Now we know for sure that Reince Priebus cut a deal with Robert Mueller against Donald Trump
We’ve all spent the past two weeks trying to figure out whether Reince Priebus cut a deal and formally flipped on Donald Trump when he spent a full day voluntarily answering questions for Special Counsel Robert Mueller. The answer has never been entirely clear. But now, based on Priebus’ own words today, there’s no longer any real question that he has indeed cut some kind of immunity deal which has left him legally in the clear.
This morning, Reince Priebus announced via Twitter that he’s taking a job as the president of the Michael Best law firm. This isn’t a surprise, as he worked there before becoming RNC Chair and then Trump’s White House Chief of Staff. But this is nonetheless a big deal. A law firm with two hundred and fifty attorneys on staff doesn’t hire a new president who’s facing any possibility of being charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. Even if Priebus were confident he won’t be charged based on his own gut feeling, there’s only one way the firm could know for sure.
In other words, with near certainty, Reince Priebus has cut a deal with Robert Mueller which makes it 100% certain that Priebus won’t be charged with conspiracy to obstruct justice. The only way Priebus could get that kind of deal is if he’s given Mueller the kind of useful testimony that will allow Mueller to nail Trump for obstruction. We more or less knew that when his testimony lasted a full day. Now we know it for sure. This also raises immediate questions about two other key witnesses.
Sean Spicer, who has long been allied with Reince Priebus going back to their RNC days, also spent a full day answering Mueller’s questions. Does this means that Spicer cut a similar deal? Best anyone knows, Priebus and White House Counsel Don McGahn are still using the same attorney in the Trump-Russia scandal. Does this mean that McGahn has also cut a deal? No wonder Donald Trump has been panicking.
