bob mueller, but he just reduces the budget so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt. so whitaker also argued that rosenstein should limit the scope of mueller s investigation in an august 2017 op-ed for cnn.com. this was the title of it. the title was mueller s investigation of trump is going too far. and it said in part in that op-ed, any investigation into president trump s finances or the finances of his family would require mueller to return to rod rosenstein for additional authority under mueller s appointment as special counsel. if he were to continue to investigate the financial relationships without a broadened scope in his appointment, then this would raise serious concerns that the special counsel s investigation was a mere witch hunt. that s a quote from the op-ed, okay? witch hunt.
about special counsel robert mueller. mueller s investigation of trump is going too far. the president is absolutely correct. mueller has come up to a red line in the russia 2016 election meddling investigation, that he s dangerously close to crossing. if he were to continue to investigate the financial relationships without a broadened scope in his appointment, this would raise serious concerns that the special counsel s investigation was, indeed, a mere witch hunt. same guy retweeted articles saying the president s lawyers should not cooperate with mueller s lynch mob. when a bipartisan group of senators drafted bills to protect the special counsel s office from political interference from the white house, this same person argued that would be a mistake, and mueller was already protected enough. that same person also went on tv repeatedly to suggest strategies that might undercut the special counsel or shut down the investigation all together.
serious concerns that the special counsel s investigation was, indeed, a mere witch hunt. same guy retweeted articles saying the president s lawyers should not cooperate with mueller s lynch mob. when a bipartisan group of senators drafted bills to protect the special counsel s office from political interference from the white house, this same person argued that would be a mistake, and mueller was already protected enough. that same person also went on tv repeatedly to suggest strategies that might undercut the special counsel or shut down the investigation all together. i can see a scenario where jeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment, and that attorney general doesn t fire bob mueller, just reduces his budget so low that his investigation grinds to almost a halt. today, the person who wrote all those things and said all those things attacking the special counsel s office and
campaign of the one and only sam clovis, a person interviewed in the mueller investigation. why would he be the west wing s eyes and years according to the new york times ? he sees the mueller probe as a lunch mob perhaps. as a cnn commentator said if mueller kept looking into trump s fans finances it would raise serious concerns, a mere witch hunt. jeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment and that attorney general doesn t fire bob mueller but he just reduces the budget so low that his investigation grinds to a almost a halt. the fuller implications, julie ainsley, nbc news national security and justice reporter and natasha bertrand. julia, i can t imagine how this is landing at justice. that s a great question, chris. we ve called around to a lot of people.
raise serious concerns, a mere witch hunt. jeff sessions is replaced with a recess appointment and that attorney general doesn t fire bob mueller but he just reduces the budget so low that his investigation grinds to a almost a halt. the fuller implications, julie ainsley, nbc news national security and justice reporter and natasha bertrand. julia, i can t imagine how this is landing at justice. that s a great question, chris. we ve called around to a lot of people. there today.