Special counsel Robert Mueller on Tuesday completed interviews with the last in a slate of about two dozen current and former White House witnesses he’s initially requested as part of the investigation into Russia's actions in the presidential election, White House attorney Ty Cobb said.
It’s unclear if Mueller will seek follow-up interviews or seek to question additional people beyond the initial batch of witnesses, but the completion of this round of questioning tracks with the goal Cobb has long stated publicly that President Donald Trump’s White House was cooperating with the Russia investigators in search of a speedy resolution to the probe.
White House attorneys have declined to name specific staffers interviewed, but sources tracking the investigation said people questioned have included former White House chief of staff Reince Priebus, presidential spokesman Sean Spicer, White House communications director and former campaign spokeswoman Hope Hicks, and current White House counsel Don McGahn.
Cobb had previously said he expected the interviews to wrap up by Thanksgiving but, as the holiday approached, he backed away from that timeline. Cobb has also said he was looking for Mueller to issue a statement by the end of the year exonerating the president.
Mueller’s office declined to comment on Cobb’s characterization of the special counsel probe.
But longtime observers of special counsel cases have cast doubt on Cobb’s timeline.
Cobb has to know that his rosy scenario is pure bullshit, and that most people know it, which indicates to me that his statements are for an audience of one.
I think Cobb is blowing smoke up Donald Trump's skirt just to keep him calm while Mueller finishes the investigation that will end his presidency.
He may know that once Trump realizes how much trouble he is in, that he will completely lose his shit.
And if he is right Gryph, how will you fare?
ReplyDeleteHe might be. He might be not.
If he is though, you are praobably looking at 7+ more years.
How will you fare?
Hope Trump has a stroke?
DeleteThe question is- how will any of us fare?
DeleteHow do you think you will fare?
Do you like the idea of irresponsible deregulation?
Of toxic water supplies?
Are you in the 1/10th of one percent who will benefit from the new tax plan or the remainder of us who will pay more and get less? How do you feel about your wife or daughter being less protected on campuses and at work?
How do you feel about the EPA being purged of scientists?
How will you fare if Trump gets the rush of starting a nuclear war with N. Korea or more Palestinians and Israelis dying in rage-filled misunderstandings that our ignorant, insensitive, fact-free president has begun?
How do you feel about small children going hungry or not getting an equal educational opportunity and how might this affect the future of this country?
Tell me... how will you fare if there are 7 more years?
lol 3:10. You believe too much negative propaganda.
Delete3:30PM, saying lol doesn't win any arguments. Wake up, troll.
DeleteNope. (Hi, Sergei.)
DeleteFirst, he won't be running in 2020. The GOP will be smart, find an excuse and put Pence on the ticket.
Second, if Mueller doesn't get Trump either he won't be able to hide his dementia for three more years or he'll just die of a heart attack or something before then. All the golf in the world isn't going to save him.
mlaiuppa, I thought you were smarter than that. Do you think if Trump beats all these accusations, that the GOP has any power over him? He trounced all his opponents in the primaries, and had fun doing it. If he has his health, and scandals are beat, and he chooses to, he will go for two terms.
Deletelol! Winning!
DeleteNotice a complete inability on the part of 2:34 to answer any questions. I would LOL, but his craven ignorance is too pathetically sad.
Delete2:34. Why are you policing this site? Control freak.
DeleteAs soon as Americans realize they have another cult on their hands and Trump is the leader who's trying to get people to drink the kool aid, he'll be done. Oh, or until Mitch McConnell decides Trump should go. We all know who has the true power in Washington.
7:36 is worried he or she might have to get a real job.
Deletethe truth is and we all know it, trump was never going to make a full term. illness,a stroke or dementia, or impeachment will get him out. he has very little sway over the American people anymore, as we have just seen. he will fight tooth and nail, because he loves getting his ego stroked, and being president can be the most ego feeding position on the planet. but he will be ousted. i hope to God it kills him. if the repubs start cutting social and medical programs i won't be the only one to die as a result.
Delete...he will completely lose his shit....but not his 8-9 phones he has hidden! Gen. Kelly fired Trump's Phone Holder boy who hides them or finds them or ?
ReplyDeleteCan't remember where I read this.
Palmer report maybe lol?
DeleteLouise Mensch lol?
Do you have anything to offer but lols?
DeleteYou know, peopel who lol inapropriately tragedies and actions that hurt others, destroy the earth and are just plain mean and harmfully stupid are generally considered psychopaths and shunned by sane members of society .
DeleteOkaaaaaaay then 6:33. l o l.
DeleteOk. Playtime is over. Naptime
Deletetime for meds, children.
DeleteHahaha. Oh I am glad I didn't take a sip of coffee. Haha ;)
DeleteWhile I agree that trump's legs team is trying their best to keep the toddler in chief calm, I think they are also trying to set up a deadline for calls to end the investigation. Once this imaginary deadline has been reached, they'll claim that it has gone on for too long and it's time to pull the plug on the whole thing.
