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Politics : The Trump Presidency -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: carranza2 who wrote (70273)	5/6/2018 11:41:16 PM
From: Wharf Rat	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 359689

"It wouldn’t surprise me if the indictment is dropped." It would surprise me... Ellis noted that his remarks did not indicate that the charges against Manafort were “illegitimate,” suggesting that perhaps they could be handled more appropriately by the local U.S. attorney’s office. slate.com

To: carranza2 who wrote (70273)	5/7/2018 7:39:44 AM
From: Lane3	1 Recommendation Recommended By bentway Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 359689

Problem is that Mueller was authorized to investigate the Russian angle into Trump’s election and any matters that arose or may arise from that. How anything that happened before Trump even declared his candidacy is clearly not subject to review by Mueller. The authorization was for "any matters that arose from" the investigation, not just matters that are integral to the central purpose. Any crime within the statue of limitations that fell into the investigators' lap during the investigation into the central purpose would be within the scope, seems to me. It would be redundant to authorize "any matters that arose from the investigation," having already authorized the central purpose, if "any matters that arose" were only those integral to the central purpose.