According to Giuliani, Mueller told Team Trump

[OliverQ]

that he will stick with DoJ guidelines that Trump cannot be indicted until he's impeached. /sigh

There is no way to get rid of this orange monster plaguing this country.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

1. First of all, consider the first three words of your post.

Secondly, even if it's true, a conservative (small c) approach like this still allows for Trump to be removed from office and then criminally indicted.

I've reserved myself to the position that Trump will not immediately be criminally indicated until after he is impeached and removed or resigns. If I'm wrong, I'll be pleasantly surprised.

[riversedge]

2. I have no idea what the DOJ guidelines say. Trust Rudy. No. Must verify.

[LuckyCharms]

3. Mueller is under no obligation to be truthful to Rudy

on what his plans are.

[dawg day]

4. Giuliani knows that Mueller won't contradict him.

It's just more ratficking by Ratficker Rudy.

He's lied about everything else so far, not to mention he pretty clearly doesn't know what's going on. He can't even keep straight what he's supposed to lie about for Trump, and tells completely different lies.

[JustAnotherGen]

5. The Ghoul Said

That - it doesn't mean it is true. The Ghoul most likely is 'saying' this as one of his stupid failing and FLAILING plans.



And yes I just 'dehumanized an enemy of the American people' aka Ghouliani.

[OliverQ]

8. I'm just reporting what CNN is breaking.

So I guess yeah Giuliani could be lying, but I still don't think Mueller will indict Trump.

[JustAnotherGen]

9. I totally appreciate that Oliver

I just think Ghoul is lying.


He's also scattered, disorganized, and seems not 'on his game'.

[OliverQ]

10. Quite true. On the flip side,

flaunting to the media that Mueller has actually considered indicting Trump can't be good for his case.

[rockfordfile]

18. If he doesn't, then the investigation is a failure.

Trump should be made a example of.

[PJMcK]

22. That's quite a leap of logic!

Robert Mueller's investigation has uncovered far more information than has been publicly released. Given the scope of the crimes and the range of the people alleged to have committed them, there is much, much more to this investigation than we've been told.

Have some patience. Trump will be exposed as the criminal that he is. We might have to wait until he's out of office but Trump is going to face justice.

Meanwhile, his presidency is hobbled and its legitimacy is questionable.

I'm putting my faith in Bobby 3-Sticks.

[OldHippieChick]

6. I do not believe for a NY minute

that Mueller has spoken one word to the Ghoul.

[underthematrix]

14. Thank you

[lisa58]

7. Except Giuliani said it...

and he hasn’t made a true statement regarding this case the entire time he has represented him.

I do believe it will end up being a resignation- hopefully after Pence is indicted..

[NightWatcher]

11. Ghouliani also said he was there to wrap things up in a week.

They have no reason not to continue to lie.

[Skraxx]

12. Uhh, So the Moron Just told the World an Indictment is Warranted, but Mueller won't do it NOW

What an idiot.

[NightWatcher]

15. Sounds like an admission of guilt to me

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

13. Consider the source. I doubt very much that Mueller has told Giu911ani

anything significant about the investigation or what he intends to do. It is true that the DoJ's guidelines say that a sitting president should not be indicted (although there is no definite legal authority for this), and that because of this it's likely that Mueller wouldn't indict (although maybe he'd want to consider it if a statute of limitations might otherwise run before Spanky leaves office). But what Rudy has to say isn't worth taking seriously because it's only intended for an audience of one.

[PJMcK]

25. Okay, that deserves a tip o' the hat!

Giu911ani


Priceless!

[bettyellen]

16. I doubt Mueller told Giuliani any such thing.

[Raven123]

17. Why would Mueller waste his time on this issue?

[C_U_L8R]

19. He's chumming the waters

Hoping to draw a reaction out of Mueller. Such amateur bullshit.

[Fullduplexxx]

20. I stopped at according to ghouliani

[Kingofalldems]

21. Got a link on that?

[pnwmom]

24. See below. There is some important context. nt

[pnwmom]

23. Hah! That is clearly Giuliani's spin.

"All they get to do is write a report," Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani told CNN. "They can't indict. At least they acknowledged that to us after some battling, they acknowledged that to us."

If Mueller's team really thought that, why was there some battling? I think Mueller's team merely stopped arguing the point. Giuliani wants to frame that as a concession.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/05/16/politics/rudy-giuliani-robert-mueller-indictment/index.html

[Freethinker65]

26. Never happened, but if Trump believes it, fine with me

Let Trump continue to shake down people, corporations, and nations for personal gain. Let him continue to bold face lie to the American people. Let him continue to hold more outlandish rallies with racists and bigots galore. And let him drag the entire GOP with him and expose them for what they are...traitorous hypocrites refusing to do their jobs of upholding the constitution.

[PJMcK]

27. Hey, Rudy!

You've made your audience of one feel a little better for tonight. Maybe he'll be able to gobble his Big Macs this evening.

Meanwhile, do you realize you keep implying that your client is guilty? Can't you see that?

Do you think that Mr. Mueller's report will be bloodless? Are you really that naive? Don't you see how intense and profoundly deep this investigation is?

Dude, you very well might be implicated yourself since you appeared to have been the recipient of targeted political leaks during the 2016 campaign.

You really need to shut up and sit down.

[pnwmom]

28. And the DoJ guidelines say it is Rosenstein's decision, not Mueller's.

So I'm sure Mueller made no promises because the final decision isn't up to him.

https://www.politico.com/story/2018/02/02/trump-russia-indictment-mueller-probe-384969

The Justice Department regulations that govern Mueller’s work offer no clear endgame for the public to follow his investigation.

They do stipulate that the deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, has oversight of and final say on all major decisions by Mueller — specifically including any indictments. Rosenstein is also required to submit a report to Congress on the grounds for closing the investigation.

[NanceGreggs]

29. Giuliani is a liar.

There's no reason to believe he's telling the truth about this, any more than he's told the truth about other things.

My take: Giuliani keeps making statements that he hopes Mueller will publicly confirm or deny - thereby giving Trump info as to what's going on inside Mueller's investigation.

You know that it's driving Spanky nuts that Mueller and team are so tight-lipped, he doesn't have a clue as to what they know, and what they'll be able to prove.

[JHB]

30. If you'd ever been within sniffing distance of Rudy...

...you would never need to be reminded how full of shit he is.