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[Tovarisc]

Special counsel Robert Mueller has asked the White House to preserve all documents relating to the June 2016 meeting at Trump Tower that Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner and Paul Manafort had with a Russian lawyer and others, according to a source who has seen the letter.

Mueller sent a notice, called a document preservation request, asking White House staff to save "any subjects discussed in the course of the June 2016 meeting" and also "any decisions made regarding the recent disclosures about the June 2016 meeting," according to the source, who read portions of the letter to CNN.

The letter from Mueller began: "As you are aware the Special Counsel's office is investigating the Russian government's efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, including any links or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of Donald Trump. Information concerning the June 2016 meeting between Donald J Trump Jr and Natalia Veselnitskaya is relevant to the investigation."

The preservation request is broad and includes text messages, emails, notes, voicemails and other communications and documentation regarding the June 2016 meeting and any related communication since then.

On Wednesday, the White House counsel's office sent a notice to White House staff informing them of the document preservation request. A second source confirmed to CNN the letter was sent to White House personnel.

http://edition.cnn.com/2017/07/21/p...trump-tower-meeting/index.html?CNNPolitics=Tw

Wonder Boy, EasyD Jr. and Manafort getting deeper into doodoo.

 

[Sephzilla]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sTMhD_Y99QM

 

[darkwing]

won't this alert the WH staff to destroy documents instead?

 

[Tovarisc]

won't this alert the WH staff to destroy documents instead?

That awkward moment if you burn documents, but your friends turn theirs over with indicators that you should have stuff too to hand over.

 

[Hypemaster]

 

[The Elite]

won't this alert the WH staff to destroy documents instead?

 

[Pagusas]

What is everyone's guess on when this investigation will turn into a hearing?

 

[FreezeSSC]

won't this alert the WH staff to destroy documents instead?

If they try and the FBI recovers it I hope the media goes all in on "wiping his computers"

 

[Ithil]

won't this alert the WH staff to destroy documents instead?

I think if you're ordered to preserve documents then immediately destroy all the documents it's probably a bad look for you.

 

[The Elite]

I think if you're ordered to preserve documents then immediately destroy all the documents it's probably a bad look for you.

That's why you save some documents.

 

[Tovarisc]

What is everyone's guess on when this investigation will turn into a hearing?

Next Summer-ish, depending on how far and deep they follow paper and money trails.

 

[digita1alchemy]

Any time a new Mueller thread pops up, which is quite often these days, I feel compelled to play this while I read it.

 

[Sephzilla]

What is everyone's guess on when this investigation will turn into a hearing?

October

 

[johnsmith]

won't this alert the WH staff to destroy documents instead?

Do you think people are willing to go to prison to protect Donald Trump?

 

[tanooki27]

October

agreed. early fall

 

[Malreyn]

I think if you're ordered to preserve documents then immediately destroy all the documents it's probably a bad look for you.

I bet you the GOP will STILL make excuses for Trump if he did that too...

"He's not a politician! He's new at this! He's an outsider! blah blah blah. "

 

[Ithil]

That's why you save some documents.

And what if they start noticing ones are missing, or there's less than there should be?

 

[SliceSabre]

Trump will get right on it.

 

[Steel]

October

I doubt it. I bet we're in until at least next year or the year after.

The best case, that if this takes long enough and the house flips and somehow Pence falls too... Well, the speaker becomes president.

 

[Linkura]

 

[The Elite]

And what if they start noticing ones are missing, or there's less than there should be?

"I only started working here in January."

"I don't know where they put them"

"Dog ate them"

"Butter Emails"

 

[titiklabingapat]

won't this alert the WH staff to destroy documents instead?

There is a saying in politics: its not the act that gets you, but it's the cover up.

I think that applies here.

 

[Tovarisc]

And what if they start noticing ones are missing, or there's less than there should be?

You get to know how it feels to be grilled and squeezed by veterans like Mueller.

 

[Dead Prince]

can't preserve what you never saved.

 

[BFIB]

This is Mueller right now.

 

[jelly]

We didn't document anything.

I don't recall.

 

[KHarvey16]

People still respond to these as if this band of idiots has a reputation for being good at doing bad things. Their incompetence extends to every aspect of their lives.

 

[Sephzilla]

I doubt it. I bet we're in until at least next year or the year after.

The best case, that if this takes long enough and the house flips and somehow Pence falls too... Well, the speaker becomes president.

At the rate everything is going I just think we're going to hit the hearing stage faster than people think. At earliest this fall, at latest this upcoming string.