ReplyDeleteThis makes so much sense. I was always in disbelief that a competent lawyer (and yes I think he is competent) would say such outlandish obviously wrong thing that will be proven completely inaccurate. But if they can then turn it around to make it seem too long... Well that makes so much more sense for why he would put it out there.
DeleteReality says Mueller does not care what they put out there - he'll be finished when he's finished ..
Delete3:28 PM - especially since Moore lost Alabama, Emerosa being fired, they're scampering for snything they can.
DeleteThe only thing I find funnier is the PLEASE SAVE US $ARAH coming from the pee pond. There are some truly stupid people out there.
Idk what's up with Sarah?
DeleteI keep getting reports of her hanging around a gas station.
They say "she's not there there" meaning her face looks blank. I thought she had a babysitter? Where are they?
He wishes. He wishes.
ReplyDeleteWe may get quite the Christmas present from Mueller.
How many times have we heard this before? They're always saying it'll be wrapped up by Christmas ... will it be under the tree too?
ReplyDeleteIt's wishful thinking. That odd character with the waxed mustache and his odd client with the waxed weave want you to stop thinking about his demise and forget about him during the holidays... then maybe the fake news media might go easy on the old fart.
Meanwhile, the man with ALL of the control speaks only in arraignments. I hope Kushner's will be next.
Mueller has had a career of some success and some embarrassingly botched cases. His control has sometimes been his worst downfall.
Delete+++++++
DeleteMr. Tyler Cobb,
ReplyDeleteWe understand. However, you are on the wrong side.
Trump is done! Stick a fork in the moron. He had his opportunity and he played his hand.
Americans want perspective, growth,vision and freedom,and democracy
Trump is to stupid to even correctly spell those words , much less understand them!
Trump is a moron!Face it!!!
Forward. Resist!!!
an idiot and a dotard, too. Please use his full titles.
DeleteShitgibbon is apropos tOO
DeleteIs this the same crack lawyer that claims to have sent the sloppy tweet? Because he's already proved to be a genius.
ReplyDelete"I think Cobb is blowing smoke up Donald Trump's skirt just to keep him calm while Mueller finishes the investigation that will end his presidency."
ReplyDeleteNot to mention.....billable hours!
Birdbrain
and to keep the hourly fees coming.
DeleteWe have a weak President. He has to go. The world already knows that . He is bringing Armageddon.
ReplyDeleteHe has not kept us safe,quite the opposite. He has an ego that is his kryptonite.
I am are that our enemies are already in place as is Russia. Stupid trump voters.Stupid trump Family.
Don't worry about Russia.
DeleteWatch PBS Frontline. Russia people want Putin out! :)
DeleteCan anyone look at this guy and not speculate that he partakes regularly of medicinal flora? Inhaled or ingested.
ReplyDeleteReading the defense he has concocted, i hope he smokes weed,otherwise he is as mentally ill as his client
DeleteA Kentucky state legislator has committed suicide just a day after announcing he wouldn’t resign over allegations that he molested a teen girl in a church where he was pastor.
ReplyDeletehttps://www.rawstory.com/2017/12/gop-state-rep-who-committed-suicide-after-molestation-charges-left-a-note-calling-allegations-fake-news/
Yep, bet he thinks it was consensual. Blaming the victim - somebody please skim that slime off the water.
Deletehow can you hide such mega abuse? do(did) men have such power? i think we should turn everything over to women and make men cook and vaccum and work 2or3 shitty jobs to feed the kids. do the laundry, scrub toilets and expect them to have sex after a very long hard day.
DeleteBut they have a "manache". ;)
DeleteHe's lying.
ReplyDeleteAnd if wishes were changes we wouldn't have children who tweet in the night.
ReplyDeleteThe painstakingly tended mustache and the bow-tie, pure vanity. This is a fellow who needs to be looked at.
ReplyDeleteMaybe, but not by me. Ugh. My poor eyes.
DeleteBwahahahahaha.
ReplyDeleteDJT>ADX FLORENCE
GeorgiaPeach
DJT 'is greater than' ADX, is that what you are saying?
DeleteNo. DJT is headed to ADX Florence. Sorry no symbol.
DeleteGeorgiaPeach
LOL what has he been smoking?
ReplyDeleteHe has no clue when the investigation will be over,Mueller doesn't report to him.
This is more propaganda for the dwindling number of trump supporters,down to 32% approval rating.
They have told so many lies,nothing they say is believable.
Too much oatmeal?
Delete"Mueller’s office declined to comment on Cobb’s characterization of the special counsel probe."
ReplyDeleteThey're too busy laughing themselves silly at him using the word 'exonerated'.
Ty Cobb, the unconscious attorney. The Cheetofaced Twatwaffle must be paying him very well to make such stupid statements in public.
ReplyDeleteWell if this blows up his legal career he can be an oatmeal man spokesman.
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