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#Rosenstein SECRETLY CRIPPLED THE #MUELLER INVESTIGATION

The former deputy AG maneuvered to keep investigators from completing an inquiry into whether the president’s personal and financial links to Russia posed a national security threat

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#Rosenstein concluded the #FBI lacked sufficient reason to conduct an investigation into the president’s links to Russia

He suspected that the acting bureau director who approved the opening of the inquiry, Andrew G. McCabe, had conflicts of interest

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#Rosenstein never told #McCabe about his decision, leaving the #FBI with the impression that the special counsel would take on the investigation into the president

McCabe said had he known #Mueller would not continue the inquiry, he would have had the F.B.I. perform it.

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Mr. Rosenstein declined to comment. The disclosure about the counterintelligence investigation is based on interviews with former Justice Department and F.B.I. officials.

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#Rosenstein told #Mueller

“His investigation was a fishing expedition. Don’t do that. This is a criminal investigation. Do your job, and then SHUT IT DOWN”

If Mueller wanted to expand his investigation, Rosenstein told him, he should ask for additional authorities and resources

#McCabe said.

Could the president actually be the point of coordination between the campaign and the Russian government?

Could the president actually be maintaining some sort of inappropriate relationship with our most significant adversary in the world?

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