Aides Say Mueller Is An Asshole And A Screwup

[Kosh]

Robert Mueller is the kind of person that can't admit when he screwed up, aides say. Robert Mueller can’t own up to his mistakes, aides say

November 26, 2017
Carlos Ballesteros

Robert Mueller, special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election, is a “gruff guy” who routinely undermined his subordinates and evaded responsibility as head of the FBI, according to several former aides and investigators who worked with Mueller interviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

​

In a lengthy profile published on Friday, the Times dredged up some of Mueller’s most difficult moments throughout his career as government prosecutor and as the sixth director of the FBI, a post he maintained from 2001 until 2013.

Those interviewed criticized Mueller’s handling of many high-profile cases stretching back to 1979, his temperament with government witnesses, and for directing his subordinates at the FBI to shield him from criticism.

One former aide went so far as to say that Mueller is “someone that can’t accept the fact that he screwed up.”


The Times profile begins by focusing on Mueller’s tenure at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where he was criticized for mishandling high-profile cases and for his treatment of government witnesses and subordinates.

The first of these cases took place in 1979, when Mueller, as head of the U.S. attorney’s special prosecutors unit, took over the case against 33 members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club charged with drug trafficking, murder, and bombings. The first trial, which sought to imprison 18 of the accused members, was unsuccessful, as the five convictions reached in the case were overturned on appeal.

Mueller then took over the case and lead a team of four prosecutors in the second trial with 11 eleven defendants. However, as reported by the Times, “after four months, the jury said it was deadlocked, and the judge declared a mistrial. Mueller decided not to ask for a retrial.”

Mueller then transferred to the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston where he oversaw cases against Panamanian president Manuel Noriega, the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, and head of the Gambino crime family, John Gotti.

However, his success was marked by a disdain from some of his subordinates. As noted by the Times, Mueller sparked resentment “when he referred privately to reassigning career lawyers as ‘moving the furniture.’”

After a short stint in private practice, Mueller returned to public service as a homicide prosecutor in Washington, D.C. in 1995, where Mueller reportedly had a tough time forging relationships with victims, suspects, and government witnesses and was charged with being cold and unsympathetic.


"He was a gruff guy, and a lot of times, there wasn't much warmth or ability to really build a bond or connect with a victim-witness," one of Mueller’s fellow investigators told the Times. "There's times when you've got to bond with the suspect to get what you need. His personality wasn't necessarily the best for that."

Mueller was also criticized for his time as head of the FBI. He led the investigation into the deadly anthrax attacks in the years after 9/11 for nearly seven years, ultimately leading in the prosecution of the wrong suspect, who later successfully sued the government for $5.8 million.

After agents successfully traced back the anthrax to an Army microbiologist who committed suicide once he was informed of the impending charges, Mueller “was reluctant to publicly address the missteps” in the case.

"I think he was personally embarrassed," a former aide told the Times. "I would assess him as someone that can't accept the fact that he screwed up."

Later, as director of the FBI, Mueller instructed his staff to protect him from the agency’s oversight division, according to former colleagues interviewed by the Times.

Most notably, Mueller is charged with scrapping a highly-critical review of his Directorate of Intelligence, a unit that he had created at the FBI to investigate terrorism more effectively.

After an internal inspection reported that Mueller should “set [the unit] on fire and start from scratch,” his top aides decided to protect the director at all costs by hiding the report from the Justice Department’s inspector general.

“It was, ‘The director will get skewered. We've got to protect him, and we can't issue this,’” a former official told the Times. “Anywhere it said ‘inspection,’ they changed it to ‘review.’ And said this was a review, not an inspection, and therefore they didn't have to issue it to … the inspector general.”

Lastly, the Times article delves into Mueller’s unsuccessful attempt at negotiating with Russian officials to turn over Edward Snowden in 2013.

According to a former official, Mueller would call his Russian counterpart, Alexander Bortnikov, “starting at 3 a.m. in Washington” every day for at least a week, “begging to talk to the guy.” Bortnikov reportedly never answered the phone, and Snowden was granted asylum in Russia soon after.

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WOW that is from the far left rawstory..

