Special counselor adds former Preet Bharara prosecutor to Russia probe: Reports

[babylonsister]

http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/special-counselor-adds-former-preet-bharara-prosecutor-to-russia-probe-reports/article/2627626

Monday, July 03, 2017

Special counselor adds former Preet Bharara prosecutor to Russia probe: Reports
by Daniel Chaitin | Jul 1, 2017, 10:32 AM


Special counselor Robert Mueller added a top New York prosecutor to his team investigating Russian meddling in the 2016 election who also happened to be an official who worked for fired U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara.

Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Goldstein of the Southern District of New York has been selected to join the probe, according to multiple reports late Friday.

Goldstein worked as the top public corruption prosecutor under Bharara, an NBC News report said. Bharara was fired in March by Trump along with 46 other U.S. attorneys and has been critical of the president ever since.

Trump has previously questioned the independence Mueller's investigation because it includes people who backed his Democratic opponent in the 2016 campaign, Hillary Clinton. "I can say that the people that have been hired are all Hillary Clinton supporters," Trump said in a recent "Fox and Friends" interview. At least three lawyers Mueller has hired to help conduct his investigation have donated almost exclusively to Democrats, including Clinton.

Also moved to Mueller's probe are investigations previously being handled in New York, including one into former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort, a person familiar with the matter told NBC News.

Mueller's investigation also includes a look into whether Trump committed obstruction of justice, according to a Washington Post report.

[BumRushDaShow]

1. Aside from the OP (conservative) source, here is Preet's tweet about it!

Link to tweet

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Preet Bharara‏Verified account @PreetBharara

Andrew Goldstein, my corruption chief, joins Special Counsel Mueller. Best of best in every way. Fair, tough, smart.
10:44 PM - 30 Jun 2017

[nikibatts]

2. Do you think they are just trying to bait Trump into firing Mueller so we can finally get rid of 45?

[Baconator]

4. Meh...

You say that but I am near certain that he could fire Rosenstein, Mueller and disband the whole special counsel and he would take a media shit storm for it...


... but he would also come out the other side.

[jaxind]

3. Mueller

I thought Mueller would one day just go ahead and add Barara to his crew...I wonder why he's not doing that

[babylonsister]

5. Perhaps he's more valuable where he is?

Also, he can be an unofficial spokesman right now, and seems to be doing just that.

[crazylikafox]

7. Maybe Barara will end up as a witness for the prosecution.

Remember Trump fired him while he was in charge of the New York money laundering investigations?

[spanone]

6. K&R... drip...drip...drip

[safeinOhio]

8. Didn't trump donate to

bill Clinton? Needs to remove himself.