Mueller probing Russia contacts at Republican convention: sources

[DonViejo]

Source: Reuters




MARCH 29, 2018 / 3:06 PM / UPDATED 30 MINUTES AGO

Mark Hosenball

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Investigators probing whether Donald Trump’s presidential campaign colluded with Russia have been questioning witnesses about events at the 2016 Republican National Convention, according to two sources familiar with Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s inquiries.

Mueller’s team has been asking about a convention-related event attended by both Russia’s U.S. ambassador and Jeff Sessions, the first U.S. senator to support Trump and now his attorney general, said one source, who requested anonymity due to the ongoing investigation.

Another issue Mueller’s team has been asking about is how and why Republican Party platform language hostile to Russia was deleted from a section of the document related to Ukraine, said another source who also requested anonymity.

Mueller’s interest in what happened at the Republican convention in Cleveland, Ohio in July 2016, is an indication that Trump campaign contacts and actions related to Russia remain central to the special counsel’s investigation.



Read more: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-convention/mueller-probing-russia-contacts-at-republican-convention-sources-idUSKBN1H52VT

[Achilleaze]

1. republican Perjurer General hopes Mueller will accept this lies

On account of IOKIYAR

[C Moon]

2. I certainly hope so.

[backtoblue]

7. That pic is so creepy nt

[SonofDonald]

10. Bastard stepchild of the Crypt Keeper and

The Mummy, talk about warts and all...

[pnwmom]

3. It's good they're finally doing this. But since this is likely to touch key GOP in Congress,

Mueller really has his investigation in the crosshairs right now. I hope he's ready.

[lagomorph777]

5. Mueller needs to take out Dustbin Nunes and Dana Russiabacker as quickly as possible.

Preferably also Cowardly Ryan and McTurtle.

[Still In Wisconsin]

9. "Dustbin Nunes and Dana Russiabacker..." I had not heard those. Very nice.

Mind if I borrow them?

By the way, on behalf of Wisconsin, sorry about Ryan (and Ron "Senator Dumbass" Johnson, and Rinse Penis, and many others over the years).

[lagomorph777]

11. Please borrow those nicknames.

You forgot Joe McCarthy.

[FakeNoose]

4. They're finally going to know WHY Sessions recused himself as AG

This should have been the starting point of the whole investigation, in my mind. Sessions is the only lawyer in the bunch. He knew it was wrong from Day One.

[pnwmom]

6. Ironically, Sessions might be the reason Mueller is still in place.

He had to recuse himself and Rosenstein supports Mueller. Another A.G. would have stayed in charge.

[More_Cowbell]

8. Mueller's just confirming what he already knows

As in most prosecutions, he's asking questions that he already knows the answers to, to see who lies. It's been reported in multiple places over the last year that Kislyak's phone was tapped (or hotmiked), as a standard procedure.