Is Donald Trump Installing a Mole in the Mueller Probe?

[orangecrush]

On September 28, the Senate Judiciary Committee approved on a party line vote the nomination of Brian Benczkowski to be the head of the Justice Department’s criminal division. The vote put President Donald Trump one step closer to installing a potential mole at the department, with the ability to inform him of any wiretaps or significant developments in special counsel Robert Mueller’s grand jury investigation into the possible ties between Russia and the Trump campaign.

During the committee hearing, Democrats cited a number of reasons to oppose Benczkowski, who was a top aide to Attorney General Jeff Sessions when the former senator ran the Judiciary Committee. Senator Dianne Feinstein noted that Benczkowski, a partner at the firm Kirkland & Ellis, has no prosecutorial experience and almost no experience in a courtroom. Senator Dick Durbin and others argued that he showed “really poor judgment” when he chose to represent Alfa Bank, which has been implicated in the Russia scandal, between his stint on Trump’s transition team and his June nomination to be assistant attorney general. (Alfa Bank came under suspicion after it was discovered that one of its servers had communicated with a server tied to the Trump Organization.)

Senator Sheldon Whitehouse raised a more specific concern: that Benczkowski might serve as “a back channel source of information” from Mueller’s special counsel investigation to Sessions, who has recused himself from the case. Whitehouse and others fear that having Benczkowski as the head of the criminal division could effectively breach the recusal. But there may be a still bigger risk: Benczkowski could share information about wiretaps and proceedings from the grand jury directly with the president.


https://newrepublic.com/article/145323/donald-trump-installing-mole-mueller-probe


I guess it was just a matter of time.

Now Nunes doesn't have to make all those secret trips to fill Trump in.

This is not good.

Edit - I just called Feinstein's office, spoke to an aid, and asked why anyone in their right mind would let someone with Alfa Bank ties anywhere near the Russia investigation.

I recommend anyone reading this do the same.

[MFM008]

1. I hope so

I want him to KNOW whats coming..........

[orangecrush]

16. I agree with the spirit of your post

But for them to know what's coming would be disasterous, up to and including kicking off a war as a diversion.

[SonofDonald]

2. It's obvious dumpf is guilty as hell

He's done everything in his power to derail the investigation at every turn, firing all the existing lawyers such as Preet Bahara, firing Comey, installing spies, bitching about his shady officials recusal's, talking about firing Mueller then trying to get them to state that he's innocent, trying to speed up the investigation by every means he can think of including setting a timeframe for it's completion so they don't have the time to do a thorough job.

The list goes on.

He's guilty as hell and he knows if he can't stop the investigation he's toast.

And the pukes sit back and watch and do nothing.

[ProudLib72]

3. This happened before, remember?

The mole Mueller uncovered, and he got sent back to a desk job with the FBI. I don't think Mueller will blindly fall into that trap.

[NoMoreRepugs]

4. I agree.... in a match of wits, tactics or

critical thinking I think we can rest easy that Mr Mueller is far superior to the Orange Douche and his minions.

[Dave Starsky]

13. Knowing the demonstrated competence of this crew...

Mueller's team would probably spot the mole as the guy wearing a black ski mask and holding out a microphone.

[orangecrush]

15. In this case

I don't think there's anything Mueller could do besides try to keep the mole in the dark.

But in the position the mole is shooting for, pretty much whatever he wants to see they have to give him.

The democrats aware of this should be screaming bloody murder.

[ProudLib72]

18. Another instance of obstruction?

We can hope that Mueller is close and this development is going to be a case of too little too late. Hey, I don't like it either. I'm just trying to reassure myself more than anyone else.

[Cryptoad]

5. The longer Mueller takes to wrap it up,,,,,

the higher the chances that He will indict O Yellar on criminal charges!

[orangecrush]

14. Conversely

The longer it takes, the more chance Putin and Rump have to sabotage it.

It's a race against time, the candle burns at both ends.

[bdamomma]

6. Thank you for calling

we are dealing with trump a sick man who cannot take take any kind of criticism.

[orangecrush]

11. I had to call

Notice this was not all over the news, to the best of my knowledge...

[Achilleaze]

7. K & R

[orangecrush]

10. Thanks!

[DK504]

8. Once again we heard nothing of this brewing.

Just think if we actually knew what was coming down the line so we could at least try to stop it.

Granted it's a full time job trying to fight these fuckers and this is the game they play, overload us with all the insanity and we can't keep up.

[orangecrush]

9. You hit it right on the head

Their game is chaos and destruction.

[McCamy Taylor]

12. He will share results of wire taps with Russia.

[orangecrush]

17. In a heartbeat

If he was in with Alfa, he probably has the Kremlin on speed dial.

[Blue_Roses]

19. Don't think for second Mueller is

naive to any of this. This man is a career professional in law enforcement and has the experience and wits to know when things around him begin to stink. Hell, he may even play the "dumb card" to place false info just to snuff out the bastards.

[orangecrush]

20. He has brought counterintelligence experts

Into the investigation.

This nomination is just more pressure, he must be getting too hot for Trump's and Putin's liking.