# A Thread for the Mueller Investigation Results and Outcomes (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093 "2017-10-28T20:14:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 404
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8063 "2018-12-07T13:47:32Z")
Lots of stuff due out today from Mueller’s office, and Trump has been on a full blown anti-Mueller Twitter tantrum the past 12 hours. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8064 "2018-12-07T14:14:08Z")
He’s feeling the noose tighten around his neck. I hope somebody’s hidden the football from him before he decides to go out in a blaze of glory. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8065 "2018-12-07T14:20:29Z")
Also, news out this morning that Kelly is resigning. ---
**Author:** ![catflea12](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/f6c823/32.png) [@catflea12](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/catflea12)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8066 "2018-12-07T14:24:50Z")
I’m kind of hoping today is the day thump’s head explodes. Except they would probably have one of the illegal immigrants he employs at his resorts clean up the mess. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8067 "2018-12-07T14:30:00Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > \*\*Trump Weighs Bringing Back William Barr as Attorney General \*\* > [https://nyti.ms/2E3d57r](https://nyti.ms/2E3d57r) > Whatever. The only thing people have to do in his administration is get an attorney, update their resumes and look for another job. ---
**Author:** ![Great\_Antibob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/e47c2d/32.png) [@Great\_Antibob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Great_Antibob)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8068 "2018-12-07T14:34:21Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > I’m kind of hoping today is the day thump’s head explodes. It’s his sort of dick move that he would try to upstage that other event that occurred on the day that will live in infamy. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8069 "2018-12-07T14:34:51Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > The only thing people have to do in his administration is get an attorney, update their resumes and look for another job. Appropriate [quote] ([https://twitter.com/BrianKarem/status/1071027041330442240](https://twitter.com/BrianKarem/status/1071027041330442240)) this morning provided to a White House reporter from an administration official: \* “How fearful are Administration officials of Mueller? “If the president had a dog the dog would lawyer up,” I was told.”\* ---
**Author:** ![Ike\_Witt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ike_witt/32/283_2.png) [@Ike\_Witt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ike_Witt)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8070 "2018-12-07T14:36:23Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > The only thing people have to do in his administration is get an attorney, update their resumes and look for another job. If I were going to take a job in the Trump administration, I would stipulate in the contract that if I was going to be fired it would have to be by Trump himself. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8071 "2018-12-07T14:39:36Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > It’s his sort of dick move that he would try to upstage that other event that occurred on the day that will live in infamy. Well,[according to our new UN ambassador](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/07/heather-nauert-cited-d-day-height-us-german-relations-now-shes-headed-un/?utm_term=.5dde372d8ce0), D-Day is an example of the height of the good relationship between the US and Germany, so I’m sure Pearl Harbor was an example of Japan showing us how much they like us. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8072 "2018-12-07T14:41:22Z")
> [@Great\_Antibob](#): > > It’s his sort of dick move that he would try to upstage that other event that occurred on the day that will live in infamy. _”Looks like now the yacht that I own is the biggest boat in the habor…”_ ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8073 "2018-12-07T14:48:15Z")
[quote=“Fiveyearlurker, post:8069, topic:800093”] Appropriate > [@](#): > > ([https://twitter.com/BrianKarem/status/1071027041330442240](https://twitter.com/BrianKarem/status/1071027041330442240)) this morning provided to a White House reporter from an administration official: > \* > “How fearful are Administration officials of Mueller? “If the president had a dog the dog would lawyer up,” I was told.”\* Oh, thank you for that! 😃 Beautiful laugh out loud moment! ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 3:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8074 "2018-12-07T15:33:04Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Well,[according to our new UN ambassador](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/07/heather-nauert-cited-d-day-height-us-german-relations-now-shes-headed-un/?utm_term=.5dde372d8ce0), D-Day is an example of the height of the good relationship between the US and Germany, so I’m sure Pearl Harbor was an example of Japan showing us how much they like us. I think it’s pretty fair to chalk up that “anniversary of D-Day” remark as just a simple mistake. I mean, she clearly has no qualifications for the job of UN ambassador, but that slip-up doesn’t seem to be an actual opinion of hers, in contrast to John Bolton’s comment about blowing up 12 floors of the UN building or whatever. ---
