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Mueller moves in on Trump for possible obstruction of justice
![The special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election is interviewing senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination of whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice, officials said The move by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III to investigate Trump's own conduct marks a major turning point in the nearly year-old FBI investigation, which until recently focused on Russian meddling during the presidential campaign and on whether there was any coordination between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. Investigators have also been looking for any evidence of possible financial crimes among Trump associates, officials said Trump had received private assurances from former FBI Director James B. Comey starting in January that he was not personally under investigation. Officials say that changed shortly after Comey's firin Five people briefed on the requests, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, said Daniel Coats, the current director of national intelligence, Adm. Mike Rogers, head of the National Security Agency, and Rogers' recently departed deputy, Richard Ledgett, agreed to be interviewed by Mueller's investigators as early as this week. The investigation has been cloaked in secrecy and it's unclear how many others have been questioned bv the FBI](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/266/058/2ad.jpg)
![The special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia's role in the 2016 election is interviewing senior intelligence officials as part of a widening probe that now includes an examination of whether President Trump attempted to obstruct justice, officials said The move by Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III to investigate Trump's own conduct marks a major turning point in the nearly year-old FBI investigation, which until recently focused on Russian meddling during the presidential campaign and on whether there was any coordination between the Trump campaign and the Kremlin. Investigators have also been looking for any evidence of possible financial crimes among Trump associates, officials said Trump had received private assurances from former FBI Director James B. Comey starting in January that he was not personally under investigation. Officials say that changed shortly after Comey's firin Five people briefed on the requests, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly, said Daniel Coats, the current director of national intelligence, Adm. Mike Rogers, head of the National Security Agency, and Rogers' recently departed deputy, Richard Ledgett, agreed to be interviewed by Mueller's investigators as early as this week. The investigation has been cloaked in secrecy and it's unclear how many others have been questioned bv the FBI](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/266/058/2ad.jpg)
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Putin's defensive line
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Sessions admits info about 3rd meeting leaked from closed session
![WYDEN "He said it's problematic and I asked you what was problematic about it'" SESSIONS - "Well, some of that leaked out of the committee that he said in closed session"](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/265/263/407.jpg)
![WYDEN "He said it's problematic and I asked you what was problematic about it'" SESSIONS - "Well, some of that leaked out of the committee that he said in closed session"](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/265/263/407.jpg)
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The Quid, the Pro, and the Quo
![Quid pro Quo the Quo the 1- Advise what Pro to steal & voter targets the Quid 2- Distribute Russian money to 1- Steal emails GOP campaigns weaponize voter data 3- Lift sanctions 2- Donate Russian money to GOP super PACs 4- DOJ blocks investigation 3- Sell piece of Rosneft oil to Trump Associates @PuestoLoco](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/264/466/5c1.jpg)
![Quid pro Quo the Quo the 1- Advise what Pro to steal & voter targets the Quid 2- Distribute Russian money to 1- Steal emails GOP campaigns weaponize voter data 3- Lift sanctions 2- Donate Russian money to GOP super PACs 4- DOJ blocks investigation 3- Sell piece of Rosneft oil to Trump Associates @PuestoLoco](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/264/466/5c1.jpg)
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Leader of investigation knew it would touch Trump eventually
![COMEY: Sure, and - and the - the leader who had that view-it didn't change. His view was still that it was probably - although literally true, his concern was it could be misleading, because the nature of the investigation was such that it might well touch - obviously, it would touch the campaign, and the person at the head of the campaign would be the candidate. And so that was his view throughout. 1](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/264/465/0e2.jpg)
![COMEY: Sure, and - and the - the leader who had that view-it didn't change. His view was still that it was probably - although literally true, his concern was it could be misleading, because the nature of the investigation was such that it might well touch - obviously, it would touch the campaign, and the person at the head of the campaign would be the candidate. And so that was his view throughout. 1](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/264/465/0e2.jpg)
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James Comey on why this investigation matters
![@NPR Comey was asked why Americans should care about the investiga tion into Russian meddling in the U.S. election. n.pr/2rZpYJM EG The reason this is such a big deal is we have this big, messy, wonderful country where we fight with each other all the time, but nobody tells us what to think, what to fight about, what to vote for except other Americans. And that's wonderful and often painful. But we're talking about a foreign government that-using technical intrusion and lots of other methods -tried to shape the way we think. we vote, we act. That is a big deal." James Comey, former FBl director](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/264/464/967.jpg)
![@NPR Comey was asked why Americans should care about the investiga tion into Russian meddling in the U.S. election. n.pr/2rZpYJM EG The reason this is such a big deal is we have this big, messy, wonderful country where we fight with each other all the time, but nobody tells us what to think, what to fight about, what to vote for except other Americans. And that's wonderful and often painful. But we're talking about a foreign government that-using technical intrusion and lots of other methods -tried to shape the way we think. we vote, we act. That is a big deal." James Comey, former FBl director](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/264/464/967.jpg)
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Nothing
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Don't shoot yourself in the foot!
