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triron

(22,007 posts) Mon Jul 29, 2019, 01:40 PM Jul 2019

Seth Abramson comments on why Mueller didn't subpoena POTUS and not indict Trump, Jr., etc.

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Seth Abramson comments on why Mueller didn't subpoena POTUS and not indict Trump, Jr., etc. (Original Post) triron Jul 2019 OP

A Mueller consideration might have been the political cost inflicted by trump to the probe empedocles Jul 2019 #1

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1. A Mueller consideration might have been the political cost inflicted by trump to the probe

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Mon Jul 29, 2019, 02:25 PM

Jul 2019

of the Special Counsel and to the US democracy?

[Mueller may well have been concerned that the Special Counsel could be shut down at any time. The early 'talking indictments' can be seen as markers of those concerns].

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