Uh, oh, this can't be good.....

[brooklynite]

Exclusive: Mueller investigators questioned John Kelly in obstruction probe

Washington (CNN)White House chief of staff John Kelly was interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller's team in recent months, three people with knowledge of the matter told CNN.

Kelly responded to a narrow set of questions from special counsel investigators after White House lawyers initially objected to Mueller's request to do the interview earlier this summer, the sources said. Kelly is widely expected to leave his position in the coming days and is no longer on speaking terms with President Donald Trump, CNN reported earlier Friday.

Kelly is the latest high-ranking White House official known to provide information for Mueller's investigation, though his interview marks a departure of sorts since Kelly didn't join the White House until July 2017. Most of the dozens of other interviews have been with people who were associated with the Trump campaign, were part of the transition or served in the early part of the administration.

The Mueller questions to Kelly centered on a narrow set of issues in the investigation of potential obstruction of justice, chiefly Kelly's recollection of an episode that took place after new reporting emerged about how the President had tried to fire Mueller. The President was angry at then-White House counsel Don McGahn about what had been reported by The New York Times. McGahn had refused to publicly deny the reporting. The special counsel wanted to try to corroborate McGahn's version of events.

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/07/politics/robert-mueller-john-kelly-obstruction-investigation/index.html

[uponit7771]

1. Putin's whore in big trouble

[erronis]

10. Putin can always find a few more, and DJT can still bend over for others.

[aggiesal]

19. I believe that ...

Put-In thinks it's time to Pull-Out!

[manor321]

2. Very good. This might be why Kelly is being forced out.

[dem4decades]

3. Maybe Kushner and Ivanka shouldn't have made Kelly an enemy. Too bad.

[PubliusEnigma]

4. Lode Star?!?

[erronis]

12. Strange that particular report/letter has disappeared from public consciousness...

[tblue37]

5. ". . . is no longer on speaking terms with President Donald Trump":Wow--just wow! nt

[brush]

6. I know, right? How is he still there if he's not speaking to trump?

Seems trump would boot him out or he would walk out.

If it's that out in the open that you don't get along with the boss you don't get to hang around. You're gone.

[rusty fender]

7. ...no longer on yelling terms with Benedict Donald Trumpass

I fixed for you

[Honeycombe8]

8. Kelly wouldn't know anything about Russia, I think.

He wasn't part of the inner circle during the campaign.

So Mueller may have asked about obstruction of justice...Comey, McCabe, and others. ????

Kelly's not on speaking terms with Trump? Odd that he'd still be around, if it's that bad. I suspect they are still on speaking terms, or he'd be out the door already. Or maybe they communicate by email or text or in writing...maybe Trump yelled at him one time too many, so Kelly suggested they communicate in writing. Who knows.

I don't think Kelly is a major player in all this.

[LudwigPastorius]

11. Word is that Mueller's men asked him about why Don McGahn threatened to quit as White House counsel.

If Kelly confirms the rumor why McGan quit, it gives Mueller direct testimonial evidence of Trump's intent to obstruct.

[Honeycombe8]

13. No one really knows about McGahan, do they? Why did McGahn quit?

I thought he was fired or that it was mutual.

I don't see Kelly as a key player. He's been planning on leaving for a while, anyway.

He's chosen a good time. It's going to be raining knives in the W.H. from here on out.

[LudwigPastorius]

21. Sorry, my post was kind of unclear.

I meant to refer to the NYT’s report that McGahn threatened to quit after Trump charged him with firing Robert Mueller.

If Kelly, in his capacity as chief of staff, was the one McGahn reported to that he was quitting, and why he was quitting, it is evidence of Trump’s intent to derail the investigation (i.e. obstruct justice)

[Honeycombe8]

22. Oh, I see. Got it. nt

[lunatica]

15. Kelly's name probably came up when Mueller questioned others.

He is an important central character whom everyone had to deal with and his name could easily come up. Perhaps the Mueller team are just corroborating what others said. Kelly might be a linchpin. He would know everything about who visited Trump and when and what the official reason was even if he’s innocent of crimes. In his capacity he most likely keeps a log of all the comings and goings to Trump’s office.

That’s my first thought.

[Honeycombe8]

16. I see. Interesting. nt

[LudwigPastorius]

9. Dickless Donny's response to finding out about this?

The silent treatment, and getting someone else to fire him.

It's like he's a thirteen year old boy breaking up with a girlfriend.

[erronis]

14. Hey, he was told on his McDonald break. Mouth full, brain empty. Focus R Not Us.

[Power 2 the People]

17. I don't consider Kelly a patriot anymore and I doubt he will rat on a fellow white supremacist.

[GulfCoast66]

18. He did not lie for trump. So now he is out.

That what I am thinking.

[Grasswire2]

20. Where's Hope Hicks in all this?

She helped to hide the lying about the TT meeting. She knew most everything.