![e said he was considering ordering me to investigate the alleged incident to prove it didn't happen. I replied that he should give that careful thought because it might create a narrative that we were investigating him personally, which we weren't, and because t was veny difficulit to prove a negative. He said he would think](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/263/920/c54.jpg)
![e said he was considering ordering me to investigate the alleged incident to prove it didn't happen. I replied that he should give that careful thought because it might create a narrative that we were investigating him personally, which we weren't, and because t was veny difficulit to prove a negative. He said he would think](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/263/920/c54.jpg)
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Mueller has the ball
![But whether a sitting president may be indicted while in office is an open question I advised the Watergate special prosecutors (and argued to the Supreme Court in the Nixon tapes case) that the president enjoys no unique immunity from obeying criminal laws. Other Justice Department officials, however, have taken a contrary position The ball now is in Mueller's court to decide whether he has (or will have) enough evidence to charge Trump with obstruction and, if so, whether to reach the same conclusion that I reached in the Nixon investigation - that, like everyone else in our system, a president is accountable for committing a federal crime](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/263/919/1cd.jpg)
![But whether a sitting president may be indicted while in office is an open question I advised the Watergate special prosecutors (and argued to the Supreme Court in the Nixon tapes case) that the president enjoys no unique immunity from obeying criminal laws. Other Justice Department officials, however, have taken a contrary position The ball now is in Mueller's court to decide whether he has (or will have) enough evidence to charge Trump with obstruction and, if so, whether to reach the same conclusion that I reached in the Nixon investigation - that, like everyone else in our system, a president is accountable for committing a federal crime](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/263/919/1cd.jpg)
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"Lordy, I hope there are tapes."
![LORDY I HOPE THERE ARE TAPES](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/263/918/001.jpg)
![LORDY I HOPE THERE ARE TAPES](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/263/918/001.jpg)
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The Passion of the Shill
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Here we go again.
![6 June 2017 BREAKING NEWS SOURCES TELL CNN: COMEY TO TESTIFY HE NEVERC TOLD TRUMP HE WAS NOT UNDER FBI INVESTIGATION DIGAETON CAN 10:31 PM PT AC360 7 June 2017 OVII BREAKING NEWS LIVE COMEY TOLD TRUMP HE WAS NOT UNDER INVESTIGATION DIRECTLY CN Dow ▲ 37.12 S VISIBLY FRUSTRATED SENATORS ALSO GRILLED DEPUTY ATTY. GEN. F THE LEAD](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/263/315/212.png)
![6 June 2017 BREAKING NEWS SOURCES TELL CNN: COMEY TO TESTIFY HE NEVERC TOLD TRUMP HE WAS NOT UNDER FBI INVESTIGATION DIGAETON CAN 10:31 PM PT AC360 7 June 2017 OVII BREAKING NEWS LIVE COMEY TOLD TRUMP HE WAS NOT UNDER INVESTIGATION DIRECTLY CN Dow ▲ 37.12 S VISIBLY FRUSTRATED SENATORS ALSO GRILLED DEPUTY ATTY. GEN. F THE LEAD](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/263/315/212.png)
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One level higher than you.
![□ Anonymous (ID: OPR Gan))諞06/07/17(Wed)15:55:01 No.128912680 Wait, did Trump fire Comey in a brutal fashion because he knew Comey would be angry and want to testify against him, but in the process would have to admit Trump was never under investigation? What level does this man operate at!?!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/263/302/d1b.png)
![□ Anonymous (ID: OPR Gan))諞06/07/17(Wed)15:55:01 No.128912680 Wait, did Trump fire Comey in a brutal fashion because he knew Comey would be angry and want to testify against him, but in the process would have to admit Trump was never under investigation? What level does this man operate at!?!](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/263/302/d1b.png)
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The Trump Boys
![THE TRUMP BOYS THE CLOUD THE HOOKERS AND THE GRANDFATHER CLOCK by RODEAL ANTRU](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/263/286/af3.jpg)
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Comey Memos (April 11)
![Better version of April 11 memo.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/263/285/67c.jpg)
![Better version of April 11 memo.](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/263/285/67c.jpg)
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Comey Memos (Part 8)
![Sorry for the smudging of the April 11 memo. :(](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/masonry/001/263/284/f72.jpg)
![Sorry for the smudging of the April 11 memo. :(](https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/263/284/f72.jpg)
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