Rod Rosenstein: Mueller needs to come to me if he wants to chase any crime outside scope of Russia probe

[mystery-ak]

Rod Rosenstein: Mueller needs to come to me if he wants to chase any crime outside scope of Russia probe
by Daniel Chaitin | Aug 6, 2017, 10:06 AM

If special counsel Robert Mueller finds any crime outside the scope of the federal investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 election, then he'll have to seek permission, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein said Sunday.

"Bob Mueller understands and I understand the specific scope of the investigation, and so no, it's not a fishing expedition," he told host Chris Wallace on "Fox News Sunday."



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Reports have come out over the past couple months about how the probe is investigating Trump for obstruction of justice, and that Mueller has impaneled grand juries, capable of issuing subpoenas.

These reports and more have relied on anonymous sources, against whom Rosenstein cautioned could be unreliable. He dubbed these reports, "speculation in the news media."

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[Right_in_Virginia]

No.  Mueller needs to go to AG Sessions if he wants to chase any crime outside the scope of the Russian probe.

[edpc]

No.  Mueller needs to go to AG Sessions if he wants to chase any crime outside the scope of the Russian probe.

Normally, yes, but Sessions' recusal changes the situation.

[Right_in_Virginia]

Normally, yes, but Sessions' recusal changes the situation.

I disagree.  Sessions recused himself from one, concise investigation.  If Muller wants to go outside the defined scope of the Russian investigation to look into other potential "crimes", the recusal is moot.

[edpc]

I disagree.  Sessions recused himself from one, concise investigation.  If Muller wants to go outside the defined scope of the Russian investigation to look into other potential "crimes", the recusal is moot.

Not exactly.  Reno recused herself from the tax evasion case of Webster Hubbell.  Ken Starr was appointed Special Counsel by a three judge panel.  The subsequent investigations he followed were all authorized by the same panel, not the AG.

[Sanguine]

Either way, looks like "the investigation" is on full tilt gallop to find something, regardless of the law, the rules, who's in charge, ethics, etc. 

[libertybele]

Let's see ... Rosenstein joined the U.S. Department of Justice through the Attorney General’s Honors Program. From 1990 to 1993, he prosecuted public corruption cases as a trial attorney with the Public Integrity Section of the Criminal Division, then led by Assistant Attorney General Robert Mueller ...

...Of the 15 attorneys currently on staff for Mueller, at least seven have donated to Democratic candidates and campaigns, including Trump's 2016 rival Hillary Clinton. The rest have not made political donations, according to federal records; and none of the attorneys on Mueller’s roster donated money to Trump. ......

....Attorney General Eric Holder appointed Rosenstein to prosecute General James Cartwright, a former Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for leaking to reporters. Rosenstein’s aggressive prosecution secured a guilty plea from Cartwright, who was ultimately pardoned by President Barack Obama....

Need I go on??  Sessions appointing Rosenstein to me was a red flag.  Sessions, Rosenstein and Mueller, to me indicates, a witch hunt like no other ... and Trump's AG recused himself.  Hmmm.... what could possibly go wrong for Trump?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rod_Rosenstein

http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2017/07/24/mueller-probe-meet-lawyers-who-gave-to-hillary-now-investigating-team-trump.html