Mueller was authorized to investigate Paul Manafort's work in Ukraine

[Jacque67 7,328]

https://www.wsj.com/articles/mueller-was-authorized-to-investigate-paul-manaforts-work-for-ukraine-1522754850

thus broadening the special counsel mandate beyond Russia.

helps explain Trump's lunatic Twitter meltdown this morning.

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

Wsj paywalled

From Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-03/mueller-releases-secret-memo-underpinning-manafort-probe

 

Special Counsel Robert Mueller defended the indictment of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort by releasing a secret government memorandum granting him authority to investigate crimes related to Manafort’s political consulting work for former President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine.

Mueller is using the memo to refute Manafort’s claims that prosecutors went too far by investigating crimes beyond Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Prosecutors released the memo just before midnight on Monday, arguing that Manafort can’t legally challenge his indictment for financial crimes arising from his work for Yanukovych and other Russian-backed politicians.

The memo, dated Aug. 2, 2017, and signed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, supplements a May 2017 appointment order directing Mueller to investigate possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign, as well as “any matters that arose or may arise directly” from his probe.

[Jacque67 7,328]

32 minutes ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

Wsj paywalled

From Bloomberg

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-04-03/mueller-releases-secret-memo-underpinning-manafort-probe

 

Special Counsel Robert Mueller defended the indictment of former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort by releasing a secret government memorandum granting him authority to investigate crimes related to Manafort’s political consulting work for former President Viktor Yanukovych of Ukraine.

Mueller is using the memo to refute Manafort’s claims that prosecutors went too far by investigating crimes beyond Russian meddling in the 2016 presidential election. Prosecutors released the memo just before midnight on Monday, arguing that Manafort can’t legally challenge his indictment for financial crimes arising from his work for Yanukovych and other Russian-backed politicians.

The memo, dated Aug. 2, 2017, and signed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, supplements a May 2017 appointment order directing Mueller to investigate possible coordination between Russia and the Trump campaign, as well as “any matters that arose or may arise directly” from his probe.

Sorry about that. 

11.40pm Mueller drops court filing that says

-Rosenstein behind investigation

-investigating Mueller for allegedly helping Russia with elex interference

-knew exactly what they were pursuing August 2017

 

A message to Manafort, Trump and the public this investigation won't go away.

 

Stellar work.

[Jacque67 7,328]

He's flipped

 

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/03/alex-van-der-zwaan-sentenced-to-30-days-in-prison-for-lying-to-federal-investigators-in-special-counsel-probe.html

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And the dragnet now becomes visible.

[Jacque67 7,328]

New.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/mueller-told-trumps-attorneys-the-president-remains-under-investigation-but-is-not-currently-a-criminal-target/2018/04/03/d7832cf0-36c1-11e8-acd5-35eac230e514_story.html

 

so at the moment Manafort is the criminal target. Mueller must have worded this to encourage Donnie to speak.

[Jacque67 7,328]

“The special counsel also told Trump’s lawyers that he is preparing a report about the president’s actions while in office and potential obstruction of justice, according to two people with knowledge of the conversations.” twitter.com/jaketapp…

11 minutes ago

 

The FBI way of asking someone to come over for a friendly chat.

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

52 minutes ago, Jacque67 said:

“The special counsel also told Trump’s lawyers that he is preparing a report about the president’s actions while in office and potential obstruction of justice, according to two people with knowledge of the conversations.” twitter.com/jaketapp…

11 minutes ago

 

The FBI way of asking someone to come over for a friendly chat.

Kellyanne blabing to the media again. What a sh$$show

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7 minutes ago, Il Mango Dulce said:

Kellyanne blabing to the media again. What a sh$$show

Really?  This was obviously leaked by Don's lawyers to make him feel safe. the line between a subject and target is not distinct ...

Rosenstein has been a wingman. 

The lawyers got this news early March, around the time Donnie went off the deep end, and top lawyers turned him down. Even Dowd quit.

http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/379731-trump-lawyer-john-dowd-resigns-report

[Jacque67 7,328]

Oh.

 

“If someone walked into my office and said I was the subject of a multi-year criminal investigation led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller, I’d wet my pants,” Phil Mudd, former CIA Counterterrorism official, says to @donlemon

Manu Raju

[Jacque67 7,328]

So Mueller team wants to release report on Obstruction investigation this June and July. AND then they'll continue with the collusion probe. 

Don knew this was coming out, hence his attacks on Bezos and WaPo. Long hot summer.

[Dashinka 24,767]

Of course they will continue suckling on the government teat.  

 

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

1 hour ago, Bill & Katya said:

Of course they will continue suckling on the government teat.  

 

Hey with the back taxes and penalties we get from Manafort and Gates we should be ahead $$. But if you like going soft on criminals...

[Dashinka 24,767]

Just now, Il Mango Dulce said:

Hey with the back taxes and penalties we get from Manafort and Gates we should be ahead $$. But if you like going soft on criminals...

Sure, if Manafort and Gates did somethIng wrong years ago they should be prosecuted.  One wonders why it took so long to find this out?  I suppose the last administration was too busy going after it’s political enemies.

[Amica Nostra 4,803]

1 minute ago, Bill & Katya said:

Sure, if Manafort and Gates did somethIng wrong years ago they should be prosecuted.  One wonders why it took so long to find this out?  I suppose the last administration was too busy going after it’s political enemies.

So you are now for the Mueller investigation?