 

[Chmpocalypse]

won't this alert the WH staff to destroy documents instead?

Who's to say Mueller doesn't already know or have what would be destroyed (in some form)? This could be a setup to give trump more rope to hang himself.

: )

 

[KirbYuuYuu]

won't this alert the WH staff to destroy documents instead?

I mean he has a history of destroying documents that were requested by the courts so...

 

[Netherscourge]

won't this alert the WH staff to destroy documents instead?

That's exactly what Mueller is HOPING will happen.

He probably knows there's nothing in the documents, but the ACT of destroying any documents related to that meeting just makes Trump look that much more guilty. And it's more evidence for an obstruction of justice charge.

Trump should just comply with Mueller, assuming there are no incriminating documents.

If they are incriminating, then Trump is fucked either which way he goes.

 

[soldat7]

won't this alert the WH staff to destroy documents instead?

What stopped them from destroying them before this point? What would prompt them to even record anything in the first place?

 

[Orbis Tabula]

I was under the impression that all Trump campaign documents were already under some document preservation order. I guess they may as well be specific.

 

[titiklabingapat]

What stopped them from destroying them before this point? What would prompt them to even record anything in the first place?

Incompetence.

 

[Deuce Deuce]

won't this alert the WH staff to destroy documents instead?

Obstruction, here we come!

 

[turnbuckle]

won't this alert the WH staff to destroy documents instead?

It's a trap.

They may already have, or have evidence of many of the documents. They're baiting Trump into getting rid of documents Mueller already knows of / has copies of.

 

[smokeymicpot]

This weeks hearing gets more and more important.

 

[bengraven]

*cough cough* you got it.

*cough* sorry can't hear you over the crackling and popping. Oh don't worry it's just rice crispies. *cough*

 

[Mike M]

I was under the impression that all Trump campaign documents were already under some document preservation order. I guess they may as well be specific.

The "any decisions made regarding the recent disclosures about the June 2016 meeting" reads to me like they're also going after anything and everything to do with the reveal of the meeting a couple weeks ago too.

 

[MIMIC]

Well at least Mueller knows about the meeting now 😑

 

[rambis]

Idk when this was sent out but it seems a bit late, no? As soon as this story broke they seemed to be scrubbing thru all the records and probably deleted anything incriminating ages ago.

 

[LiK]

won't this alert the WH staff to destroy documents instead?

I guess if they want to go to jail for Trump.

 

[tanooki27]

Idk when this was sent out but it seems a bit late, no? As soon as this story broke they seemed to be scrubbing thru all the records and probably deleted anything incriminating ages ago.

then they will find out about the scrubbing, and it'll be even more flagrant. whatever else he did, Nxon knew not to destroy the tapes.

 

[Orbis Tabula]

The "any decisions made regarding the recent disclosures about the June 2016 meeting" reads to me like they're also going after anything and everything to do with the reveal of the meeting a couple weeks ago too.

Ahh, shoot. Good point. Gotta work on my reading comprehension.

 

[Random Human]

Mueller should ask them to hand over any video evidence they may be in possession of.

 

[Evil Monkey DTT]

50 bucks says trump just hits the delete button, fully unaware you have to reformat the pc.

 

[KHarvey16]

Any document these days exists in multiple places, and requires multiple people to know about it being destroyed, removed, or deleted in order for it to be destroyed, removed, or deleted. Even if they do a 100% perfect job of erasing every trace of a document (which is all but impossible) they need to rely on actual human beings to keep it a secret.

It's not gonna happen.

50 bucks says trump just hits the delete button, fully unaware you have to reformat the pc.

Not just reformat but also overwrite all of it multiple times.

 

[Felix Lighter]

Hopefully, they already have what they need and this is just them extending an opportunity to the WH to commit more blatant obstruction of justice.

 

[Resident_UA]

won't this alert the WH staff to destroy documents instead?

Yes. And there's probably nothing incriminating in those documents, but they will get caught doing it and will end up in jail. They are just stupid enough to do it.

 

[RustyNails]

Any document these days exists in multiple places, and requires multiple people to know about it being destroyed, removed, or deleted in order for it to be destroyed, removed, or deleted. Even if they do a 100% perfect job of erasing every trace of a document (which is all but impossible) they need to rely on actual human beings to keep it a secret.

It's not gonna happen.

AND even if the documents were proven to be perfectly innocuous, you still go to jail for destroying evidence. Its the DJ Khaled statute.