It is interesting to watch when the far left attacks their own..

raw story is as left as David Duke.

See they can not admit that raw story is far left!

That is very telling and shows how far to the left these drones really are!

The Raw Story describes itself as progressive, aka far left!

I could care less which web site is publishing this bullshit. Look at his resume. Look at how he garners effusive praise by the people who have worked with him.
No one is going to tarnish this man’s reputation... but the right have been desperately trying to fearing the inevitable.

Yet you believe anything about Trump, from the far left rawstory hack site.

Your hatred of anything not far left is very clear, but all you drones are this way. You push your hatred on everyone that does not conform to the far left religion!

 

[Reasonable]

Robert Mueller is the kind of person that can't admit when he screwed up, aides say. Robert Mueller can’t own up to his mistakes, aides say

November 26, 2017
Carlos Ballesteros

Robert Mueller, special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election, is a “gruff guy” who routinely undermined his subordinates and evaded responsibility as head of the FBI, according to several former aides and investigators who worked with Mueller interviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

​

In a lengthy profile published on Friday, the Times dredged up some of Mueller’s most difficult moments throughout his career as government prosecutor and as the sixth director of the FBI, a post he maintained from 2001 until 2013.

Those interviewed criticized Mueller’s handling of many high-profile cases stretching back to 1979, his temperament with government witnesses, and for directing his subordinates at the FBI to shield him from criticism.

One former aide went so far as to say that Mueller is “someone that can’t accept the fact that he screwed up.”


The Times profile begins by focusing on Mueller’s tenure at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where he was criticized for mishandling high-profile cases and for his treatment of government witnesses and subordinates.

The first of these cases took place in 1979, when Mueller, as head of the U.S. attorney’s special prosecutors unit, took over the case against 33 members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club charged with drug trafficking, murder, and bombings. The first trial, which sought to imprison 18 of the accused members, was unsuccessful, as the five convictions reached in the case were overturned on appeal.

Mueller then took over the case and lead a team of four prosecutors in the second trial with 11 eleven defendants. However, as reported by the Times, “after four months, the jury said it was deadlocked, and the judge declared a mistrial. Mueller decided not to ask for a retrial.”

Mueller then transferred to the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston where he oversaw cases against Panamanian president Manuel Noriega, the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, and head of the Gambino crime family, John Gotti.

However, his success was marked by a disdain from some of his subordinates. As noted by the Times, Mueller sparked resentment “when he referred privately to reassigning career lawyers as ‘moving the furniture.’”

After a short stint in private practice, Mueller returned to public service as a homicide prosecutor in Washington, D.C. in 1995, where Mueller reportedly had a tough time forging relationships with victims, suspects, and government witnesses and was charged with being cold and unsympathetic.


"He was a gruff guy, and a lot of times, there wasn't much warmth or ability to really build a bond or connect with a victim-witness," one of Mueller’s fellow investigators told the Times. "There's times when you've got to bond with the suspect to get what you need. His personality wasn't necessarily the best for that."

Mueller was also criticized for his time as head of the FBI. He led the investigation into the deadly anthrax attacks in the years after 9/11 for nearly seven years, ultimately leading in the prosecution of the wrong suspect, who later successfully sued the government for $5.8 million.

After agents successfully traced back the anthrax to an Army microbiologist who committed suicide once he was informed of the impending charges, Mueller “was reluctant to publicly address the missteps” in the case.

"I think he was personally embarrassed," a former aide told the Times. "I would assess him as someone that can't accept the fact that he screwed up."

Later, as director of the FBI, Mueller instructed his staff to protect him from the agency’s oversight division, according to former colleagues interviewed by the Times.

Most notably, Mueller is charged with scrapping a highly-critical review of his Directorate of Intelligence, a unit that he had created at the FBI to investigate terrorism more effectively.

After an internal inspection reported that Mueller should “set [the unit] on fire and start from scratch,” his top aides decided to protect the director at all costs by hiding the report from the Justice Department’s inspector general.

