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Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
Quote:EXCLUSIVE – Multiple administration officials tell Fox News that when Robert Mueller met with President Trump in May of 2017, Mueller was indeed pursuing the open post as the director of the FBI – something the former Russia probe special counsel denied under oath during congressional testimony this summer.
These officials also told Fox News government documents showed Mueller was pursuing the job as a candidate himself.
It came as emails released this month through a Freedom of Information Act request by the conservative group Judicial Watch seemed to indicate Mueller knew there was a real possibility he could be named special counsel if he wasn’t chosen as the next FBI director.
“The boss and his staff do not know about our discussions,” then-Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said in an email to Mueller on May 12, 2017. Rosenstein’s boss was then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions, who had recused himself from the Russia probe, meaning the president would not have known either.
A source close to Rosenstein confirmed to Fox News that he had confidential conversations with Mueller about whether he would be willing to serve in the event he needed to appoint a special counsel. These conversations began on May 12, 2017, prior to Mueller's meeting with the president on May 16, 2017, the source acknowledged.
At the time of the now-famous May 16, 2017 meeting, James Comey had been fired as FBI director just days before and -- unbeknownst to the president -- Mueller would end up being named special counsel the very next day to oversee the Trump-Russia probe.
The president has repeatedly claimed that Mueller – who served as FBI director under Presidents George W. Bush and Barack Obama – met with him about returning to lead the Justice Department. The president has pointed to this to argue it was a conflict for Mueller to become special counsel, saying he opted against hiring Mueller as FBI director.
But Mueller, in his July congressional testimony, denied the claim, saying he believed he was giving “input” to the president about the position.
“My understanding was I was not applying for the job,” Mueller said on July 24. “I was asked to give my input on what it would take to do the job.”
John Dowd, who served as the president’s attorney during the probe, ripped Mueller for meeting with Trump, calling it the “most dishonorable conduct I have ever witnessed.” He added, “Capt. Robert Mueller, USMC, sits in front of his commander-in-chief being interviewed for FBI director knowing he is going to investigate the president and never says a word.”
The president himself has claimed there were “numerous witnesses” to the meeting.
"It has been reported that Robert Mueller is saying that he did not apply and interview for the job of FBI Director (and get turned down) the day before he was wrongfully appointed Special Counsel" Trump tweeted the day of Mueller’s Capitol Hill testimony. "Hope he doesn't say that under oath in that we have numerous witnesses to the interview, including the Vice President of the United States!"
Mueller did not immediately return a request for comment from Fox News on Tuesday.
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
(10-09-2019 12:36 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote: Quote:EXCLUSIVE – Multiple administration officials tell Fox News that when Robert Mueller met with President Trump in May of 2017...
Sounds credible.
(This post was last modified: 10-09-2019 12:41 PM by Redwingtom.)
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
(10-09-2019 12:41 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: (10-09-2019 12:36 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote: Quote:EXCLUSIVE – Multiple administration officials tell Fox News that when Robert Mueller met with President Trump in May of 2017...
Sounds credible.
Whistleblowers.
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
(10-09-2019 12:41 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: (10-09-2019 12:36 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote: Quote:EXCLUSIVE – Multiple administration officials tell Fox News that when Robert Mueller met with President Trump in May of 2017...
Sounds credible.
but muh fake whistleblower who worked for the Biden campaign and who's attorney worked directly for James Clapper..........
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
Catherine Herridge just explained on Fox that "expands its scope" means criminal wrongdoing has likely been found, and indictments are coming.
:)
(This post was last modified: 10-09-2019 12:46 PM by Kronke.)
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
Definitely needs investigating.
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
I would have never thought to place the bet on Mueller being the first to get perp-walked.
Although, while he was testifying at that clown show, he did say he never interviewed for the FBI position, and I thought that the guy had either gone completely senile, or doesnt believe there's any way they would go after him.
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
(10-09-2019 12:47 PM)UofMstateU Wrote: I would have never thought to place the bet on Mueller being the first to get perp-walked.
Although, while he was testifying at that clown show, he did say he never interviewed for the FBI position, and I thought that the guy had either gone completely senile, or doesnt believe there's any way they would go after him.
Didn't he get people arrested for lying to Congress......
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
(10-09-2019 12:44 PM)CG_Hawk06 Wrote: (10-09-2019 12:41 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: (10-09-2019 12:36 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote: Quote:EXCLUSIVE – Multiple administration officials tell Fox News that when Robert Mueller met with President Trump in May of 2017...
Sounds credible.
Whistleblowers.
#trumpblowers
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
(10-09-2019 12:48 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote: (10-09-2019 12:44 PM)CG_Hawk06 Wrote: (10-09-2019 12:41 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: (10-09-2019 12:36 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote: Quote:EXCLUSIVE – Multiple administration officials tell Fox News that when Robert Mueller met with President Trump in May of 2017...
Sounds credible.
Whistleblowers.
#trumpblowers
#mensataxesmatter
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/democrat...nic-level/
Democrats terrified of Durham.
"The important news of the day--far beyond the inevitable tedious impeachment jousting--is that John Durham's investigation of the provenance of the FBI's counterintelligence investigation of possible Trump-Russia collusion has expanded, according to several administration officials.
Fox News previously reported that Durham would be reviewing the days leading up to the 2016 election and through the inauguration.
