Ex-Trump White House lawyer calls Mueller 'hero,
Mar 5, 2019 07:00:46 #
Ty Cobb, the veteran Washington attorney who represented the White House as special counsel Robert Mueller ramped up his investigation into Russian meddling, said he considers the man leading the probe “an American hero” and does not share President Donald Trump’s view that the Russia inquiry is a politically motivated h**x.
“I don't feel the same way about Mueller,” Cobb said in an extensive interview for the latest episode of ABC News' podcast The Investigation. “I don't feel the investigation is a witch hunt.”
But as Mueller prepares to convey his findings to the U.S. Attorney General, Cobb maintains a belief that his report will spare the president from any serious political harm. Cobb said he believes Mueller has already revealed the bulk of the findings that the investigation will produce through the sentencing memos and “speaking indictments” issued against a group of 34 defendants that include Russian hackers and the former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. A so-called speaking indictment sets forth more contextual details on a case that is required by law.
The indictment against the Russian hackers was “highly detailed,” he said. “And there's no link to Trump or the campaign. The same thing with Manafort -- they just filed an 800-page sentencing memorandum, and in 800 pages there's no reference to collusion,” Cobb said, referring to Manafort, who was convicted last year of tax and bank fraud charges and pleaded guilty in a separate case to conspiracy charges brought by Mueller as part of his probe.
Cobb, 68 -- a distant relative of the Hall of Fame baseball player with the same name -- headed the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney’s office in Baltimore before spending decades in private practice. He joined the White House legal team six months into Trump’s presidency. Unlike some of the other attorneys hired to grapple with the Mueller probe, Cobb’s client was not the president, but “the presidency,” which he considered a subtle but important distinction.
“My legal obligations were to the institution,” he said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ex-trump-white-house-lawyer-calls-mueller-hero-says-probe-is-no-witch-hunt/ar-BBUobQa?ocid=spartandhp
“I don't feel the same way about Mueller,” Cobb said in an extensive interview for the latest episode of ABC News' podcast The Investigation. “I don't feel the investigation is a witch hunt.”
But as Mueller prepares to convey his findings to the U.S. Attorney General, Cobb maintains a belief that his report will spare the president from any serious political harm. Cobb said he believes Mueller has already revealed the bulk of the findings that the investigation will produce through the sentencing memos and “speaking indictments” issued against a group of 34 defendants that include Russian hackers and the former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort. A so-called speaking indictment sets forth more contextual details on a case that is required by law.
The indictment against the Russian hackers was “highly detailed,” he said. “And there's no link to Trump or the campaign. The same thing with Manafort -- they just filed an 800-page sentencing memorandum, and in 800 pages there's no reference to collusion,” Cobb said, referring to Manafort, who was convicted last year of tax and bank fraud charges and pleaded guilty in a separate case to conspiracy charges brought by Mueller as part of his probe.
Cobb, 68 -- a distant relative of the Hall of Fame baseball player with the same name -- headed the criminal division of the U.S. Attorney’s office in Baltimore before spending decades in private practice. He joined the White House legal team six months into Trump’s presidency. Unlike some of the other attorneys hired to grapple with the Mueller probe, Cobb’s client was not the president, but “the presidency,” which he considered a subtle but important distinction.
“My legal obligations were to the institution,” he said.
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/ex-trump-white-house-lawyer-calls-mueller-hero-says-probe-is-no-witch-hunt/ar-BBUobQa?ocid=spartandhp
Mar 5, 2019 08:31:24 #
PeterS wrote:
Ty Cobb, the veteran Washington attorney who repre... (show quote)
We call him 'Zero'........Goober.
Mar 5, 2019 08:58:17 #
PeterS wrote:
Ty Cobb, the veteran Washington attorney who repre... (show quote)
Yep. When he releases his findings I'll bet he will be a hero too. I'll bet all the right people will be heading to prison. Maybe then Trump can get something done without these pieces of crap fighting him on every issue. Why don't you L*****t make a list of everything obama did for this nation so the rest of us can see what a great president obama was.All you do now is nit pick on what Trump has done and 95%of that is f**e news. I'll even start it for you.
1. Doubled health insurance cost to get half the service with a deductible that can never be reached allowing government to get all your banking records cutting cost by letting the sick die.
There ya go, now impress me but my guess is you have nothing but blinded stupidity. That includes all you morons. Dumber than dirt. Stupider than a tree stump. Battier than a bag of hammers
Mar 5, 2019 09:19:29 #
badbob85037 wrote:
Yep. When he releases his findings I'll bet he wil... (show quote)
It is insulting to hammers to compare them to Kevyn.
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