I am quite surprised President Trump is deceiving the public by stating Director Mueller was involved in these decisions. I am quite sure the FBI and the US Attorney for New York are capable of conducting their own warrants, search and seizure.
President Trump has already stated he wasn't involved in Mr. Cohen's payments.
April 9, 2018
By Kevin Johnson, Fredreka Schouten and David Jackson
..."Today, (click here) the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York executed a series of search warrants and seized the privileged communications between my client, Michael Cohen, and his clients," Ryan said in a statement.
Ryan called the action "completely inappropriate and unnecessary."
"It resulted in the unnecessary seizure of protected attorney-client communications between a lawyer and his clients," Ryan said. "These government tactics are also wrong because Mr. Cohen has cooperated completely with all government entities, including providing thousands of non-privileged documents to the Congress and sitting for depositions under oath."...
A Marine General decided civilians were fair territory. Isn't it interesting that when a President finds "fake news" a convenient place to hide, those under his command mimic him at first opportunity?
April 11, 2018
By Tom Vanden Brook
...The allegations that Stein disparaged, (click here) first reported by USA TODAY in February, involved two civilian employees who said a Marine officer had made several sexual overtures to them. The allegations initially were deemed unfounded, but the Marine Corps Commandant, Gen. Robert Neller, ordered a new investigation of the claims in March.
The Marine Corps confirmed that Stein had been suspended by Neller after an anonymous tip about his comments at the National Museum of the Marine Corps was phoned into the Naval Criminal Investigative Service.
Why makes comments at all with an ongoing investigation? I guess it was going to make it all go away. Go figure.
"We expect every Marine, uniformed and civilian — and particularly those in leadership positions — to take allegations of misconduct seriously and to promote positive command climates," said Lt. Col. Chris Devine, a Marine spokesman. "As a Corps we are committed to fully investigating and holding ourselves accountable when those allegations are shown to be true. Leaders have a responsibility to ensure that their Marines and civilian employees believe they will be taken seriously if they come forward with allegations of misconduct of any kind."
The office Stein commands handles sexual assault prevention and response for the Marine Corps....
