Trump Allies Flip Out After Mueller Lands Tens Of Thousands Of Emails

[Nomad]

We'll looky looky at who suddenly cares about illegally or improperly obtained emails....

TRUMPTARDS????? YES, TRUMPTARDS!!!!!!

Of all people!!!!

And even in cases like this one, where there was nothing illegal or improper about it!!!!

Trump Allies Flip Out After Mueller Lands Tens Of Thousands Of Emails

The complaint appears to be baseles.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - An organization established for U.S. President Donald Trump’s transition to the White House a year ago said on Saturday that the special counsel investigating allegations of Russian meddling in the 2016 election had obtained tens of thousands of emails unlawfully.

Kory Langhofer, counsel to the transition team known as Trump for America, Inc., wrote a letter to congressional committees to say Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s team had improperly received the emails from the General Services Administration, a government agency.

Career staff members at the agency “unlawfully produced TFA’s private materials, including privileged communications, to the Special Counsel’s Office,” according to the letter, a copy of which was seen by Reuters. It said the materials included “tens of thousands of emails.”

Trump’s transition team used facilities of the GSA, which helps manage the U.S. government bureaucracy, in the period between the Republican’s November presidential election victory and his inauguration in January.

The Trump team’s accusation adds to the growing friction between the president’s supporters and Mueller’s office as it investigates whether Russia interfered in the election and if Trump or anyone on his team colluded with Moscow.

Asked for comment, White House spokeswoman Sarah Sanders said: “We continue to cooperate fully with the special counsel and expect this process to wrap up soon.”

The GSA and officials at the special counsel’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

Norm Eisen, who served on former President Barack Obama’s transition team,*responded on Twitter to the letter, saying*“there is NO expectation of privacy in your transition emails.”

Democrats say there is a wide-ranging effort by the president’s allies on Capitol Hill and in some media outlets to discredit Mueller’s investigation.

Trump himself has loudly declared Mueller’s effort a waste of time. “There is absolutely no collusion. That has been proven,” Trump told reporters on Friday. Russia denies interfering in the election.

On Friday, Representative Adam Schiff, the top Democrat on the House of Representatives Intelligence Committee, said he fears the committee’s Republican majority intends to close its investigation of the topic prematurely. Some Republicans have argued that Mueller is biased against Trump and should be fired.

The letter was sent to the U.S. Senate Committee on Homeland Security and Government Affairs, and the U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

It asked for Congress to act immediately “to protect future presidential transitions from having their private records misappropriated by government agencies, particularly in the context of sensitive investigations intersecting with political motives.”

The letter said Mueller’s office obtained the emails despite the fact that it was aware the GSA did not own or control the records. It said the special counsel’s office has “extensively used the materials in question, including portions that are susceptible to claims of privilege” without notifying the Trump for America team.

On the transition team were a number of aides who were later caught up in Mueller’s investigation, such as former national security adviser Michael Flynn who pleaded guilty this month to lying to the FBI about his contacts with Russia.

Langhofer, the Trump transition team lawyer, wrote in his letter that the GSA’s transfer of materials was discovered on Dec. 12 and 13.

The FBI had requested the materials from GSA staff last Aug. 23, asking for copies of the emails, laptops, cell phones and other materials associated with nine members of the Trump transition team response for national security and policy matters, the letter said.

On Aug. 30, the FBI requested the materials of four additional senior members of the Trump transition team, it said.

Langhofer argued that while such transition teams are involved in executive functions, they are considered private, nonprofit organizations whose records are private and not subject to presidential records laws.

Talk about chutzpah!!!!!

[Phantasmal]

We'll looky looky at who suddenly cares about illegally or improperly obtained emails....

TRUMPTARDS????? YES, TRUMPTARDS!!!!!!

Of all people!!!!

And even in cases like this one, where there was nothing illegal or improper about it!!!!



Talk about chutzpah!!!!!

