Giuliani: Mueller 'has to be winding down'
Source: The Hill
BY BRETT SAMUELS - 08/22/18 11:25 AM EDT
Rudy Giuliani told The Washington Post on Wednesday that he believes special counsel Robert Mueller "might be at the end" of his investigation into Russian interference after his prosecutors won a conviction against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on eight of 18 counts.
Link to tweet
Giuliani has frequently floated deadlines in the Mueller investigation without any indication that the special counsel is close to finishing his work. Giuliani has said multiple times that Mueller plans to finish his investigation by Sept. 1, but the special counsel has not commented publicly on the matter.
Mueller on Tuesday requested that sentencing for former national security adviser Michael Flynn be pushed back to Sept. 17, an indication that Mueller's work will extend into the fall. Flynn pleaded guilty last year to lying to the FBI as part of the special counsel's investigation.
Giuliani added on Wednesday that the president's legal team is considering its options in the wake of Michael Cohen pleading guilty to tax fraud, bank fraud and campaign finance law violations in a New York City court. Cohen testified that he violated campaign finance laws at the direction of a candidate for federal office, implicating President Trump.
Read more: http://thehill.com/homenews/administration/403011-giuliani-mueller-has-to-be-winding-down
Maeve
(42,287 posts)Freethinker65
(10,036 posts)AZ8theist
(5,487 posts)If I was under criminal investigation, paying hundreds per hour for legal advice, and my lawyer was overseas golfing, I think I would get a different lawyer.
groundloop
(11,521 posts)He sure the hell picked a good time to disappear if that's his reason for being overseas right now.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)enjoying the course with Roody? Are they paying golf fees in cash? Just the cynic in me, I have no evidence.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)IncaRoads
(97 posts)Maybe a sister, for a bit of good ol clean "fun."
ProudMNDemocrat
(16,786 posts)Mueller will save the BEST for last. Fuck the timing right before the Midterms. Just do it!
pecosbob
(7,542 posts)Talk to Jason Chaffetz about winding down...they're still chasing a non-existant email scandal.
yellowcanine
(35,701 posts)Javaman
(62,532 posts)NewJeffCT
(56,828 posts)that he would get Mueller to wrap it up in a week or two, soon in Rudy's eyes might be some time around 2025 that it will be wrapped up?
LanternWaste
(37,748 posts)It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.
(W.Churchill)
truthisfreedom
(23,152 posts)PatSeg
(47,567 posts)So many good laughs this morning"He has to be winding down" means "God let there be nothing else."
cstanleytech
(26,317 posts)I suspect the big one would be Manafort if he rolls over to avoid going to jail then its curtains not just for Trump but for the entire Repugnant party as they gambled that their stonewalling the Russian investigation would pay off for them.
Now though our guys have a chance to tie it around all their necks like a 5000 ton anchor.
PatSeg
(47,567 posts)that most of us couldn't even begin to guess, but I can picture a lot of very nervous people freaking out behind closed doors popping Xanax like M&Ms. I wonder how many other people will suddenly be taking vacations overseas to play golf.
Many years ago I saw the movie "Z" in the theater and in the end as the authorities gathered up all the culprits, the audience stood and applauded. That was the first time I'd ever experienced that in a theater and it was incredible. I feel like we are almost at that point in the movie and the feeling is very satisfying.
Remember that all through history, there have been tyrants and murderers, and for a time, they seem invincible. But in the end, they always fall. Always.
― Mahatma Gandhi, The Story of My Experiments With Truth
Snellius
(6,881 posts)It's your client's fault for giving him so much work to do.
Classic rule on how to defuse a scandal damage control: Confess everything upfront, right off the bat. Even if you don't think your guilty. You can always back off later and nobody cares as much as about the trying to cover it up. Say you're sorry, try to fix it, and move on.
cannabis_flower
(3,765 posts)Didn't work out so well for Al Franken. Railroaded anyway.
Snellius
(6,881 posts)He was a good decent guy with enough of a conscience, that he had qualms enough to quit. Wrong what he did. But honorable in his response. But in comparison... The only way he violated the rule was to quit. Sort of the whole purpose of the damage-control rule. He'll be back.
cstanleytech
(26,317 posts)BumRushDaShow
(129,376 posts)There was someone from one of the papers on last night (I think he was on Ali Velshi-in-for-Ari's show or maybe Chris Hayes) where he said that he has been covering these "the end is near" deadlines for the past 8 months.
They all keep forgetting that Manafort has a 2nd trial currently scheduled for September 17th (in addition to the above-mentioned Flynn sentencing on the same day)... and then there are still folks hanging out there like Roger Stone, Assange, Carter Page, Jr., Maria Butrina, probably all of the NRA leadership, and Kushner. And now with this Drumpf Co. connection to campaign finance issues, you have that entity still to be investigated (further). PLUS there was mention again about the Novartis (and other companies) "pay to play" stuff with Cohen.
cannabis_flower
(3,765 posts)Don Jr.
BumRushDaShow
(129,376 posts)cannabis_flower
(3,765 posts)Didn't see that
BumRushDaShow
(129,376 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,156 posts)He should know better than anyone else that the wheels of justice turn slowly, but surely.
Le Gaucher
(1,547 posts)SWBTATTReg
(22,156 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,018 posts)George II
(67,782 posts)Chakaconcarne
(2,460 posts)What else can he say?
It's just going to get real stupid from here on.
Mr.Bill
(24,317 posts)is the result of Mueller saying nothing and leaking nothing. It's driving them bat-shit crazy, and it's hilarious to watch.
sarge43
(28,942 posts)The best is on its way.
murielm99
(30,755 posts)Quite a few people went to jail, including John Dean.
appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)appleannie1943
(1,303 posts)Crutchez_CuiBono
(7,725 posts)Im glad for yesterday. Helps get the ball rolling w the media and public outcry.
beachbum bob
(10,437 posts)For the indictment bomb on stone, don jr and Kirshner....and we haven't got to the Russian/trump collusion yet
Jarqui
(10,130 posts)lyin' sack of you-know-what
Le Gaucher
(1,547 posts)SpankMe
(2,965 posts)Sneederbunk
(14,298 posts)LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)Didn't he already use that line a few times in the last year already?
I gather its some kind of deflated attempt to influence the public to get impatient and thus put pressure on Mueller and the DOJ to cause them to hastily wrap everything up and go forward not fully prepared. And maybe in doing so make a mistake that Trump's team can pounce on.
Good luck with that. Mueller is proving he is a 1000x the lawyer Rudy is.
MGKrebs
(8,138 posts)when the prosecutors objected to a line of questioning of Rick Gates? And remember they then had a sidebar? And when they came back the defense went to another line of questioning? And then the judge sealed the sidebar conversation? Remember that? Because the judge said allowing it to be seen by the public "would reveal substantive evidence pertaining to an ongoing government investigation."
Hmmm. There is a bit of a gap there between "winding down" and "another ongoing investigation".
Trump is dragging all his grifter hangers-on down, so you just better hope you've kept your nose clean, because you KNOW they will be looking at you too.
Grins
(7,227 posts)What else is there? A question Rudy doesnt dare ask his client.