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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEXCLUSIVE. Focus on Flynn, Trump timeline suggests obstruction is on Mueller's mind
DEC 11 2017, 8:58 AM ET
by CAROL E. LEE and JULIA AINSLEY
WASHINGTON Special counsel Robert Mueller is trying to piece together what happened inside the White House over a critical 18-day period that began when senior officials were told that National Security Adviser Michael Flynn was susceptible to blackmail by Russia, according to multiple people familiar with the matter.
The questions about what happened between Jan. 26 and Flynn's firing on Feb. 13 appear to relate to possible obstruction of justice by President Donald Trump, say two people familiar with Mueller's investigation into Russia's election meddling and potential collusion with the Trump campaign.
Multiple sources say that during interviews, Mueller's investigators have asked witnesses, including White House Counsel Don McGahn and others who have worked in the West Wing, to go through each day that Flynn remained as national security adviser and describe in detail what they knew was happening inside the White House as it related to Flynn.
Some of those interviewed by Mueller's team believe the goal is in part to determine if there was a deliberate effort by President Trump or top officials in the West Wing to cover up the information about Flynn that Sally Yates, then the acting attorney general, conveyed to McGahn on Jan. 26. In addition to Flynn, McGahn is also expected to be critical to federal investigators trying to piece together a timeline of those 18 days.
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EXCLUSIVE. Focus on Flynn, Trump timeline suggests obstruction is on Mueller's mind (Original Post)
DonViejo
Dec 2017
OP
ffr
(22,670 posts)1. This is like a Heinz commercial.
The anticipation is making me wait.
tRump's attack dogs are already lining him up for the inevitable Mueller dismissal.
LOCK THEM UP!
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)2. How many obstruction of justice charges can be brought at once?
Because there sure was a lot of it, AND THAT TRAIN IS STILL ON THE TRACKS.
Cartoonist
(7,317 posts)3. Obstruction of justice
That's a crime? Sure it is, but it sure doesn't sound like one. Murder, robbery, rape, kidnapping, blackmail, extortion; now those are crimes people understand.
If that's all Mueller is going for, then I know just how the repubs are going to play it. "Obstruction of justice? Big deal. Where's the crime?"
Name three people who have done time for obstructing justice. Unless Mueller comes up with something more grievous, Trump will be able to run for reelection.