“It was, ‘The director will get skewered. We've got to protect him, and we can't issue this,’” a former official told the Times. “Anywhere it said ‘inspection,’ they changed it to ‘review.’ And said this was a review, not an inspection, and therefore they didn't have to issue it to … the inspector general.”

Lastly, the Times article delves into Mueller’s unsuccessful attempt at negotiating with Russian officials to turn over Edward Snowden in 2013.

According to a former official, Mueller would call his Russian counterpart, Alexander Bortnikov, “starting at 3 a.m. in Washington” every day for at least a week, “begging to talk to the guy.” Bortnikov reportedly never answered the phone, and Snowden was granted asylum in Russia soon after.

​

WOW that is from the far left rawstory..

It is interesting to watch when the far left attacks their own..

raw story is as left as David Duke.

See they can not admit that raw story is far left!

That is very telling and shows how far to the left these drones really are!

The Raw Story describes itself as progressive, aka far left!

I could care less which web site is publishing this bullshit. Look at his resume. Look at how he garners effusive praise by the people who have worked with him.
No one is going to tarnish this man’s reputation... but the right have been desperately trying to fearing the inevitable.

Yet you believe anything about Trump, from the far left rawstory hack site.

Your hatred of anything not far left is very clear, but all you drones are this way. You push your hatred on everyone that does not conform to the far left religion!

Aren’t you embarrassed with making up shit you have no way of knowing?
Before this thread I never even heard of Raw Story.
Let me guess.... you’re a deplorable and suck trump’s ass.

 

[Reasonable]

Sean Hannity, Roger Stone, Kellyanne Conway, Steve Bannon etc all syncapants for the pathological liar... wants to discredit Bob Mueller anyway they can.
They all hate that he has the direct opposite reputation as the pussygrabber does.
A true American hero vs. a true American zero.

 

[Rexx Taylor]

Ferris needs to investigate what the hell is going on between the Russians and Austrians in "Limp Popo"

 

[jc456]

Scooter Libby didn't fall on anything - he was indicted for giving false statements. He was tripped up in questioning. The comments for which he was charged had nothing to do with Bush....MUCH like how the 2 indictments Mueller have don't have anything to do with Trump.

Quite the contrary... if Scooter said he outed Plame on the orders of Bush or Cheney, they'd have been in serious trouble. But he fell on his sword, took all the blame himself after trying to lie his way out of it, and Bush commuted his sentence. (Cheney was upset Bush didn't give him a full pardon.)

Don't see Manafort or Flynn taking one for the team like that.

why would they? nothing to do with trump.

Who hired Manafort?

Podesta Group. what was the indictment for?

BWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA
^^ thinks Podesta hired Trump’s campaign manager..

Bwahaaaaaaaa maybe you should read what the indictment was! Stupid shit

 

[JoeB131]

'Mind-numbing gross incompetence'?! You are obviously thinking of Hillary, the woman who did not know the US Presidency was decided by the Electoral College and therefore chose to skip visiting several key states

Guy, I realize that you think Hillary is hiding under your bed, but this is a discussion about how bad your side screwed up by electing Trump.

Dude, been there / done that with Barry - the longest the US has ever had. You are obviously not paying attention to the increasing rate of GDP, stock market rise, the falling unemployment #, fewer Americans on Unemployment, Food Stamps.....

Uh, no, guy, I know we are still having the momentum of Obama's recovery. But it won't last. What you don't get, Recessions are a Republican thing. It's why the last five of six recessions have happened on Republican watches.

When I was growing up, my parents used to say, "Democrats give us wars, Republicans give us recessions". Except now Republicans give us both.

 

[jc456]

Robert Mueller is the kind of person that can't admit when he screwed up, aides say. Robert Mueller can’t own up to his mistakes, aides say

November 26, 2017
Carlos Ballesteros

Robert Mueller, special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election, is a “gruff guy” who routinely undermined his subordinates and evaded responsibility as head of the FBI, according to several former aides and investigators who worked with Mueller interviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

​

In a lengthy profile published on Friday, the Times dredged up some of Mueller’s most difficult moments throughout his career as government prosecutor and as the sixth director of the FBI, a post he maintained from 2001 until 2013.

