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Mike 03

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2. Hmm. So it was Rosenstein who cut Mueller off at the knees:

Reply to Nevilledog (Original post)

Sun Aug 30, 2020, 12:35 PM

Aug 2020

Specifically, the special counsel’s report addressed conspiracy and obstruction of justice but did not discuss related counterintelligence issues. Schmidt reveals that we can blame that on Rod Rosenstein, then deputy attorney general.

According to Schmidt, in the hand-off of the FBI investigation to Mueller, in the aftermath of the firing of Comey, Rosenstein deliberately narrowed the special counsel’s remit. The deputy attorney general directed Mueller to concentrate on criminality. Whether Trump was a Russian agent was not on the special counsel’s plate.

According to Schmidt, Rosenstein “had foreclosed any deeper inquiry before investigation even began”.

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Donald Trump v the United States review: how democracy came under assault [View all] Nevilledog Aug 2020 OP

This is good as far as our immediate situation and recent history, but it can be truthfully said abqtommy Aug 2020 #1

Hmm. So it was Rosenstein who cut Mueller off at the knees: Mike 03 Aug 2020 #2

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