re: Mueller: Trump is still under investigation but not a criminal target

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FBI has a counterintelligence mission as well.

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NT74 melt squad: [engaged] disengaged

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There will be no obstruction of justice charges lol Trump has every legal right to do everything he did in regard to this investigation. He could fire Rod Rosenstein today, announce it was so he could replace him with someone who would fire Bob Mueller and that still wouldn't be obstruction of justice, because the POTUS has every right to fire Rosenstein and you would have a hard time proving he had intent to cover up a crime.

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Article I

In his conduct of the office of the President of the United States, Richard M. Nixon, in violation of his constitutional oath faithfully to execute the office of President ofthe United States and, to the best of his ability, preserve, protect, and defend the Constitution of the United States, and in violation of his constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, has prevented, obstructed, and impeded the administration of justice, in that: On June 17, 1972, and prior thereto, agents of the Committee for the Re-Election of the President committed unlawful entry of the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee in Washington, District of Columbia, for the purpose of securing political intelligence. Subsequent thereto, Richard M. Nixon, using the powers of his high office, engaged personally and through his subordinates and agents, in a course of conduct or plan designed to delay, impede and obstruct investigations of such unlawful entry; to cover up, conceal and protect those responsible; and to conceal the existence and scope of other unlawful covert activities.

The means used to implement this course of conduct or plan have included one or more of the following:

(1) making or causing to be made false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;

(2) withholding relevant and material evidence or information from lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States;

(3) approving, condoning, acquiescing in, and counseling witnesses with respect to the giving of false or misleading statements to lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States and false or misleading testimony in duly instituted judicial and congressional proceedings;

(4) interfering or endeavoring to interfere with the conduct of investigations by the Department of Justice of the United States, the Federal Bureau of Investigation, the Office of Watergate Special Prosecution Force and Congressional Committees;

(5) approving, condoning, and acquiescing in, the surreptitious payments of substantial sums of money for the purpose of obtaining the silence or influencing the testimony of witnesses, potential witnesses or individuals who participated in such unlawful entry and other illegal activities;

(6) endeavoring to misuse the Central Intelligence Agency, an agency of the United States;

(7) disseminating information received from officers of the Department of Justice of the United States to subjects of investigations conducted by lawfully authorized investigative officers and employees of the United States for the purpose of aiding and assisting such subjects in their attempts to avoid criminal liability;

(8) making false or misleadingpublic statements for the purpose of deceiving the veople of the United States into believing that a thorough and complete
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investigation has been conducted with respect to allegation of misconduct on the Dart of personnel of the Executive Branch of the United States and personnel of the commiitee forthe Re-Election of the President, and that there was'no involvement of such personnel in such misconduct; or

(9) endeavoring to cause prospective defendants, and individuals duly tried and convicted, to expect favored treatment and consideration in return for their silence or false testimony, or rewarding individuals for their silence or false testimony.

In all of this, Richard M. Nixon has acted in a manner contrary to his trust as President and subversive of constitutional government, to the great prejudice of the cause of law and justice and to the manifest injury of the people of the United States.

Wherefore Richard M. Nixon, by such conduct, warrants impeachment and trial, and removal from office. (Approvedby the House Judicary Committee, July 30, 1974, 27 to 11.)

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Trump lied about his campaign and contacts with Russians. His campaign staff lied about contacts with Russians. Trump admitted to firing the FBI director because he was investigating these things.

This investigation was launched by his own hand picked deputy AG after Trump's own hand picked AG-campaign member lied about his contacts with Russians and also lied about knowing about others' contacts with Russians.

Trump's just going to have to deal with it

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Of course ,but Mueller is running a CRIMINAL investigation. Allegedly.

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I have been authorized by the Department of Justice to confirm that the FBI, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russia's efforts. As with any counterintelligence investigation, this will also include an assessment of whether any crimes were committed.

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Did you really just attempt to justify a fellow American's civil rights being violated by the government?

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As someone who has dealt with US Attorneys, that translates into...."of course you are a criminal target, we just want to formalize it by talking to you."

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No
Trump's civil rights have not been violated at all

You should know this, Princeton

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