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"(b) The Special Counsel shall notify the Attorney General of events in the course of his or her investigation in conformity with the Departmental guidelines with respect to Urgent Reports."
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• Mueller runs his own shop.
• Mueller only has to notify Whitaker of what he's doing (and only in certain circumstances) He doesn't need Whitaker's permission to, eg, note the existence of co-conspirators in indictments.
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This is the level at which Trump understands everything, even when his own interests are at stake.
Which is... scary.
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