Those interviewed criticized Mueller’s handling of many high-profile cases stretching back to 1979, his temperament with government witnesses, and for directing his subordinates at the FBI to shield him from criticism.

One former aide went so far as to say that Mueller is “someone that can’t accept the fact that he screwed up.”


The Times profile begins by focusing on Mueller’s tenure at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where he was criticized for mishandling high-profile cases and for his treatment of government witnesses and subordinates.

The first of these cases took place in 1979, when Mueller, as head of the U.S. attorney’s special prosecutors unit, took over the case against 33 members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club charged with drug trafficking, murder, and bombings. The first trial, which sought to imprison 18 of the accused members, was unsuccessful, as the five convictions reached in the case were overturned on appeal.

Mueller then took over the case and lead a team of four prosecutors in the second trial with 11 eleven defendants. However, as reported by the Times, “after four months, the jury said it was deadlocked, and the judge declared a mistrial. Mueller decided not to ask for a retrial.”

Mueller then transferred to the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston where he oversaw cases against Panamanian president Manuel Noriega, the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, and head of the Gambino crime family, John Gotti.

However, his success was marked by a disdain from some of his subordinates. As noted by the Times, Mueller sparked resentment “when he referred privately to reassigning career lawyers as ‘moving the furniture.’”

After a short stint in private practice, Mueller returned to public service as a homicide prosecutor in Washington, D.C. in 1995, where Mueller reportedly had a tough time forging relationships with victims, suspects, and government witnesses and was charged with being cold and unsympathetic.


"He was a gruff guy, and a lot of times, there wasn't much warmth or ability to really build a bond or connect with a victim-witness," one of Mueller’s fellow investigators told the Times. "There's times when you've got to bond with the suspect to get what you need. His personality wasn't necessarily the best for that."

Mueller was also criticized for his time as head of the FBI. He led the investigation into the deadly anthrax attacks in the years after 9/11 for nearly seven years, ultimately leading in the prosecution of the wrong suspect, who later successfully sued the government for $5.8 million.

After agents successfully traced back the anthrax to an Army microbiologist who committed suicide once he was informed of the impending charges, Mueller “was reluctant to publicly address the missteps” in the case.

"I think he was personally embarrassed," a former aide told the Times. "I would assess him as someone that can't accept the fact that he screwed up."

Later, as director of the FBI, Mueller instructed his staff to protect him from the agency’s oversight division, according to former colleagues interviewed by the Times.

Most notably, Mueller is charged with scrapping a highly-critical review of his Directorate of Intelligence, a unit that he had created at the FBI to investigate terrorism more effectively.

After an internal inspection reported that Mueller should “set [the unit] on fire and start from scratch,” his top aides decided to protect the director at all costs by hiding the report from the Justice Department’s inspector general.

“It was, ‘The director will get skewered. We've got to protect him, and we can't issue this,’” a former official told the Times. “Anywhere it said ‘inspection,’ they changed it to ‘review.’ And said this was a review, not an inspection, and therefore they didn't have to issue it to … the inspector general.”

Lastly, the Times article delves into Mueller’s unsuccessful attempt at negotiating with Russian officials to turn over Edward Snowden in 2013.

According to a former official, Mueller would call his Russian counterpart, Alexander Bortnikov, “starting at 3 a.m. in Washington” every day for at least a week, “begging to talk to the guy.” Bortnikov reportedly never answered the phone, and Snowden was granted asylum in Russia soon after.

​

It is easy to throw someone under the bus when your name doesn't appear in the story.

I'm not discounting the LA Times sources here, just noting that I would respect them more if they didn't hide behind the cover of an anonymous source.

Totally agree. Any story from any source that can't name a source is suspect, even if you want to believe the story. I want to believe the story that Ruth Badger Ginsburg is legally dead, but a cyborg they get out of the fridge now and then. Someone will forget to turn the thermostat back on eventually.

I see you know nothing about journalism and sources. You must be a deplorable. Right?

