CNBC: White House lawyer slams Mueller report for making ‘political statements’
* White House lawyer Emmet Flood sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr accusing special counsel Robert Mueller of making political statement in his report on Russia and President Donald Trump.
* Flood, who joined the White House legal team in May 2018, worked as an impeachment attorney for President Bill Clinton.
* Flood’s five-page letter to Barr claimed that the report on Mueller’s far-reaching probe should not be legitimized or taken as precedent, and argued that Trump has retained his executive privilege rights related to the probe.
White House lawyer Emmet Flood sent a letter to Attorney General William Barr accusing special counsel Robert Mueller of making “political statements” in his report on Russia and President Donald Trump.
Flood’s five-page letter to Barr claimed that the report on Mueller’s far-reaching probe should not be legitimized or taken as precedent, and argued that Trump has retained his executive privilege rights related to the probe.
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WNU Editor: The full letter from White House counsel Emmet Flood to Attorney General Barr can be read here, and IMHO it is a must read .... Read the full letter from White House counsel Emmet Flood to AG Barr (NBC). What's my take. In hindsight Robert Mueller should not have stacked his team entirely with people who are/were staunch Democrat supporters with a long history of partisan politics. It would have deflected the flood of criticisms that is (and will) now be coming in. As for the significance of this letter. The White House is shifting into a very aggressive approach, and is telegraphing that the President will now start using his powers of executive privilege. But what strikes me about this letter was its criticisms of top law enforcement officials, and how they behaved in 2016/2017. I would not be surprised if these former officials are going to be targeted for investigation, if not already.
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