**Author:** ![dasmoocher](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/dbc845/32.png) [@dasmoocher](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dasmoocher)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 3:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8075 "2018-12-07T15:38:59Z")
> [@Fiveyearlurker](#): > > Well,[according to our new UN ambassador](https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2018/12/07/heather-nauert-cited-d-day-height-us-german-relations-now-shes-headed-un/?utm_term=.5dde372d8ce0), D-Day is an example of the height of the good relationship between the US and Germany, so I’m sure Pearl Harbor was an example of Japan showing us how much they like us. That’s probably a step above Trump, who I can see thinking the Germans bombed Pearl Harbor: [Alec Baldwin voice] I saw it in a funny movie once. It was about the wacky adventures of some rich white college boys. Based on some friends of mine, actually. I believe one of them became a Senator. He’s very dignified. [/Alec Baldwin voice] ---
**Author:** ![Modesty\_Blaise](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/77aa72/32.png) [@Modesty\_Blaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Modesty_Blaise)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8076 "2018-12-07T15:43:50Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > I’m kind of hoping today is the day thump’s head explodes. Except they would probably have one of the illegal immigrants he employs at his resorts clean up the mess. Yeah, not fair. One of the other criminals should have to clean up the orange mess. I vote Ivanka or Junior. Or Pence. Or any cabinet member. Or any Republican for that matter. All crooks. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 3:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8077 "2018-12-07T15:44:36Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > \*\*Trump Weighs Bringing Back William Barr as Attorney General \*\* > [https://nyti.ms/2E3d57r](https://nyti.ms/2E3d57r) > Whatever. > **[‘Lock Her Up’ Becomes More Than a Slogan (Published 2017)](https://www.nytimes.com/2017/11/14/us/politics/trump-pressure-clinton-investigation.html)** > > Attorney General Jeff Sessions denies being influenced by the president’s public pressure as he considers authorizing a new investigation of Hillary Clinton. Trump has reportedly wanted to prosecute the Clintons. Looks like he might have found his man. > [@](#): > > Of 10 former attorneys general contacted Tuesday, only one responded to a question about what they would do in Mr. Sessions’s situation. > > “There is nothing inherently wrong about a president calling for an investigation,” said William P. Barr, who ran the Justice Department under President George Bush. “Although an investigation shouldn’t be launched just because a president wants it, the ultimate question is whether the matter warrants investigation.” > > Mr. Barr said he sees more basis for investigating the uranium deal than any supposed collusion between Mr. Trump and Russia. “To the extent it is not pursuing these matters, the department is abdicating its responsibility,” he said. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 3:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8078 "2018-12-07T15:56:17Z")
> [@Ike\_Witt](#): > > If I were going to take a job in the Trump administration, I would stipulate in the contract that if I was going to be fired it would have to be by Trump himself. If I where to take a job, Trump would get trolled. It would be easy as Campbells soup. “Obama changed the alphabet. You didn’t know that?” ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 4:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8079 "2018-12-07T16:07:35Z")
> [@](#): > > Mr. Barr said he sees more basis for investigating the uranium deal than any supposed collusion between Mr. Trump and Russia. “To the extent it is not pursuing these matters, the department is abdicating its responsibility,” he said. Would this be the uranium deal that has already been thoroughly investigated and completely debunked? :dubious: ---
**Author:** ![CaptMurdock](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/captmurdock/32/11736_2.png) [@CaptMurdock](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CaptMurdock)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 4:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8080 "2018-12-07T16:28:20Z")
> [@dasmoocher](#): > > Maybe Trump thinks he’s related to Roseanne? Is he related to Bob Barr, the GA Senator [who was anti-abortion and then urged his second wife to get one?](https://www.theguardian.com/world/1999/jan/13/julianborger) ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 4:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8081 "2018-12-07T16:58:20Z")
> [@catflea12](#): > > I’m kind of hoping today is the day thump’s head explodes… Like dropping a stick of dynamite into the outhouse hole. Might have to burn down the West Wing. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [December 7, 2018, 5:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/8082 "2018-12-07T17:19:55Z")
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