Mueller orders up a fresh batch of documents on Trump's firing of Comey

By Mark Sumner at the Daily Kos

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2017/12/20/1726173/-Mueller-orders-up-a-fresh-batch-of-documents-on-Trump-s-firing-of-Comey

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Donald Trump may be expecting Robert Mueller to deliver a get out of investigation free card later this week, but the special counsel’s team is still demanding new documents.

In particular, Mueller's investigators are keen to obtain emails related to the firing of FBI Director James Comey and the earlier decision of Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from the entire matter, according to a source who has not seen the request but was told about it.

Trump’s legal team has been telling him a soothing story that this will all be over soon, and Trump himself has been going around the White House telling people that he’s expecting a “letter of exoneration.” However, these new requests are just another sign that Mueller is far from about to let things drop, or to excuse Trump’s role in either the original activities of the campaign or attempts to obstruct justice.

Mueller's investigators now seek not only communications among Justice Department staffers but also any of their communications with White House officials, the source said. Before this request, investigators asked former senior Justice Department officials for information from their time at the department, ABC News was told.

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