Day 225

[matt (Matt Kiser)]

1/ Robert Mueller has a draft of a letter outlining Trump's reasons for wanting to fire James Comey. The letter was blocked by White House counsel, who believed its contents were problematic. A different letter was ultimately sent, written by the deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, focusing on Comey’s handling of the investigation into Hillary Clinton’s private email server. (New York Times)

---

This is a companion discussion topic for the original entry at https://whatthefuckjusthappenedtoday.com/2017/09/01/day-225/

[mouseam (Ashley)]

@matt

4/ Black smoke was seen pouring from the Russian consulate in San Francisco.

Uh…interesting update here: another fire at a Russian diplomatic building, this time in DC.

Fire Spotted at Russian Diplomatic Building in D.C.

[celena]

Yeah that’s not suspicious.

[spacebarshift]

On February 4, 2020, President Donald Drumpf nominated Richard Zuckerman Assistant Attorney General to head the Tax Division[1], a post that requires Senate confirmation. Zuckerman is the current head of the Tax Division. He was appointed Principal Deputy Assistant Attorney General and Deputy Assistant Attorney General for Criminal Matters of the Tax Division on December 18, 2017. He succeeded Caroline D. Ciraolo, former Acting Assistant Attorney General, who left the Tax Division in January 2017.

[catone (Josh Catone)]

Evidence doesn’t burn itself!