Anonymous = asshole

 

[eddiew37]

Robert Mueller is the kind of person that can't admit when he screwed up, aides say. Robert Mueller can’t own up to his mistakes, aides say

November 26, 2017
Carlos Ballesteros

Robert Mueller, special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election, is a “gruff guy” who routinely undermined his subordinates and evaded responsibility as head of the FBI, according to several former aides and investigators who worked with Mueller interviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

​

In a lengthy profile published on Friday, the Times dredged up some of Mueller’s most difficult moments throughout his career as government prosecutor and as the sixth director of the FBI, a post he maintained from 2001 until 2013.

Those interviewed criticized Mueller’s handling of many high-profile cases stretching back to 1979, his temperament with government witnesses, and for directing his subordinates at the FBI to shield him from criticism.

One former aide went so far as to say that Mueller is “someone that can’t accept the fact that he screwed up.”


The Times profile begins by focusing on Mueller’s tenure at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where he was criticized for mishandling high-profile cases and for his treatment of government witnesses and subordinates.

The first of these cases took place in 1979, when Mueller, as head of the U.S. attorney’s special prosecutors unit, took over the case against 33 members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club charged with drug trafficking, murder, and bombings. The first trial, which sought to imprison 18 of the accused members, was unsuccessful, as the five convictions reached in the case were overturned on appeal.

Mueller then took over the case and lead a team of four prosecutors in the second trial with 11 eleven defendants. However, as reported by the Times, “after four months, the jury said it was deadlocked, and the judge declared a mistrial. Mueller decided not to ask for a retrial.”

Mueller then transferred to the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston where he oversaw cases against Panamanian president Manuel Noriega, the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, and head of the Gambino crime family, John Gotti.

However, his success was marked by a disdain from some of his subordinates. As noted by the Times, Mueller sparked resentment “when he referred privately to reassigning career lawyers as ‘moving the furniture.’”

After a short stint in private practice, Mueller returned to public service as a homicide prosecutor in Washington, D.C. in 1995, where Mueller reportedly had a tough time forging relationships with victims, suspects, and government witnesses and was charged with being cold and unsympathetic.


"He was a gruff guy, and a lot of times, there wasn't much warmth or ability to really build a bond or connect with a victim-witness," one of Mueller’s fellow investigators told the Times. "There's times when you've got to bond with the suspect to get what you need. His personality wasn't necessarily the best for that."

Mueller was also criticized for his time as head of the FBI. He led the investigation into the deadly anthrax attacks in the years after 9/11 for nearly seven years, ultimately leading in the prosecution of the wrong suspect, who later successfully sued the government for $5.8 million.

After agents successfully traced back the anthrax to an Army microbiologist who committed suicide once he was informed of the impending charges, Mueller “was reluctant to publicly address the missteps” in the case.

"I think he was personally embarrassed," a former aide told the Times. "I would assess him as someone that can't accept the fact that he screwed up."

Later, as director of the FBI, Mueller instructed his staff to protect him from the agency’s oversight division, according to former colleagues interviewed by the Times.

Most notably, Mueller is charged with scrapping a highly-critical review of his Directorate of Intelligence, a unit that he had created at the FBI to investigate terrorism more effectively.

After an internal inspection reported that Mueller should “set [the unit] on fire and start from scratch,” his top aides decided to protect the director at all costs by hiding the report from the Justice Department’s inspector general.

“It was, ‘The director will get skewered. We've got to protect him, and we can't issue this,’” a former official told the Times. “Anywhere it said ‘inspection,’ they changed it to ‘review.’ And said this was a review, not an inspection, and therefore they didn't have to issue it to … the inspector general.”

Lastly, the Times article delves into Mueller’s unsuccessful attempt at negotiating with Russian officials to turn over Edward Snowden in 2013.

According to a former official, Mueller would call his Russian counterpart, Alexander Bortnikov, “starting at 3 a.m. in Washington” every day for at least a week, “begging to talk to the guy.” Bortnikov reportedly never answered the phone, and Snowden was granted asylum in Russia soon after.

​

It is easy to throw someone under the bus when your name doesn't appear in the story.

I'm not discounting the LA Times sources here, just noting that I would respect them more if they didn't hide behind the cover of an anonymous source.

