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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsWhy the Mueller Report Is Causing 'Breakdown-Level' Stress Among White House Staff
Trump has not been kind to those who have cooperated with authorities to his detrimentMore than qualifications, more than intelligence, more than a Rolodex filled with Russian oligarchs, President Trump values loyalty. Its why hes installed family members into high-profile administration positions, made his buddies ambassadors and put the welfare of military veterans in the hands of Mar-a-Lago members. Its also why the current and former White House staff members are reportedly worried about what may be revealed when a redacted version of Special Counsel Robert Muellers report is released to the public on Thursday. According to NBC News, more than a dozen officials who cooperated with Muellers investigation are concerned they will be outed as a source of information that hurts the president.
One person close to the situation told NBC News there is breakdown-level anxiety among the staff who cooperated. A former White House official said there is concern among staff that the wrath of Trump and his allies will follow if they are revealed to have provided the special counsel with information that doesnt reflect well on Trump, particularly regarding his potential obstruction of justice.
You have a whole bunch of former White House officials and current White House officials, but especially former White House officials, who were told to cooperate, said the former official. So people went and did that, and now the uncertainty is just how much of that information is going to be in that report and how identifiable to individuals is it going to be. And nobody knows.
Helping fuel the concern is the lack of clarity about whats in the report and what will be redacted. Attorney General William Barr didnt divulge much in the principal conclusions he released barely 48 hours after the report was filed to the Justice Department last month. The redaction guidelines he later outlined in a letter to congressional leaders were vague as well. Even if their names are redacted, current and former White House staffers worry, they still may be identifiable based on the context of the disclosures. Nobody has any idea what this is going to look like on Thursday, the former official told NBC.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/why-the-mueller-report-is-causing-breakdown-level-stress-among-white-house-staff-822883/
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Why the Mueller Report Is Causing 'Breakdown-Level' Stress Among White House Staff (Original Post)
Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin
Apr 2019
OP
I call bullshit. Why would you be afraid? it's trump. He's a punk face to face.
LuvLoogie
Apr 2019
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LuvLoogie
(7,089 posts)1. I call bullshit. Why would you be afraid? it's trump. He's a punk face to face.
So you get fired. So fucking what. Why are you working for that piece of shit anyway?
You should be proud of anything you do to end this criminality and bigoted nihilism.
SaintLouisBlues
(1,244 posts)5. +1
Iggo
(47,617 posts)2. Good. Fuck those motherfuckers.
I'm sick of hearing about them.
Quit, assholes.
FakeNoose
(32,964 posts)3. Consider how many people have come and gone in the last 2 years
How can the current White House staff be any better or worse off? If Chump fires you, he's doing you a favor. You should have left already, if you've got any sense. I hope everyone who testified, told the truth. We'll know sooner or later, lying to Mueller wouldn't have saved your jobs.
prodigitalson
(2,489 posts)4. I bet it's normally a laid back stress free work environment