #1
Why do I feel so much better now? Ligyron Mar 2018 #2
Please proceed, counsel. WheelWalker Mar 2018 #3
"this episode"? blue neen Mar 2018 #4
After 45s lawyer says mueller should step down, how truthisfreedom Mar 2018 #5
Mitch is twisting in the wind. Wellstone ruled Mar 2018 #6
Double meaning. Bernardo de La Paz Mar 2018 #7
Should Mueller get fired awesomerwb1 Mar 2018 #8
"If negotiators reach an agreement on these matters by the end of January... BumRushDaShow Mar 2018 #9
If only DownriverDem Mar 2018 #10
IMHO the repukes have decided they will defend Mueller ONLY Thekaspervote Mar 2018 #11
Okay, now I am confused Mitch. dameatball Mar 2018 #12
Liar. old guy Mar 2018 #13
But like the rest he didn't say SayItLoud Mar 2018 #14

bucolic_frolic

(42,676 posts)
1. Yeah, Mitch. Like a book report.
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 02:57 PM
Mar 2018

Thanks for the spin control on scope and expectations.

Let's proceed with the indictments

truthisfreedom

(23,113 posts)
5. After 45s lawyer says mueller should step down, how
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 03:03 PM
Mar 2018

is this true? “The president’s lawyers obviously agree that he ought to be allowed to finish the job.

Bernardo de La Paz

(48,788 posts)
7. Double meaning.
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 03:23 PM
Mar 2018

1. Not going to be fired. Maybe. We certainly hope he won't be but tRump's word on it is no good.

2. Dead end investigation. McCONnell certainly hopes so. He is surely complicit: Merrick Garland denied a nomination because McCONnell knew something was in the works; lots of money sloshing around McCONnell's campaign, his wife Elaine Chow gets cushy cabinet job, and at a critical point in 2016 McCONnell blocked Obama from warning states' electoral commissions about Russian hacking and interference. I think there is other stuff as well that points to his complicity.

BumRushDaShow

(127,312 posts)
9. "If negotiators reach an agreement on these matters by the end of January...
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 03:25 PM
Mar 2018

"...I will bring it to the Senate floor for a free-standing vote," - RE: DACA.

So since THAT was a lie, we are supposed to believe this current doozy.

Thekaspervote

(32,606 posts)
11. IMHO the repukes have decided they will defend Mueller ONLY
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 03:38 PM
Mar 2018

Because in the end they can point to the SP ..Mueller and say see.... to their base it wasn’t us that took your kink away.... in fact they are probably hoping that dodart is gone b4 the midterms because again the base will be angry and energized to vote ..for repukes. Any body’s thoughts?

dameatball

(7,380 posts)
12. Okay, now I am confused Mitch.
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 04:18 PM
Mar 2018

How is it that when Trump's lawyers call for an end to the investigation you think it means they think Mueller should be allowed to "finish the job?"
I wonder what lying as a way of life does to you after a while.

SayItLoud

(1,696 posts)
14. But like the rest he didn't say
Tue Mar 20, 2018, 05:58 PM
Mar 2018

Rod Rosenstein will not be replaced with a stooge who will squeeze Mueller's investigative $ to the max, put timeline on him and impede at the behest of the F'n MORON in the Oral Office.

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