And in the meantime Mueller has a new canary.
Exclusive: A top Trump campaign adviser close to plea deal with Mueller
CNN
Hint: his initials are Rick Gates
The bad news or good news depending on who you are rooting for:
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Gates' legal team quibbled over his bail terms and house arrest for more than two months after his indictment. Recently, they've been focused on a question of who will represent him in court. The three trial lawyers who took on Gates' case shortly after his indictment asked to part ways with their client on February 1....
Working separately from Gates' trial lawyers is the well-known Washington defense attorney Thomas Green*. Green, who has known Mueller personally for years, is negotiating Gates' plea deal, according to people familiar with the case....
*He specializes in plea deals.