However, based on what he has been finding, Durham has expanded his investigation adding agents and resources, the senior administration officials said. The timeline has grown from the beginning of the probe through the election and now has included a post-election timeline through the spring of 2017, up to when Robert Mueller was named special counsel...."
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
(10-09-2019 12:49 PM)gdunn Wrote: (10-09-2019 12:48 PM)Marc Mensa Wrote: (10-09-2019 12:44 PM)CG_Hawk06 Wrote: (10-09-2019 12:41 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: (10-09-2019 12:36 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote:
Sounds credible.
Whistleblowers.
#trumpblowers
#mensataxesmatter
#RevenueToGdpMattersWhenTalkingAboutObamasHugeDeficit
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
(10-09-2019 12:45 PM)Kronke Wrote: Catherine Herridge just explained on Fox that "expands its scope" means criminal wrongdoing has likely been found, and indictments are coming.
:)
again, it was a gimme as scripted....
#henceDJT has been camping on all this bs....he knew those w/o an agenda that refuse to promote incentive was fk'd.....
#layTheFrank
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
(10-09-2019 12:55 PM)bullet Wrote: https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/democrat...nic-level/
Democrats terrified of Durham.
"The important news of the day--far beyond the inevitable tedious impeachment jousting--is that John Durham's investigation of the provenance of the FBI's counterintelligence investigation of possible Trump-Russia collusion has expanded, according to several administration officials.
Fox News previously reported that Durham would be reviewing the days leading up to the 2016 election and through the inauguration.
However, based on what he has been finding, Durham has expanded his investigation adding agents and resources, the senior administration officials said. The timeline has grown from the beginning of the probe through the election and now has included a post-election timeline through the spring of 2017, up to when Robert Mueller was named special counsel...."
PJ Media? Really dude? Let me go post some impeachment stories from Daily Kos, PoliticUSA and Salon.
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
(10-09-2019 12:44 PM)CG_Hawk06 Wrote: (10-09-2019 12:41 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: (10-09-2019 12:36 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote: Quote:EXCLUSIVE – Multiple administration officials tell Fox News that when Robert Mueller met with President Trump in May of 2017...
Sounds credible.
Whistleblowers.
Just stop.
Overwhelming Confirmation of Whistleblower Complaint: An Annotation
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
(10-09-2019 02:23 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: (10-09-2019 12:55 PM)bullet Wrote: https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/democrat...nic-level/
Democrats terrified of Durham.
"The important news of the day--far beyond the inevitable tedious impeachment jousting--is that John Durham's investigation of the provenance of the FBI's counterintelligence investigation of possible Trump-Russia collusion has expanded, according to several administration officials.
Fox News previously reported that Durham would be reviewing the days leading up to the 2016 election and through the inauguration.
However, based on what he has been finding, Durham has expanded his investigation adding agents and resources, the senior administration officials said. The timeline has grown from the beginning of the probe through the election and now has included a post-election timeline through the spring of 2017, up to when Robert Mueller was named special counsel...."
PJ Media? Really dude? Let me go post some impeachment stories from Daily Kos, PoliticUSA and Salon.
Everything Simon has found has been proven true. Everything you post has been proven false. Simon is an actual reporter who doesn't just repeat gossip heard on the DC cocktail circuit. I guess you are "lmfao" because that is where your head is. It would help if you would keep it in its normal place. Then you wouldn't be so uncomfortable.
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
AFT's sources are law students at NYU.. That's great.
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
Durham is the sole reason for the Impeachment set up. They know who has been interviewed. And of course the media isn't even talking about the Durham investigation. I guess that is a conspiracy theory also. How long before they bring up something Durham did in junior high. Or excuse me, what somebody who lived in the town over that went to the rival junior high heard he did.
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
(10-09-2019 03:35 PM)bullet Wrote: (10-09-2019 02:23 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: (10-09-2019 12:55 PM)bullet Wrote: https://pjmedia.com/rogerlsimon/democrat...nic-level/
Democrats terrified of Durham.
"The important news of the day--far beyond the inevitable tedious impeachment jousting--is that John Durham's investigation of the provenance of the FBI's counterintelligence investigation of possible Trump-Russia collusion has expanded, according to several administration officials.
Fox News previously reported that Durham would be reviewing the days leading up to the 2016 election and through the inauguration.
However, based on what he has been finding, Durham has expanded his investigation adding agents and resources, the senior administration officials said. The timeline has grown from the beginning of the probe through the election and now has included a post-election timeline through the spring of 2017, up to when Robert Mueller was named special counsel...."
PJ Media? Really dude? Let me go post some impeachment stories from Daily Kos, PoliticUSA and Salon.
Everything Simon has found has been proven true. Everything you post has been proven false. Simon is an actual reporter who doesn't just repeat gossip heard on the DC cocktail circuit. I guess you are "lmfao" because that is where your head is. It would help if you would keep it in its normal place. Then you wouldn't be so uncomfortable.
How exactly did you manage that?
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RE: Mueller was pursuing FBI director job when he met with Trump in 2017
(10-09-2019 12:41 PM)Redwingtom Wrote: (10-09-2019 12:36 PM)CrimsonPhantom Wrote: Quote:EXCLUSIVE – Multiple administration officials tell Fox News that when Robert Mueller met with President Trump in May of 2017...
Sounds credible.
Hypocrite.
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