Totally agree. Any story from any source that can't name a source is suspect, even if you want to believe the story. I want to believe the story that Ruth Badger Ginsburg is legally dead, but a cyborg they get out of the fridge now and then. Someone will forget to turn the thermostat back on eventually.

I see you know nothing about journalism and sources. You must be a deplorable. Right?

Anonymous = asshole

Come on Jc ,be proud ..admit you're a deplorable

 

[jc456]

Robert Mueller is the kind of person that can't admit when he screwed up, aides say. Robert Mueller can’t own up to his mistakes, aides say

November 26, 2017
Carlos Ballesteros

Robert Mueller, special counsel overseeing the investigation into Russia’s alleged interference in the 2016 presidential election, is a “gruff guy” who routinely undermined his subordinates and evaded responsibility as head of the FBI, according to several former aides and investigators who worked with Mueller interviewed by the Los Angeles Times.

​

In a lengthy profile published on Friday, the Times dredged up some of Mueller’s most difficult moments throughout his career as government prosecutor and as the sixth director of the FBI, a post he maintained from 2001 until 2013.

Those interviewed criticized Mueller’s handling of many high-profile cases stretching back to 1979, his temperament with government witnesses, and for directing his subordinates at the FBI to shield him from criticism.

One former aide went so far as to say that Mueller is “someone that can’t accept the fact that he screwed up.”


The Times profile begins by focusing on Mueller’s tenure at the U.S. Attorney’s Office, where he was criticized for mishandling high-profile cases and for his treatment of government witnesses and subordinates.

The first of these cases took place in 1979, when Mueller, as head of the U.S. attorney’s special prosecutors unit, took over the case against 33 members of the Hells Angels motorcycle club charged with drug trafficking, murder, and bombings. The first trial, which sought to imprison 18 of the accused members, was unsuccessful, as the five convictions reached in the case were overturned on appeal.

Mueller then took over the case and lead a team of four prosecutors in the second trial with 11 eleven defendants. However, as reported by the Times, “after four months, the jury said it was deadlocked, and the judge declared a mistrial. Mueller decided not to ask for a retrial.”

Mueller then transferred to the U.S. attorney’s office in Boston where he oversaw cases against Panamanian president Manuel Noriega, the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 in 1988, and head of the Gambino crime family, John Gotti.

However, his success was marked by a disdain from some of his subordinates. As noted by the Times, Mueller sparked resentment “when he referred privately to reassigning career lawyers as ‘moving the furniture.’”

After a short stint in private practice, Mueller returned to public service as a homicide prosecutor in Washington, D.C. in 1995, where Mueller reportedly had a tough time forging relationships with victims, suspects, and government witnesses and was charged with being cold and unsympathetic.


"He was a gruff guy, and a lot of times, there wasn't much warmth or ability to really build a bond or connect with a victim-witness," one of Mueller’s fellow investigators told the Times. "There's times when you've got to bond with the suspect to get what you need. His personality wasn't necessarily the best for that."

Mueller was also criticized for his time as head of the FBI. He led the investigation into the deadly anthrax attacks in the years after 9/11 for nearly seven years, ultimately leading in the prosecution of the wrong suspect, who later successfully sued the government for $5.8 million.

After agents successfully traced back the anthrax to an Army microbiologist who committed suicide once he was informed of the impending charges, Mueller “was reluctant to publicly address the missteps” in the case.

"I think he was personally embarrassed," a former aide told the Times. "I would assess him as someone that can't accept the fact that he screwed up."

Later, as director of the FBI, Mueller instructed his staff to protect him from the agency’s oversight division, according to former colleagues interviewed by the Times.

Most notably, Mueller is charged with scrapping a highly-critical review of his Directorate of Intelligence, a unit that he had created at the FBI to investigate terrorism more effectively.

After an internal inspection reported that Mueller should “set [the unit] on fire and start from scratch,” his top aides decided to protect the director at all costs by hiding the report from the Justice Department’s inspector general.

“It was, ‘The director will get skewered. We've got to protect him, and we can't issue this,’” a former official told the Times. “Anywhere it said ‘inspection,’ they changed it to ‘review.’ And said this was a review, not an inspection, and therefore they didn't have to issue it to … the inspector general.”

