The issue is a subpoena issued last August to a foreign corporation that has been challenged by that corporation as being outside of the jurisdiction of the United States. (Note - I was wrong in a previous blog - the subpoena was not sent to Hope Hicks.)
The challenge has been making its way through the courts since August, and so far every single US appeals court has said that there is no merit in the appeal - the corporation must obey the subpoena.
And now, with the only step left in the process being an appeal to the US Supreme Court, the Chief Justice, as the justice responsible for the courts that have heard the appeals so far, has stopped the process, and demanded that the government - a.k.a. Mueller - respond to certain arguments made by the foreign corporation in its challenge to the subpoena.
Why would he do this?
Conspiracy theorists will suggest that he may be corrupt! No he isn't.
I think he is doing his job and being exceptionally careful - making sure that every single argument being made by this foreign corporation to try to defeat the subpoena is thoroughly responded to and vetted prior to sending this appeal to the Supreme Court itself, where it will likely be defeated again.
Roberts would only do this if he thought the foreign company in question was of a higher than normal level of importance - hmmm...perhaps a Russian corporation operating in the USA, perhaps with direct ties to a certain foreign leader who may have engaged in certain nefarious activities?
Spoiler Alert!!!
Russia is a kleptocracy, where the leader and his minions have been slowly stealing the wealth of that country. To make this work, they needed a stooge to help them launder their ill-gotten gains...as in, someone who has a life history of constant financial difficulties.
Stay tuned.
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