I think @emptywheel is raising important questions about the scope of the special counsel's investigation.https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/864984131607855104 …
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Replying to @AndyMcCanse @emptywheel
That's actually a hugely broad scope, maybe the broadest special prosecutor scope I've ever seen. "Any other matter" wtf? Thats unlimited
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Replying to @blaktron @AndyMcCanse
Did you follow Plame investigation closely?
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Replying to @emptywheel @AndyMcCanse
I'm not sure what the point is? You think its going to be just another Scooter Libby? I don't think the Plame directive was as broad.
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Replying to @blaktron @AndyMcCanse
Me: Did you follow investigation implicating POTUS where Special Counsel ASKED FOR PERMISSION to expand to obstruction. You: What's point?
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Replying to @emptywheel @AndyMcCanse
Well that is a good point, that's why I asked. I don't Mueller has ever asked permission to do anything, but maybe you're right.
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Replying to @blaktron @AndyMcCanse
Yeah, I'm just looking at the most directly relevant precedent. If it were Fitz, he'd ask for permission. Mueller may be different.
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But unless I'm misremembering, even asking for permission, Libby's team challenged the expansion.
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