Lastly, the Times article delves into Mueller’s unsuccessful attempt at negotiating with Russian officials to turn over Edward Snowden in 2013.

According to a former official, Mueller would call his Russian counterpart, Alexander Bortnikov, “starting at 3 a.m. in Washington” every day for at least a week, “begging to talk to the guy.” Bortnikov reportedly never answered the phone, and Snowden was granted asylum in Russia soon after.

​

It is easy to throw someone under the bus when your name doesn't appear in the story.

I'm not discounting the LA Times sources here, just noting that I would respect them more if they didn't hide behind the cover of an anonymous source.

Totally agree. Any story from any source that can't name a source is suspect, even if you want to believe the story. I want to believe the story that Ruth Badger Ginsburg is legally dead, but a cyborg they get out of the fridge now and then. Someone will forget to turn the thermostat back on eventually.

I see you know nothing about journalism and sources. You must be a deplorable. Right?

Anonymous = asshole

Come on Jc ,be proud ..admit you're a deplorable

After you admit being a libturd

 

[eddiew37]

It is easy to throw someone under the bus when your name doesn't appear in the story.

I'm not discounting the LA Times sources here, just noting that I would respect them more if they didn't hide behind the cover of an anonymous source.

Totally agree. Any story from any source that can't name a source is suspect, even if you want to believe the story. I want to believe the story that Ruth Badger Ginsburg is legally dead, but a cyborg they get out of the fridge now and then. Someone will forget to turn the thermostat back on eventually.

I see you know nothing about journalism and sources. You must be a deplorable. Right?

Anonymous = asshole

Come on Jc ,be proud ..admit you're a deplorable

After you admit being a libturd

sorry jc I'm a dem but I do hate the scumbag you put in office and if you can't be honest and see him for what he is shame on you

 

[jc456]

Totally agree. Any story from any source that can't name a source is suspect, even if you want to believe the story. I want to believe the story that Ruth Badger Ginsburg is legally dead, but a cyborg they get out of the fridge now and then. Someone will forget to turn the thermostat back on eventually.

I see you know nothing about journalism and sources. You must be a deplorable. Right?

Anonymous = asshole

Come on Jc ,be proud ..admit you're a deplorable

After you admit being a libturd

sorry jc I'm a dem but I do hate the scumbag you put in office and if you can't be honest and see him for what he is shame on you

I give two shits who you are. I voted for President Trump. You may as well accept it. The country did. you should be looking for a candidate for 2020, instead all you do is wish bad fortune on our country. wow. And root for NK.

 

[easyt65]

The Witch Hunt, that has resulted in nothing but wasted tax dollars needs to stop so the government can objectively investigate, indict, convict, and imprison the only obvious criminal:

'Blowback': Clinton campaign planned to fire me over email probe, Obama intel watchdog says

Hillary Clinton and her allies threatened the Intel investigators who investigated her server crimes, making it clear during the investigation that if she won the Presidency they would lose their jobs.
-- Intimidating investigators during an investigation....gee, that doesn't sound LEGAL.
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"As one of the few people who viewed the 22 top secret Clinton emails deemed too classified to release under any circumstances, the former IG said, “There was a very good reason to withhold those emails ... there would have been harm to national security.” McCullough went further, telling Fox News that “sources and methods, lives and operations” could be put at risk."
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"More than 2,100 classified emails passed through Clinton's personal server, which was used exclusively for government business. No one has been charged.

Asked what would have happened to him if he had done such a thing, McCullough said: “I'd be sitting in Leavenworth right now.”


One of the largest political crimes and cover-ups in this nation's history...and it continues, as Hillary is still protected from deserved indictment, charges, conviction, and prison.
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....and THIS is who you selected (or was FORCED to take) to Represent the Democratic Party, the 'best' the corrupt, criminal Democratic party had to offer the country as a candidate?!

