Mueller's List of Questions to Trump - Released

[HomerJS]

Usually not, post child bearing. Everyone knows this. Question was not required. I'm sure dad was in the delivery room telling the doc to put a couple extra stitches in it.

Probably Trump stopped banging her once she gave birth.

Maybe Trump former Lawyer Dowd leaked this. Its a way to communicate with Trump. Most of these topics Dowd could discern and/or got directly from Mueller.

 

[UNCjigga]

The NY Times suggests this was leaked by Trump people as it says they were provided to the NYT by ‘someone outside of Trump’s legal team’. I guess that COULD be Mueller’s office but that would be a really tortured way of saying it. More likely it refers to someone else in Trump’s orbit who isn’t one of his lawyers.

The author of this piece called in to Maddow last night, where he strongly hinted that former WH counsel Don McGahn or his people may have provided these questions/notes (he resigned shortly after Mueller provided his list of questions, purportedly because he thought it would be stupid/suicide for Trump to respond or sit for an interview.)

Rudy Giuliani is now trying to negotiate in what forum Trump will provide a response in order to hasten an end to Mueller's Investigation. This leak could be pro-Trump people getting pro-Trump media to talk Trump out of providing any response.

 

[vi edit]

The author of this piece called in to Maddow last night, where he strongly hinted that former WH counsel Don McGahn or his people may have provided these questions/notes (he resigned shortly after Mueller provided his list of questions, purportedly because he thought it would be stupid/suicide for Trump to respond or sit for an interview.)

Rudy Giuliani is now trying to negotiate in what forum Trump will provide a response in order to hasten an end to Mueller's Investigation. This leak could be pro-Trump people getting pro-Trump media to talk Trump out of providing any response.

McGahn or Dowd?

 

[UNCjigga]

McGahn or Dowd?

Actually, come to think of it, it could've been Dowd he was referring to. I keep getting them mixed up, what with the resignations coming back to back.

 

[fskimospy]

The author of this piece called in to Maddow last night, where he strongly hinted that former WH counsel Don McGahn or his people may have provided these questions/notes (he resigned shortly after Mueller provided his list of questions, purportedly because he thought it would be stupid/suicide for Trump to respond or sit for an interview.)

Rudy Giuliani is now trying to negotiate in what forum Trump will provide a response in order to hasten an end to Mueller's Investigation. This leak could be pro-Trump people getting pro-Trump media to talk Trump out of providing any response.

From a defense perspective I agree it would be extremely stupid for Trump to sit down and answer those questions. From a 'health of the republic' perspective though it's very important. These are uncharted legal waters but I hope Mueller is at least exploring options to force Trump to be deposed.

 

[cytg111]

What is Pence doing these days?

 

[vi edit]

What is Pence doing these days?

Standing somewhere slightly off camera working on that half scowl/pout thing he does. Randomly smiling and clapping on occasion to keep his face from being stuck that way.

 

[Moonbeam]

Witch hunt. Fake news, no collusion, disguise!

The Wizard: DO NOT AROUSE THE WRATH OF THE GREAT AND POWERFUL OZ!
Dorothy: If you were really Great and Powerful, you'd keep your promises!
The Wizard: PAY NO ATTENTION TO THAT MAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN! THE GREAT, er... OZ... HAS SPOKEN!!

 

[SMOGZINN]

Anyone that has paid attention to the news could have written these questions. There is not much surprising here.

 

[cytg111]

Seems like it was leaked from camp Trump cause :

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/38...rammatical-errors-prove-leaked-questions-came

Hehehehehe...

 

[hal2kilo]

So the NY TIMES article gives me the impression that the Mueller team was the source of this leak, as the article portrays the questions in a "This is all they're asking, it should be easy to answer if you've done nothing wrong" tone. That, plus if the White House was the source of the leak it wouldn't go to the NY Times unless it was a disgruntled staffer trying to make the administration look bad.

I find it strange after all this time, that something really substantial has supposedly leaked from the Mueller camp. Rachael Maddow brought on an ex prosecutor and went through the questions. He said that several of the questions begged some more follow on questions and he thought that it was more of an outline of what the questions would be rather than literal questions.

 

[hal2kilo]

From a defense perspective I agree it would be extremely stupid for Trump to sit down and answer those questions. From a 'health of the republic' perspective though it's very important. These are uncharted legal waters but I hope Mueller is at least exploring options to force Trump to be deposed.

I would think the hope is that Mueller probably knows something factual about each question and that this would catch Trump perjuring himself. It seems most of the questions really relate to obstruction of the investigation i.e. obstruction of justice.

