There was No Collusion with Russia (except by the Democrats). When will this very expensive Witch Hunt Hoax ever end? So bad for our Country. Is the Special Counsel/Justice Department leaking my lawyers letters to the Fake News Media? Should be looking at Dems corruption instead?
Secret Memo leaked, White House new Attorney Giuliani threatens a Legal War with Special Council Robert Mueller if he attempts to subpoena Trump over Russian meddling 2016 Election
Saturday, June 02, 2018
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| Rudy Giuliani, new Attorney of President Trump. |
VietPress USA (June 2nd, 2018): On Tuesday, May 9, 2017, President Trump fired the director of the F.B.I., James B. Comey, abruptly terminating the top official leading a criminal investigation into whether Mr. Trump’s advisers colluded with the Russian government to steer the outcome of the 2016 presidential election.
The stunning development in Mr. Trump’s presidency raised the specter of political interference by a sitting president into an existing investigation by the nation’s leading law enforcement agency. It immediately ignited Democratic calls for a special counsel to lead the Russia inquiry."
On May 17, 2017, The Justice Department appointed Robert S. Mueller III, a former F.B.I. director, as special counsel on Wednesday to oversee the investigation into ties between President Trump’s campaign and Russian officials, dramatically raising the legal and political stakes in an affair that has threatened to engulf Mr. Trump’s four-month-old presidency.
The decision by the deputy attorney general, Rod J. Rosenstein, came after a cascade of damaging developments for Mr. Trump in recent days, including his abrupt dismissal of the F.B.I. director, James B. Comey, and the subsequent disclosure that Mr. Trump asked Mr. Comey to drop the investigation of his former national security adviser, Michael T. Flynn.
Mr. Rosenstein had been under escalating pressure from Democrats, and even some Republicans, to appoint a special counsel after he wrote a memo that the White House initially cited as the rationale for Mr. Comey’s dismissal.
Special Counsel Robert Mueller's investigations found out many evidences of Russian links to many top people of Trump 2016 campaign and some of them confessed their commits in the Russian meddling to U.S. 2016 election.
Mr Mueller’s investigation is just over a year old, and has led to over a dozen indictments, including charges against at least four associates of Mr Trump.
Robert Mueller continues his investigations and intends to interview President Trump.
Those indictments have been levied against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manfort — who has pleaded not guilty — as well as against former deputy campaign chairman Rick Gates, former camp foreign policy adviser George Papadopoulos, and former National Security Adviser Michael Flynn. Mr Gates, Mr Papadopoulos, and Mr Flynn have all pleaded guilty to various charges, and are thought to be cooperating with Mr Mueller’s federal investigation.
Today, a 20-pages secret Memo on Russian meddling leaked, the White House's new Attorney Rudy Giuliani threatens a legal war if Robert Mueller attempts to subpoena President Trump over the Russian investigation. Giuliani told ABC News that "If Mueller tries to subpoena us, we're going to court".
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oOoGiuliani threatens legal battle with Mueller over subpoena
The president's lawyer Rudy Giuliani threatened a legal battle with special counsel Robert Mueller if he attempts to subpoena Donald Trump.
"If Mueller tries to subpoena us, we're going to court," Giuliani told ABC News.
His latest comments come on the heels of the publication of a 20-page confidential letter sent by Trump's lawyers to Mueller arguing that the president cannot legally obstruct justice in the Russia investigation due to his position as "chief law enforcement officer."
"It remains our position that the President's actions here, by virtue of his position as the chief law enforcement officer, could neither constitutionally nor legally constitute obstruction because that would amount to him obstructing himself, and that he could if he wished, terminate the inquiry, or even exercise his power to pardon if he so desired," reads the letter dated January 29, which was first obtained and reported by the New York Times.
Although Giuliani was not on the legal team at the time of the letter, he confirmed the contents of the letter to ABC News and said it was delivered to the special counsel in January.
He told ABC News the legal strategy outlined in the letter remains in effect.
Lawyers for Trump and a spokesman for the special counsel declined to comment to ABC News.
Mueller has requested an interview with Trump, but while the president has said he would be willing to sit down with the special counsel, his legal team has advised against it.
Trump tweeted 40 minutes before the New York Times broke the news, questioning whether Mueller's team or the Department of Justice was responsible for leaking the letter.
"There was No Collusion with Russia (except by the Democrats). When will this very expensive Witch Hunt Hoax ever end? So bad for our Country. Is the Special Counsel/Justice Department leaking my lawyers letters to the Fake News Media? Should be looking at Dems corruption instead?"
Echoing Trump, Giuliani accused the special counsel of the leak of the letter, saying that Mueller should have put out a statement condemning it and that he should investigate his team. However, there's no evidence that the letter leaked to the New York Times came from members of the special counsel.
Trump's lawyers also acknowledge for the first time his involvement in dictating that infamous statement about the Trump Tower meeting in 2016, where Trump campaign officials, including his son and son-in-law met with a Russian lawyer who was offering negative information on Hillary Clinton.
"You have received all of the notes communications and testimony indicating that the President dictated a short but accurate response to the New York Times article on behalf of his son, Donald Trump, Jr."
The letter also argues that there is no need for the president to sit for an interview, as the lawyers assert the special counsel has all the information he could possibly need.
"The records and testimony we have, pursuant to the President's directive, already voluntarily provided to your office allow you to delve into the conversations and actions that occurred in a significant and exhaustive manner, including but not limited to the testimony of the President's interlocutors themselves," the letter says. "In light of these voluntary offerings, your office clearly lacks the requisite need to personally interview the President."
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