Referring Tony Podesta to New York federal prosecutors, Mueller camouflages his obviously partisan agenda.

Making an apparent move against Tony Podesta, Vin Webber, and former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig is probably how Robert Mueller camouflages himself, though it’s not much of a disguise. Nevertheless, with the mainstream media’s advocacy, it will be hauled out as “proof” that Robert Mueller is not partisan.

What are the chances that the New York office (though federal) is going to do anything against well-connected Democrats? Meanwhile, Mueller is trying to send Paul Manafort to prison for more than three centuries!

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CNN reports, “Exclusive: Mueller refers foreign agent inquiries to New York prosecutors.”

Special counsel Robert Mueller has referred a collection of cases to New York federal prosecutors concerning whether several high-profile American lobbyists and operatives failed to register their work as foreign agents, according to people familiar with the matter.

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Since the spring, Mueller has referred matters to SDNY involving longtime Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta and his work for his former firm, the Podesta Group, and former Minnesota Republican Rep. Vin Weber and his work for Mercury Public Affairs, the sources said.

One source said that former Obama White House counsel Greg Craig, a former partner at law firm Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP, is also part of the inquiry.

None of the entities involved have been charged with wrongdoing, and there is no indication the SDNY inquiry will result in criminal charges.

It’s not clear whether they are considered one case or separate matters, these people said, though all involve inquiries into whether the men improperly performed work on behalf of groups associated with Ukraine without registering with the Justice Department as foreign agents.

Federal law requires that an entity representing a foreign political party or government file public reports detailing the relationship.

At least one of the matters, involving Podesta, was referred to SDNY by Mueller’s team shortly before the FBI executed searches of Cohen’s home, office and hotel room in early April, according to the sources, though there is no sign that the timing was related to the Cohen investigation. It couldn’t be determined if the other matters were referred at the same time.

It’s also not clear exactly why Mueller referred the matters to federal prosecutors in New York. […]

Mueller has come under scrutiny from Trump and others for what they perceive as the special counsel’s examination of matters beyond the scope of possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia during the 2016 election cycle, and Mueller’s referral of cases that aren’t closely linked to that central matter could be a way of insulating the special counsel probe from such backlash, people familiar with the situation said.

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