Stocks slumped, and VIX spiked following news that Special Counsel Robert Mueller has impaneled a grand jury in Washington to investigate Russia’s interference in the 2016 elections, the WSJ reports, adding that “this is a sign that his inquiry is growing in intensity and entering a new phase.” The grand jury is said to have […]
KABOOM!: HOUSE JUDICIARY CALLS ON AG SESSIONS TO APPOINT SECOND SPECIAL COUNSEL (FULL LETTER)…
House Judiciary Committee Chairman Bob Goodlatte (R-Va.) and Judiciary Committee Republicans today sent a letter to Attorney General Jeff Sessions and Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein calling for the appointment of a second special counsel to investigate unaddressed matters, some connected to the 2016 election and others, including many actions…
When Clapper and Brennan, and Then Graham (below the fold) Are All on the Same Page About Trump Dismissing Mueller, We’re in Trouble…
Brennan urged US government officials to refuse to follow the president’s orders, if Mueller is dismissed, as those orders would be “inconsistent” with the duties of the executive branch. “I think it’s the obligation of some executive branch officials to refuse to carry that out. I would just hope that this is not going to […]
Graham: Firing Mueller Would be ‘Beginning of the End’ of Trump’s Presidency…
Funny That!: Russian Lawyer Veselnitskaya Pictured with Obama Ambassador 5 Days After Trump Jr. Meeting…
Comey’s Memos Contained Classified Material…
Wait for It: Comey Will Use Clintonian Defense Sequence and Mueller Will Peddle It…
List of Lawyers and Donations…
Mueller’s All-Star Legal Team in Russia Probe Signals Direction of Investigation…
As a federal prosecutor in the 1990s, Andrew Weissmann persuaded mobsters to break the Mafia code and testify against their brothers in crime, winning a conviction against Genovese family boss Vincent “the Chin” Gigante. Later, as he headed the Justice Department’s Enron task force, his ability to persuade key witnesses to testify about what they […]
Mueller’s Empire: Legions of Lawyers, Bottomless Budget, Limitless Jurisdiction…
So I’ve been wondering: Why on earth does a prosecutor, brought in to investigate a case in which there is no apparent crime, need a staff of 14 lawyers? 0Or, I should say, “14 lawyers and counting.” According to the press spokesman for special counsel Robert Mueller—yeah, he’s got a press spokesman, too—there are “several […]