{"id":378339,"date":"2018-09-24T01:50:17","date_gmt":"2018-09-24T00:50:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-released-text-messages-and-emails-show-mueller-teams-cozy-relationship-with-press\/"},"modified":"2018-09-24T01:50:17","modified_gmt":"2018-09-24T00:50:17","slug":"prison-planet-com-released-text-messages-and-emails-show-mueller-teams-cozy-relationship-with-press","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/rinf.com\/alt-news\/newswire\/prison-planet-com-released-text-messages-and-emails-show-mueller-teams-cozy-relationship-with-press\/","title":{"rendered":"Prison Planet.com \u00bb Released Text Messages And Emails Show Mueller Team\u2019s Cozy Relationship With Press"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p>      <!-- START CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/09\/20\/texts-emails-mueller-relationship-press\/\"><strong>Daily Caller<\/strong><\/a><br \/>September 21, 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hundreds of pages of emails and text messages released from the Department of Justice\u2019s (DOJ) special counsel\u2019s office through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request show an ongoing relationship between Robert Mueller\u2019s team and the press, according to an investigation by The Daily Caller News Foundation.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The documents, released in September, span months of communication and include messages from reporters ranging from a variety of outlets, including TheDCNF, The Washington Post and BuzzFeed.<\/p>\n<p>While the vast majority of correspondences between Mueller\u2019s spokesman Peter Carr and a variety of journalists ends with a \u201cno comment,\u201d the messages expose Mueller\u2019s team was willing to meet with a number of reporters in private meetings and over the phone.<\/p>\n<p>Coordinating such meetings cuts against the narrative that the special counsel has been hesitant to give information to the press, instead opting to give information only through public announcements and statements.<\/p>\n<p>The New York Times ran a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2018\/08\/16\/us\/politics\/special-counsel-investigation-mueller.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">story<\/a>\u00a0in August poking fun at the secrecy of the special counsel, with one reporter writing that Carr\u2019s \u201c\u2018no comment\u2019 replies have become a running dark joke among the Washington press corps.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/dailycaller.com\/2018\/09\/20\/texts-emails-mueller-relationship-press\/\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n<p>      <!-- END CONTENT --><\/p>\n<p style=\"color:#333; font-size:11px;\">This article was posted: Friday, September 21, 2018  at  5:56 am<\/p>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/><!-- share and follow --><br \/>\n      <!-- end of share and follow --><\/p>\n<div class=\"print_sub\">\n<h3 class=\"sub_titles\">&#13;<br \/>\n        \t<a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/released-text-messages-and-emails-show-mueller-teams-cozy-relationship-with-press.html\/print\/\" title=\"Print\" rel=\"nofollow\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"WP-PrintIcon\" src=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/wp-content\/plugins\/wp-print\/images\/printer_famfamfam.gif\" alt=\"Print\" title=\"Print\" style=\"border: 0px;\"\/><\/a><br \/>\nPrint this page.<\/h3>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<hr class=\"dotted_line\"\/>\n<p><!--\n      \n\n<div class=\"nextpage\">\n              <\/div>\n\n \n -->    <\/p>\n<p><!--\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Gm2pZEeYN0E?list=UUvsye7V9psc-APX6wV1twLg\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n--><\/p><\/div>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.prisonplanet.com\/released-text-messages-and-emails-show-mueller-teams-cozy-relationship-with-press.html\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Daily CallerSeptember 21, 2018 Hundreds of pages of emails and text messages released from the Department of Justice\u2019s (DOJ) special counsel\u2019s office through a Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) request show an ongoing relationship between Robert Mueller\u2019s team and the press, according to an investigation by The Daily Caller News Foundation. 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