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April 19, 2018
Rosenstein Claims (Like Comey Did Before Him) That Trump Is Not the "Target" of Muller's and the DOJ's Probe Into Cohen;
Guiliani Joins Trump Legal Team to Try to "Negotiate" an End to the Mueller Probe
As for the former: I don't believe it, and prosecutors lie a lot about whether you're a target or not.
I think they're trying to catch Cohen on some charges to get him to flip on Trump about RUSSIAN collusion. So Trump isn't the immediate target, but he is the ultimate one.
As to the latter: It's a bad idea. It signals vulnerability and will just encourage them. Prosecutors only negotiate plea deals to spare them the use of some resources in some cases.
When a prosecutor has unlimited resources, and when he's a partisan hunting the biggest of big game, why would he "negotiate" anything? Even if he comes up with nothing, he gains something by just keeping this shit-show going for years and years. He ties down the president, his political enemy.