It has become obvious that criminal career self-serving members within the Democratic Party bought / seized control / took over the Democratic Party for their own personal gain, rigging primaries, engaging in election fraud, cheating in debates, threatening investigators with punishment for revealing the truth about the Democratic Party's Presidential candidate, protecting her from indictment, charges, prosecution, and imprisonment for the crimes she committed and the endangering of our national Security and American lives.

Good God, the Democratic Party became a crime syndicate, and it's members - who were F*ed over in the primaries and duped by criminals - defended them and still defend them today. The Democratic Party - those leaders with any integrity, honor, and who are not criminal / corrupt - need to sweep the DNC clean, eliminating any criminal element, any 'enablers' who knew this was going on and allowed it to happen / helped it to happen.

Talk of Biden or Bernie in 2020 is only 'protecting' the exposed criminal Party, not sweeping it clean and bringing in 'fresh blood', which is obviously desperately needed, after being tainted / befouled by Hillary and her allies / team.


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[JoeB131]

Wow, so why is Trump and his pals the ones being investigated again?

 

[jc456]

Wow, so why is Trump and his pals the ones being investigated again?

because the Demolosers owned the original investigation into clinton's loss and made false claims about the DNC server that still haven't been looked at. Let's investigate that sucker and prove the trump team was involved. cause right now, the only team involved with Russia was hitlery's.

 

[easyt65]

Wow, so why is Trump and his pals the ones being investigated again?

Distraction.
- By all rights Mueller should be facing his own Special Counsel for his, Holder's, and Obama's covering up of Russian crimes in 2009.

- Continued protection of the '1st Family' of Crime within the DNC -the Clintons.

Butt-hurt anger and hatred.

 

[eddiew37]

I see you know nothing about journalism and sources. You must be a deplorable. Right?

Anonymous = asshole

Come on Jc ,be proud ..admit you're a deplorable

After you admit being a libturd

sorry jc I'm a dem but I do hate the scumbag you put in office and if you can't be honest and see him for what he is shame on you

I give two shits who you are. I voted for President Trump. You may as well accept it. The country did. you should be looking for a candidate for 2020, instead all you do is wish bad fortune on our country. wow. And root for NK.

any bad fortune we endure will be laid at trumps doorstep as well as yours and your ilk

 

[JoeB131]

Distraction.
- By all rights Mueller should be facing his own Special Counsel for his, Holder's, and Obama's covering up of Russian crimes in 2009.

- Continued protection of the '1st Family' of Crime within the DNC -the Clintons.

Butt-hurt anger and hatred.

Oh, yes, that's right. Hillary is Professor Moriarty and Keyser Soze combined, I keep forgetting how her army of shadow people are manipulating things.

You know, because we keep having Trump going out, praising Putin and sending his minions out to deal with him. Hillary was really brilliant to manipulate him into doing that.

 

[easyt65]

Distraction.
- By all rights Mueller should be facing his own Special Counsel for his, Holder's, and Obama's covering up of Russian crimes in 2009.

- Continued protection of the '1st Family' of Crime within the DNC -the Clintons.

Butt-hurt anger and hatred.

Oh, yes, that's right. Hillary is Professor Moriarty and Keyser Soze combined, I keep forgetting how her army of shadow people are manipulating things.

You know, because we keep having Trump going out, praising Putin and sending his minions out to deal with him. Hillary was really brilliant to manipulate him into doing that.

'Boomerang!'

 

[JoeB131]

Someone is "Easy" to Trigger.

 

[kwc57]

Poor stubborn snowflake, I sympathize with you....just having gotten over Gore losing to Bush, now you suffer another historic, mind0numbing loss that will take you several more decades to get over...

Uh, dude, I voted for Bush in 2000. Then he actually took office, and I found myself with an underwater mortgage and a busted 401K.

The mindnumbing loss is going to be the recession we are going to get because of Trump's gross incompetence.

Funny, we bought our dream home in 2001 and our 401k did great. Then Obama hit, our 401k tanked and we had to sell our dream home and move to something smaller due to a sinking economy and my banker wife getting laid off after 22 years. Thanks for going after the banks Obama and ruining our retirement.

Idiot forgets the recession was during bush’s term.

As he was leaving office and worsened by 8 years of Obama's failed policies.