Report: Mueller Requests ‘Broad Array’ Of Documents From Justice Department

Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
Attorney General Jeff Sessions speaks during a House Judiciary Committee hearing on Capitol Hill, Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017 in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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Robert Mueller’s probe into collusion between the Russian government and the Trump campaign is now handing out document requests on Mueller’s home turf: The probe asked the Justice Department for what ABC News described as “a broad array of documents” in a report filed Sunday evening, citing anonymous sources.

The sources told ABC that Mueller was looking for information related to Trump’s firing of FBI director James Comey and Attorney General Jeff Sessions’ decision to recuse himself from the entire Russia inquiry.

The request was issued “within the last month,” ABC’s sources say. Trump fired Comey in the midst of the ongoing investigation into potential misconduct; a part of the Mueller probe’s investigation appears to be whether that firing constituted obstruction of justice. The Mueller probe’s recent interviewees have included Trump aide and speechwriter Stephen Miller, who helped Trump draft a thus-far-unreleased memo describing the reasons he wanted Comey gone.

Questions remain, as well, about Sessions’ conversations with Russian officials during the campaign, which he denied under oath in October before correcting himself in another session last week, saying he had forgotten some important meetings. Sessions’ performance before Congress has been remarkable for other reasons, too, among them the the attorney general’s refusal to answer questions before his former Senate colleagues without invoking executive privilege or the Fifth Amendment, and much about the nature of his discussions with representatives of the Russian government is still unknown.

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  1. I read in the NYT this morning that Charles Manson died in prison. I hope to live long enough to read the same about Donald Trump.

  2. Avatar for marby marby says:

    and Sessions’ behavior is so far beyond clueless, that I am struggling to find the right adjective. He is the head of DOJ, and he was joking about this and the implications of Russian interference in the election on stage at the Federalist Society. I hope, as Mueller gets closer, that he isn’t laughing in private.

  3. But, look over there - Marshawn Lynch, LaVar Ball, build the Wall,Crooked Hillary, Al Frankenstein.

  4. Avatar for tsp tsp says:

    Congress should quickly pass legislation removing the Presiden’t power to pardon any crimes where the President is directly implicated with charges of obstruction of justice.

  5. And OOH SQUIRREL.

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