Fox News is really ramping up the attacks on Mueller, this reminds me so much of what Nixon did.

[dukkha]

Norm Eisen, who served on former President Barack Obama’s transition team,*responded on Twitter to the letter, saying*“there is NO expectation of privacy in your transition emails.”

Langhofer argued that while such transition teams are involved in executive functions, they are considered private, nonprofit organizations whose records are private and not subject to presidential records laws.

Transition teams are given office space and draw a government paycheck -why is this "private?"

It looks like Mueller ( statement released earlier today) used a subpoena citing "criminal" something or other.-
Instead of asking for cooperation, as the WH has been doing

[Cancel 2020.1]

Fox News is really ramping up the attacks on Mueller, this reminds me so much of what Nixon did.

Fox News is nothing more than an extension of the WH now.

For all of the charges of bias against CNN & MSNBC, they never go to the places Fox goes. Fox is just a tool for Trump right now; they're not a news organization.

[evince]

Fox must be Russian dirty

[Nomad]

Fox News is really ramping up the attacks on Mueller, this reminds me so much of what Nixon did.

Let the right obstruct Mueller's investigation.

Let Trump fire him.

Let the GOP allow it to happen while doing nothing to stop it.

It will all just make the 2018 mid term Democrat wave that much bigger and more powerful.

And the resulting undertow will pull down that many more Repugnants after the new Democrat majority takes control.



Not really.

[Althea]

Fox News is really ramping up the attacks on Mueller, this reminds me so much of what Nixon did.

It's like Poe's 'The Telltale Heart'. They can hear to end coming, and they're going crazy.

[Althea]

Fox News is nothing more than an extension of the WH now.

For all of the charges of bias against CNN & MSNBC, they never go to the places Fox goes. Fox is just a tool for Trump right now; they're not a news organization.

Saw a great joke yesterday:

A boy walks into a bathroom and approaches the urinal. A CNN staff member asks if the boy would like a CNN hat.

'Sure' says the boy as he takes the hat and puts it on his head

Soon, a Fox News worker enters the bathroom, and offers the boy a Fox News hat.

'Sure' says the boy, as he puts the hat on over the CNN hat.

About 2 minutes later, trump enters the bathroom, and asks the boy 'Would you like to suck my dick?'

"No" says the boy. "I don't work for Fox...I'm just wearing the hat"

[Nomad]

It's like Poe's 'The Telltale Heart'. They can hear to end coming, and they're going crazy.

The pig will die....

[Nomad]

Saw a great joke yesterday:

A boy walks into a bathroom and approaches the urinal. A CNN staff member asks if the boy would like a CNN hat.

'Sure' says the boy as he takes the hat and puts it on his head

Soon, a Fox News worker enters the bathroom, and offers the boy a Fox News hat.

'Sure' says the boy, as he puts the hat on over the CNN hat.

About 2 minutes later, trump enters the bathroom, and asks the boy 'Would you like to suck my dick?'

"No" says the boy. "I don't work for Fox...I'm just wearing the hat"

Best make sure to specify that the "boy" is of legal age.... just sayin.

[Althea]

Best make sure to specify that the "boy" is of legal age.... just sayin.

12b applies here, like 'Fake News' applies to anything that trump attempts to deny.

[dukkha]

The pig will die....

THIS IS IT!!

[PraiseKek]

We'll looky looky at who suddenly cares about illegally or improperly obtained emails....

TRUMPTARDS????? YES, TRUMPTARDS!!!!!!

Of all people!!!!

And even in cases like this one, where there was nothing illegal or improper about it!!!!



Talk about chutzpah!!!!!

Trump didn't hack or leak the DNC emails, we have a little thing called the 4th amendment in this country you fascist little piggy.

[MAGA MAN]

Looks like the entire investigation is tainted now.

[Cancel 2018.1]

Fox News is really ramping up the attacks on Mueller, this reminds me so much of what Nixon did.

so Fox News will resign because of impending impeachment???