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    1. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner May 16

      The Special Counsel's Office, of course, is not going to confirm this. (I've asked.) And Giuliani has a track record here that makes it less than 100% clear what exactly Mueller said or agreed to in this situation.

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    2. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner May 16

      Assuming it is true (or roughly true): Based on what we know, it seems most likely to me that Mueller would tell Giuliani this as part of an effort to get Trump (and his lawyers) to agree to Trump's interview.

      18 replies 93 retweets 412 likes
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    3. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner May 16

      The Special Counsel's Office spokesperson declined to comment.

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    4. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner May 16

      tl;dr: It has never seemed likely that by-the-book Mueller would seek to go outside of the historical decisions of DOJ on this question. That's the biggest reason why it's believable that SCO reached this conclusion.

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    5. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner May 16

      As to what exactly Mueller told Giuliani, who knows — and I've explained why I think it most likely it would have been discussed.

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    6. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner May 16

      None of this, note, has anything to do with the focus, findings, or direction of Mueller's investigation. This solely has to do with what they believe they can do with the conclusion of that investigation. For the president, it's a report to Congress.

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    7. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner May 16

      OK. That's all I've got on this. I get that lots of you just want to say that Rudy's lying. My point is: It's so obviously where Mueller was likely to end up that it's believable. If I talk to Giuliani, I'll ask him more — but Mueller's office isn't talking.

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    8. Lemon Slayer‏ @LemonSlayerUS May 16
      Replying to @chrisgeidner

      Chris, think crucial nugget here is less the fact Team Mueller's decided to relay "can't indict a sitting President" DOJ conformance info to Team Trump, but instead is the fact strongly implied/acknowledged that Team Mueller has indeed such evidence that would lead to indictment.

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    9. Lemon Slayer‏ @LemonSlayerUS May 16
      Replying to @LemonSlayerUS @chrisgeidner

      Basically I'm saying there would be no need to even tell Team Trump this unless Team Mueller indeed had sufficient evidence of crimes committed by @realDonaldTrump.

      1 reply 1 retweet 4 likes
    10. Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner May 16
      Replying to @LemonSlayerUS

      Chris Geidner Retweeted Chris Geidner

      This is my counter:https://twitter.com/chrisgeidner/status/996874074835079168?s=21 …

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      Chris GeidnerVerified account @chrisgeidner
      Assuming it is true (or roughly true): Based on what we know, it seems most likely to me that Mueller would tell Giuliani this as part of an effort to get Trump (and his lawyers) to agree to Trump's interview.
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      Chris Geidner‏Verified account @chrisgeidner May 16
      Replying to @chrisgeidner @LemonSlayerUS

      I can easily easily see coming up in a discussion about him sitting for an interview with Mueller.

      3:51 PM - 16 May 2018
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        2. Lemon Slayer‏ @LemonSlayerUS May 16
          Replying to @chrisgeidner

          I don't disagree with your counter, other than the fact that it really isn't a counter to my point. :-) Personally, I view the legal theory of the DOJ as truly untested in court, and suggest #SCOTUS may find it an instance of "the Constitution is not a suicide pact".

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        3. Lemon Slayer‏ @LemonSlayerUS May 16
          Replying to @LemonSlayerUS @chrisgeidner

          I do agree with you that Team Mueller could be using this to get the interview, but I think that's distinct from my point that Team Mueller has evidence of crimes committed by @realDonaldTrump. An interview to add more evidence for a report to DAG Rosenstein and then who knows...

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