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kpete

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Sun Mar 12, 2017, 12:06 PM Mar 2017

Replacement for Bharara include Ailes's one time lawyer & Giuliani "Protege" Marc Mukasey



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https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/10/nyregion/preet-bharara-us-attorney.html?mtrref=t.co&gwh=97EAE89E67CB83F5A302E1C0A60D829A&gwt=pay



IV. “GO CLEAN THIS UP!”
Around noon on Monday, July 11, Rudy Giuliani walked out of St. Patrick’s Cathedral into a gorgeous 80-degree summer day. He had been attending the funeral of his friend Peter Powers, who had been his deputy mayor back in the 90s. Walking beside Giuliani was Marc Mukasey, who had become something of a protégé and was the son of Giuliani’s good friend Michael Mukasey, the former U.S. attorney general. It was an emotional day for both men, but they quickly turned their focus to Roger Ailes. They had all known each other a long time. During the 1989 mayoral race, when he was barely out of Dartmouth, Mukasey had delivered doughnuts to Ailes. Now a top attorney at Greenberg Traurig, Mukasey responded to questions about his and Giuliani’s work for Ailes:

“Rudy and I provided personal, private legal counsel to Roger, whom we’ve known for years. Our conversations about the matter are private.”


http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2016/09/roger-ailes-fox-news-final-days
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Replacement for Bharara include Ailes's one time lawyer & Giuliani "Protege" Marc Mukasey (Original Post) kpete Mar 2017 OP
Another nail in the coffin WhiteTara Mar 2017 #1
Michael Mukasey is who Newt Gingrich suggested be "independent" investigator Trump/Russia probe. Solly Mack Mar 2017 #2

WhiteTara

(29,702 posts)
1. Another nail in the coffin
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 12:26 PM
Mar 2017

of our country and government.

The assaults are relentless and each one is devastating.

Solly Mack

(90,762 posts)
2. Michael Mukasey is who Newt Gingrich suggested be "independent" investigator Trump/Russia probe.
Sun Mar 12, 2017, 01:43 PM
Mar 2017
Newt Gingrich: ‘Independent’ Investigator Needed for Trump-Russia Probe


Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich wants a special investigator to review the Trump team's alleged contact with Russian officials during the campaign — one of the few prominent Republicans calling for such an examination.

Gingrich, when asked about the use of a special prosecutor Tuesday on Fox News, advised President Donald Trump to "take a lesson from the past" and assign a "very smart, independent person" to take on that investigatory role.

"Maybe somebody like Michael Mukasey, former attorney general [under George W. Bush] — put them in charge of the whole project, and say, you know, there are questions here, the country has questions, the media has questions, even members of Congress (have) questions," Gingrich said.



Firing, placing and replacing with those friendly to Trump and his agenda.
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