 

[fskimospy]

I find it strange after all this time, that something really substantial has supposedly leaked from the Mueller camp. Rachael Maddow brought on an ex prosecutor and went through the questions. He said that several of the questions begged some more follow on questions and he thought that it was more of an outline of what the questions would be rather than literal questions.

All evidence I am aware of indicates this leak was from Trump, not Mueller.

 

[cytg111]

This interview will never happen.. Trump would hang himself within 5 minutes.. The remaining lawyers will be nailing him to the ground to avoid this.

 

[hal2kilo]

All evidence I am aware of indicates this leak was from Trump, not Mueller.

Yea, apparently, that information came out on the same TRMS that I saw the questions on. Must have drifted off for that segment. So the Orange one rants on Twitter that its fake news. Nothing surprises me anymore about how brazen Trump is with his constant attempts at manipulating the news through tweets (EDIT and his own leaks).

 

[allisolm]

Don't know the truth of it all but, according to CNN, the questions were written by Trump's legal team, which I would think made it difficult for anyone but Trump's side to leak them.

"On Monday evening, a source reiterated to CNN that the questions had been written by Trump's legal team, extrapolating from topics discussed with the special counsel, and confirmed the accuracy of topics as reported on by The New York Times."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/30/politics/special-counsel-trump-questions/index.html

 

[cytg111]

Don't know the truth of it all but, according to CNN, the questions were written by Trump's legal team, which I would think made it difficult for anyone but Trump's side to leak them.

"On Monday evening, a source reiterated to CNN that the questions had been written by Trump's legal team, extrapolating from topics discussed with the special counsel, and confirmed the accuracy of topics as reported on by The New York Times."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/04/30/politics/special-counsel-trump-questions/index.html

And that would be even more obstruction?

http://thehill.com/blogs/blog-brief...e-lawyer-it-could-be-an-act-of-obstruction-if

Maybe team Mueller is way over the top right now and they're just trying to see how man times they can sprinkle obstruction on there .. 3..4..5..6..7 times ?

 

[hal2kilo]

What is Pence doing these days?

Hiding.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Anyone that has paid attention to the news could have written these questions. There is not much surprising here.

Not entirely. The questions include "What did you think and do in reaction to the news that the special counsel was speaking to Mr. Rogers, Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Coats?"

That blindsided everyone including the NYT reporter. This also isn't you or me asking questions, this is the Mueller team which has to be razor sharp in creating questions in an exacting manner, one of which doesn't ask about Russia approaching the Trump campaign, but direct questions about what Trump knew himself regarding his activities and relationship with Russian agencies.

More here.
http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-pol-mueller-seven-questions-20180501-story.html

It is not the questions that someone could ask, but the questions that were asked and trying to understand the intent of the prosecution. Many, the majority I believe, aren't about the campaign, but Trump himself.

"Did you discuss whether Mr. Sessions would protect you, and reference past attorneys general?"

There's too much to unpack and much we don't fully understand, but these obviously are gateway questions to start down divergent paths to other questions, something that is going to be mapped in advance and followed up on when the unexpected happens.

No wonder why Dowd quit and I would not be surprised if it was he who leaked, although we cannot know at this time.

 

[SMOGZINN]

Not entirely. The questions include "What did you think and do in reaction to the news that the special counsel was speaking to Mr. Rogers, Mr. Pompeo and Mr. Coats?"

I agree. That is an interesting and unexpected question. I take back my earlier statement.

It is not the questions that someone could ask, but the questions that were asked and trying to understand the intent of the prosecution. Many, the majority I believe, aren't about the campaign, but Trump himself.

This is indeed the interesting part. Not just what questions that are on the list, but what the specific questions of the hundreds that could have been asked was chosen. I think this is a case where the true pattern is in what is not being asked.

 

[hal2kilo]

Experts: Mueller questions leaked by Team Trump
More than 40 questions from Special Counsel Robert Mueller to President Donald Trump have been leaked

https://www.salon.com/2018/05/01/experts-mueller-questions-leaked-by-team-trump/

 

[1sikbITCH]

So the NY TIMES article gives me the impression that the Mueller team was the source of this leak, as the article portrays the questions in a "This is all they're asking, it should be easy to answer if you've done nothing wrong" tone. That, plus if the White House was the source of the leak it wouldn't go to the NY Times unless it was a disgruntled staffer trying to make the administration look bad.

Sadly enough, here is the latest example of a White House leak: