Whitaker Says He Won't Starve Mueller Probe of Funds

[DonViejo]

Source: PoliticalWire



November 12, 2018 at 7:00 am EST By Taegan Goddard

Acting Attorney General Matthew Whitaker has” told associates that the Justice Department under his leadership won’t cut the budget for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference,” Bloomberg reports.

“It’s a signal that some of the worst fears that critics have about Whitaker’s potential to interfere with Mueller’s probe won’t come true in the immediate aftermath of the former DOJ chief of staff being chosen to replace Attorney General Jeff Sessions.”

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[rzemanfl]

1. He's lying. He's a fascist. It's what they do. n/t

[olegramps]

6. He is just an evil fascist thug. A gangster with connections

[matt819]

14. My reaction as well. . .

Okay, so funding is secure.

Oh, you want more personnel? Sorry, no one's available. Oh, and we need some guys to staff the office in Boise, and some other guys to ramp up the Hillary e-mails investigation, and I'm thinking about reopening travelgate and the Vince Foster investigation. So, no, you can't have any more people.

Need computers. Sure, but they have to be cleared by security. That could take time.

Oh, and one more thing, about your funding being secure? It isn't.


Is he a Republican? Yes.
Did he speak? Yes.
He lied.

[lagomorph777]

15. Dems need to audit him weekly.

[lark]

2. You know this is just a sophistry, he will fuck up the investigation any way he can.

This is probably a total lie, but if it isn't, it's at best a partial truth because he could accomplish the same thing by refusing everything Mueller brings to him, no new indictments, giving in to all judicial pushback, or by firing Mueller outright. He hasn't said he wouldn't do that. Of course everything he says is totally suspect since he's just a drumpf/PUtin water carrier. Congress needs to sue over this illegal appointment.

[Cosmocat]

4. At a bare minimum he will be Devin Nunes

everything in the Meuller investigation will be turned over to the white house.

I would be shocked if he didn't charge the justice department to go after the laundry list of evil liberal boogymen that the Rs/45 rail on.

[babylonsister]

3. I think he's scared after the outcry. nt

[dalton99a]

5. Mueller gets his funding from a special Treasury account

It is guaranteed by law as long as he is special counsel

[BlueIdaho]

7. Thank You!

That, I did not know...

[duforsure]

8. Then again

He's a serial liar like trump is, so it means nothing.

[dalton99a]

9. Whitaker is a bullshitter

The special counsel's budget is not part of the annual funding for the Justice Department. Republicans in Congress tried to touch it but found out that they couldn't without changing the law.

[essaynnc]

10. So what will he do?

So he's promised specifically ” told associates that the Justice Department under his leadership won’t cut the budget for Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election interference,”.

So what will he do? Fire all his staff? Run him out of the building? Turn off all of his power and internet connection? re-assign him to another case? The options are endless!

[drray23]

11. He may be seeing the writing on the wall.

Especially after he has been briefed. Come January, there will be a flurry of subpoena and congressional hearings.
He probably figured he could get caught in it if he is too blatant about it and ultimately end up like Mitchel, Nixon's AG.

[ffr]

12. Trust me.

He left that part out.

[blueinredohio]

13. Not only will he cut the budget for Mueller

he will be finding out what Mueller is doing and report straight to Trump.

[dchill]

16. " Whitaker Says..."

It's a whole new list of prevarications!

[greyl]

17. The budget is already secured through sometime next year. nt