Analys: Trump borde vara nervös, men inte ha panik
Donald Trump borde vara nervös efter att den tidigare nationelle säkerhetsrådgivaren Michael Flynns advokater brutit med presidentens, men han borde inte ha panik. Det skriver Washington Posts Callum Borcher i en analys.
Orsaken: Det är svårt att veta huruvida en överenskommelse med Flynn skulle kunna skada Trump och dessutom vet vi inte om det blir en överenskommelse överhuvudtaget, skriver han.
Han skriver vidare att det är möjligt att Flynn skulle kunna bidra med information som skadar presidenten – men som inte handlar om Rysslands inblandning i det amerikanska presidentvalet.
”Det skulle inte undergräva Trumps seger, vilket tycks vara Trumps främsta oro om Muellers (den särskilde åklagaren Robert Mueller) utredning”.
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Robert Muellers utredning
Wikipedia (en)
The 2017 Special Counsel investigation is an ongoing investigation in the United States led by former FBI Director Robert Mueller as special counsel under supervision of the United States Department of Justice. Mueller is exploring any coordination or Criminal conspiracy between Donald Trump's 2016 presidential campaign and the Russian government as part of the election interference that Russia conducted against the U.S. in 2016.
Mueller’s investigation subsumed several existing FBI investigations including those involving former campaign chairman Paul Manafort and former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn. In August 2017, Mueller's investigation reportedly expanded to include several lobbying firms, including the Podesta Group. Mueller has assembled a team of attorneys to conduct the investigation into links between Trump associates and Russian officials along with related matters.
On October 30, 2017, Manafort and his business partner Rick Gates surrendered to the FBI on charges brought by the special counsel unrelated to the Trump campaign. On the same day, Mueller's team revealed that former Trump campaign adviser George Papadopoulos had pled guilty on October 5 to making false statements to FBI agents about contacts he had with agents of the Russian government while working for the Trump campaign in 2016, and was cooperating with investigators.
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