they are evil: Trump Aides, Seeking Leverage, Investigate Muellers Investigators
WASHINGTON President Trumps lawyers and aides are scouring the professional and political backgrounds of investigators hired by the special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, looking for conflicts of interest they could use to discredit the investigation or even build a case to fire Mr. Mueller or get some members of his team recused, according to three people with knowledge of the research effort.
The search for potential conflicts is wide-ranging. It includes scrutinizing donations to Democratic candidates, investigators past clients and Mr. Muellers relationship with James B. Comey, whose firing as F.B.I. director is part of the special counsels investigation.
The effort to investigate the investigators is another sign of a looming showdown between Mr. Trump and Mr. Mueller, who has assembled a team of high-powered prosecutors and agents to examine whether any of Mr. Trumps advisers aided Russias campaign to disrupt last years presidential election.
Some of the investigators have vast experience prosecuting financial malfeasance, and the prospect that Mr. Muellers inquiry could evolve into an expansive examination of Mr. Trumps financial history has stoked fears among the presidents aides. Both Mr. Trump and his aides have said publicly they are watching closely to ensure Mr. Muellers investigation remains narrowly focused on last years election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/20/us/politics/donald-trump-robert-mueller-russia-investigation.html