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13. then the ethics rule wouldn't apply

Reply to elleng (Reply #11)

Fri May 19, 2017, 07:05 PM

May 2017

well, it could apply if others under investigation were clients, not necessarily donnie in particular.

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White House looking at ethics rule to weaken special investigation: sources [View all] brooklynite May 2017 OP

Y'know, the maneuvers really don't help their case. C_U_L8R May 2017 #1

Reports like this show just how conscious the White House is of their guilt. . . . nt Bernardo de La Paz May 2017 #2

leave it to benedict donald to use an ethics rule for unethical purposes. unblock May 2017 #3

MORE independent than Mueller? elleng May 2017 #5

agreed 100%.... chillfactor May 2017 #8

i was happy with the pick, but if donnie was a client, that's a problem. unblock May 2017 #10

Unlikely trump a client: elleng May 2017 #11

then the ethics rule wouldn't apply unblock May 2017 #13

Right, jared. elleng May 2017 #15

then mueller could navigate around that, i would think. unblock May 2017 #17

Depends on nature of any action against jared; elleng May 2017 #18

This message was self-deleted by its author emulatorloo May 2017 #26

Jared Kushner & Manafort are/were clients of Mueller's FIRM. Honeycombe8 May 2017 #36

Who was whose prior law firm's former client? Amaryllis May 2017 #4

'In addition to his speaking and teaching roles, Mueller also joined the law firm WilmerHale elleng May 2017 #6

Yup. This "ethics" complaint is as fake as the claims Trump fired Comey for being mean to Hillary. emulatorloo May 2017 #27

Good luck bucolic_frolic May 2017 #7

My guess it that Congressional Repugs would be silent (like most are now) -if they carried out these riversedge May 2017 #22

They would not be doing this... sheshe2 May 2017 #9

Precisely. dalton99a May 2017 #23

Do you remember when this kind of talk would have called for immediate demands for impeachment? Baitball Blogger May 2017 #12

They really couldn't care less about the optics of what they do. herding cats May 2017 #14

But look at their plan of what they would do--and they would have hate radio, fox, blaring it 24/7.. riversedge May 2017 #21

yep...you just know this is how they're gonna play it... dhill926 May 2017 #25

I find it hard to believe this wasn't known before the appointment of Mueller. rzemanfl May 2017 #16

This is NOT the way innocent people behave. WePurrsevere May 2017 #19

They let sessions in despite his perjury , price in spite of financial crimes, Flynn in spite notdarkyet May 2017 #20

An executive order signed by Trump in January extended that period to two years. flibbitygiblets May 2017 #24

Which means we'll likely see another extending to 8 years. briv1016 May 2017 #31

RIGHT. That is what stood out to me. Of course, Trump wouldn't have known anything about Laura PourMeADrink May 2017 #37

Weird - Reuters was saying that Trump extended from 1 year to 2, right...but... Laura PourMeADrink May 2017 #38

Yet, he wants to name Lieberman as FBI Director itsrobert May 2017 #28

Who said irony is dead? Mz Pip May 2017 #29

Ethics rule 3hummingbirds May 2017 #30

My guess is that Rosenstein grants a waiver to that ethics rule. Massacure May 2017 #32

Would Not Put It Past Trump to Fire Rosenstein... TomCADem May 2017 #35

Trump could then end up with TWO special Counsel/prosecutors at the same time! Per statute writer.. mackdaddy May 2017 #33

this is how innocent people behave Skittles May 2017 #34

Perhaps the ABA Journal has a valid take on this issue. Shall we see? mulsh May 2017 #39