JAMES COMEY/ROBERT MUELLER/RUDY GIULIANI/RUSSIA/TRUMP AS PRESIDENT: “President Donald Trump’s attorney has an unlikely new role model for special counsel Robert Mueller: James Comey. Frustrated by the open-ended nature of Mueller’s Russia probe, which hits its one-year mark on Thursday [5-17-18], Rudy Giuliani says Mueller should follow the example Comey set in 2016, when the then-FBI director investigated — and then publicly exonerated — Hillary Clinton for her use of a private email server…Never mind that Comey later re-opened the case days before the 2016 election, after the discovery of new evidence, possibly costing Clinton the election. Or that Giuliani calls Comey ‘a major phony’ and ‘a little baby.’ Giuliani’s point, echoed by many conservatives, is that Mueller’s year-old investigation has run too long and is causing Trump unacceptable political damage. Legal experts and former prosecutors say that, while Mueller is surely aware of the ticking clock, and especially the fast-approaching midterm elections, he isn’t likely to be moved by pressure from the Trump team.”
-Darren Samuelsohn, “Trump team ready to ‘pressure’ Mueller at probe’s one-year mark,” Politico, May 16, 2018 5:00 am