Back On Twitter, Trump Throws Tantrum Over DOJ Appointing Special Counsel

He was insane, a real nut job. I look forward to this matter concluding quickly.

A grand jury in Alexandria, Virginia, recently issued a subpoena for records related to Flynn’s business, The Flynn Intel Group, which had been paid more than $500,000 by a company owned by a Turkish American businessman close to top Turkish officials, according to people familiar with the matter.

Richard Painter, an ethics lawyer in the George W. Bush administration who has been a vocal critic of Trump, said Mueller has good grounds to receive such a waiver.

As I’ve said before, no single piece of evidence has thus far been conclusive (and each piece is vulnerable to its own rebuttals), but the evidence taken together is starting to build a case that looks an very bad lot like this: First, Trump – frustrated at the FBI’s investigation – strongly hinted to James Comey that he should clear Michael Flynn. The Justice Department created regulations to keep the concept alive in the form of the special counsel.

He said he did not intend for the document to be a finding of misconduct or a “statement of reasons” to justify the firing, but he added: “I wrote it”.

Some congressional Republicans have also suggested that Mueller’s appointment would lead to changes in Congress’ investigation.

“That’s taken off.” The president also reportedly said: “I’m not under investigation”. Bob Corker (R-Tenn.) said. Justice Department officials warn Comey against sending the letter, saying that doing so would be inconsistent with department policy meant to avoid the appearance of prosecutorial interference or meddling in elections.

A senior USA senator said on Friday that he expects Congress’ investigation of Russian Federation and the 2016 US election to go ahead, even after the appointment of a special counsel, and said Congress has a broader mandate that extends to financial conflicts of interest. Because Attorney General Jeff Sessions previously recused himself from the investigation, it was Rosenstein, not Sessions, who announced the special counsel.

In appointing Mueller, the Justice Department selected a seasoned law enforcement veteran who guided the Federal Bureau of Investigation through the aftermath of the September 11 attacks and led its terror-fighting efforts over the next decade.

According to Senator John Cornyn, the second-ranking Republican in the Senate, the decision to appoint a special prosecutor could ease tensions in Congress. Let’s deal with them in order.

Clinton’s former spokesperson, Brian Fallon, also weighed in, saying Mueller “has Jim Comey’s independent streak, minus Comey’s lust for the spotlight”.

Former FBI Director James Comey said in March that he was somewhat anxious about the prospect of Rod Rosenstein becoming deputy attorney general, according to a post published Thursday by Benjamin Wittes, a senior fellow at the Brookings Institution.

Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed former FBI Director Robert Mueller to serve as special counsel for the probe on Wednesday.

In a statement, Rosenstein said he made a decision to hand off the high-profile investigation to an independent investigator, “in order for the American people to have full confidence in the outcome”.

Not so fast, says White House press secretary Sean Spicer.

Unimpressed, Rep. Elijah Cummings, top Democrat on a key House oversight panel, said, “Speaker Ryan has shown he has zero, zero, zero appetite for any investigation of Donald Trump”.

Minority leader Nancy Pelosi, D-California, noted she was “pleased” by the Justice Department’s designation of Mueller, but said the appointment “is the first step, but it can not be the last. What I have determined is that based upon the unique circumstances, the public interest requires me to place this investigation under the authority of a person who exercises a degree of independence from the normal chain of command”.

“This takes the politics out of it, hopefully”.

“Comments such as these, emerging in the way they did, only remind us that every day public servants are reaching out to reporters to ensure the public is aware of the risks today to rule of law in this country”, Brown continued.