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Lucylastic -> Republican floats measure to kill Mueller probe after 6 months (8/29/2017 6:00:14 AM)
Republican floats measure to kill Mueller probe after 6 months. http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/28/mueller-investigation-republicans-russia-242108 Rep. Ron DeSantis (R-Fla.) is pushing an amendment to severely curtail special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into the Trump campaign’s ties to Russia. DeSantis has put forward a provision that would halt funding for Mueller’s probe six months after the amendment’s passage. It also would prohibit Mueller from investigating matters that occurred before June 2015, when Trump launched his presidential campaign. The amendment is one of hundreds filed to a government spending package the House is expected to consider when it returns next week from the August recess. The provision is not guaranteed a vote on the House floor; the House Rules Committee has wide leeway to discard amendments it considers out of order. In a statement, DeSantis said the order appointing Mueller as special counsel "didn't identify a crime to be investigated and practically invites a fishing expedition." "Congress should use its spending power to clarify the scope and limit the duration of this investigation," he explained. Deputy Attorney General Rod "Rosenstein has said that the DOJ doesn't conduct fishing expeditions; the corollary to this admonition should be that Congress will not fund a fishing expedition." Several House Democrats are pushing amendments to protect the Mueller probe. For instance, Rep. Nita Lowey of New York, ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee, proposed a measure to prohibit the Justice Department from obstructing Mueller’s work. House Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has voiced support for Mueller in response to reports that Trump was considering firing the special counsel. "I think the best advice is to let Robert Mueller do his job," Ryan said in June. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ so how many years and dollars and investigations into emails and benghazi, but now they wanna shut the mueller investigation down. who the hell is surprised.

ThatDizzyChick -> RE: Republican floats measure to kill Mueller probe after 6 months (8/29/2017 12:23:36 PM)
Oh man, well they did promise to be transparent.

WhoreMods -> RE: Republican floats measure to kill Mueller probe after 6 months (8/29/2017 12:30:14 PM)
quote: ORIGINAL: ThatDizzyChick Oh man, well they did promise to be transparent. And heal the sick, build a wall, repeal the ACA, spend less time on the links, eradicate leprosy, kill all the immigrants, stop sucking China's cock, protect bluecollar jobs, do away with political correctness, defend the poor oppressed nazi from legal complications, make the niggers shut up and start shuffling when there's white folk about, get the bitches back in the kitchen where they belong and ban SNL... (all two dozen of them)

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