Chuck Todd Says Mueller May Drop Something Big: 'I Wouldn't Miss Work Tomorrow'

[JonLP24]

MSNBC host hints that President Trump may get some bad news just before the Labor Day weekend begins.
By Ed Mazza
08/30/2018 11:13 PM ET

MSNBC’s Chuck Todd thinks all signs point to special counsel Robert Mueller making major moves on Friday.

President Donald Trump on Thursday called the inquiry into Russian meddling “an illegal investigation.”

“This is the president feeling like there’s a lot happening around him, the walls may be closing in on him, and I think he’s lashing out,” said Bloomberg’s Sahil Kapur on MSNBC’s “MTP Daily.”

Republican strategist Brad Todd, however, said Mueller has a “responsibility” to know when “he’s gone past the time limit of when he has credibility with the public.”

https://www.google.com/amp/s/m.huffpost.com/us/entry/us_5b889a67e4b0162f47214f13/amp (Huff Post)
I didn't want to do 2 threads so posting 2 stories in one.

Team Trump Is Prepping a Robert Mueller ‘Counter-Report’
LACHLAN MARKAY, ASAWIN SUEBSAENG
08.30.18 3:50 PM ET

President Donald Trump’s legal team is crafting a “counter-report” that will seek to delegitimize Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russian election meddling and present countervailing arguments.

Trump’s personal attorney, former New York mayor Rudy Giuliani, told The Daily Beast in an interview on Thursday that part of his report would examine whether the “initiation of the investigation was… legitimate or not.”

According to Giuliani, the bulk of the report will be divided into two sections. One section will seek to question the legitimacy of the Mueller probe generally by alleging “possible conflicts” of interest by federal law enforcement authorities. The other section will respond to more substantive allegations of Trump campaign collusion with Russian government agents to sway the 2016 election, and obstruction of justice allegations stemming from, among other things, the president’s firing of former FBI director James Comey.

Though this latter section will focus on the meat of Mueller’s investigation, Giuliani acknowledged that he doesn’t actually know what Mueller’s findings will look like, making the act of putting a counter-report together a bit more challenging.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/amp.thedailybeast.com/rudy-giuliani-is-putting-together-a-counter-report-to-question-robert-muellers-legitimacy
(The Daily Beast)

[lunasun]

1. Counter report? Bring it !!

"Though this latter section will focus on the meat of Mueller’s investigation, Giuliani acknowledged that he doesn’t actually know what Mueller’s findings will look like, making the act of putting a counter-report together a bit more challenging. "

[JonLP24]

3. That part made me laugh out loud too

[dembotoz]

2. Not missing work is a good thing

[California_Republic]

4. Fritzmas?

[RandySF]

5. Tea leaves

[Matthew28]

6. How does he know?

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

7. Maybe itll be time to dust off the flag and hang it. Been over a year and a half.

[C_U_L8R]

8. I bet they'll give themselves an A-plus for their report too

Make that a double bigly A-plus-plus plus

[PJMcK]

16. Two scoops of ice cream for all of them! (n/t)

[bitterross]

9. Even IF (which it isn't) the investigation were illegal he's STILL guilty!

We cannot let them deflect the truth. He and his minions are criminals.

We cannot let them change the subject! That's what they are trying to do.

[manor321]

10. Overblown

This comment by Todd is being completely overblown. He doesn't know anything. He's just surmising labor day is some sort of cutoff (but the 60 day "guideline" isn't even reached by then).

[LandOfHopeAndDreams]

11. I Agree

He's just trying to drum up ratings on what will be an extremely low viewership Friday afternoon before a holiday weekend.

[Qutzupalotl]

12. Last business day before the Kavanaugh hearings.

An inner circle indictment or two would change the dynamics quite a bit.

[Crutchez_CuiBono]

13. That's a fact.

[stopwastingmymoney]

14. Oohoh I like that, nt

[Sherman A1]

15. Chuck needs more to tune in for the

Blathering between ads for Big Pharma.

[Ilsa]

17. Mueller may not want to steal the cameras on McCain's final national tribute.

Some think that Mueller is sensitive to this being McCain's weekend, and doesn't want to distract from it.

On the other hand, he may feel that he's fulfilling a final wish of McCain's by indicting the IQ45 kkKlan.

[JonLP24]

18. Robert Mueller got another cooperator

Sam Patten, an associate of Paul Manafort and Cambridge Analytica, struck a plea deal.
By Andrew Prokop on August 31, 2018 2:07 pm

The Mueller investigation has resulted in yet another plea deal. Sam Patten, a Republican lobbyist, pleaded guilty Friday to violating the Foreign Agents Registration Act in his unregistered work for a Ukrainian politician and a Ukrainian oligarch — and agreed to cooperate with the government.

Patten was charged by the US attorney’s office for the District of Columbia. But Mueller’s team referred the investigation there and Patten’s plea agreement specifically says he must cooperate with the special counsel’s office. Andrew Weissmann, an attorney on Mueller’s team, attended Patten’s hearing Friday.

There are several similarities between Patten’s work and the unregistered Ukrainian lobbying allegations against Paul Manafort. Like Manafort, Patten worked for Ukraine’s pro-Russian political faction. Like Manafort, his payments went through offshore accounts in Cyprus.

Also like Manafort, Patten worked closely with Konstantin Kilimnik, a Russian national who Mueller claims is tied to Russian intelligence services. (Mueller indicted Kilimnik alongside Manafort this year for attempted witness tampering, but he is overseas and has not been arrested.)

https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.vox.com/platform/amp/2018/8/31/17805310/sam-patten-mueller-plea-manafort

Todd was probably guessing but this is sorta big news.