Trump team's response to Russia news: Focus on Clinton, leaks or anything else

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Source: Politico

The White House has been anticipating for months that special counsel Robert Mueller would eventually file criminal charges in his Russia investigation. But President Donald Trump, his lawyers and senior administration officials were all caught off guard by the news.

Two of Trump’s top lawyers were traveling out of town when the first report broke Friday night that a federal grand jury had approved the first indictment in the probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election. One of Trump’s personal attorneys, Ty Cobb, was relaxing on his deck in South Carolina, while the entire team was still working to confirm the veracity of the CNN report over the weekend.

The lack of information, on a case that could have major ramifications for the president, left many current and former Trump advisers livid, focusing their rage on how the information leaked and on a forever target: Hillary Clinton.

“It is unusual for prosecutors to file indictments under seal and then have it leak out,” said Mark Corallo, a former spokesman for Trump’s legal team, noting that the only people in the loop would be the prosecutors and agents on Mueller's team, the grand jurors and the judge. “This was an ill-advised leak of information,” Corallo added. “I'm disgusted by the tactics of the prosecutors to leak the information.”

Read more: https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/28/trump-russia-clinton-mueller-244271

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1. The louder they scream now...

the more obvious the guilt. Wish they'd take tRUMPS kids first...
let trump sweat.

[flotsam]

2. This was an ill-advised leak of information, Corallo added. I'm disgusted by the tactics...

of the prosecutors to leak the information.”

How is this not libel?

[LiberalLovinLug]

3. But why are we always seemingly unprepared?

By "we" i mean Democrats in office, and as well the more liberal news outlets.

Yes, we have a response. Always a defensive response. That goes with the territory. But I still see not enough coordinated effort to get ahead of the story. Build some walls against the predictable barrage of diversion "news". Predict it and show examples. Have all the actual evidence ready to go (about how the Russia/Uranium culprits have already been caught and dealt with. That it was done a long time ago). I know that they may even be saying this now, but I'm sorry, its not enough. If Donald's team can successfully create a narrative where there are two investigations of equal merit going on, one on him and one on Hillary, even if with half the country, he has won.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Watch for Murdoch and Company

to go into Hyperdrive this afternoon. Murdoch and Trump are too thick to dispel anything else.

[C_U_L8R]

5. So obvious

He's so dumb.

[WinkyDink]

6. Oooh, he's disGUSted! Let's all APOLOGIZE right now!!

[C Moon]

7. It would be interesting to see how many many many hours were put into Mueller's background.

By the WH and Fox "News"

[FakeNoose]

8. The Feds told Manafort to expect a subpoena, probably same for Cohen

They're not working in a vacuum, this has all been known since the inauguration.
Trump and his pals knew last year because they were doing it last year.

It's been a long wait for all of us!

[Mr. Ected]

9. The leak was hardly a disgusting tactic

It was perfect.

It's forcing these criminals to stew in their own juices this weekend.

Their reactions are the reactions of the guilty.

When the hammer comes down, all they can complain about is how big the hammer is and how badly it's gonna hurt when it cracks their skulls.

[riversedge]

10. The trumpsters doth protest too much.