It’s been a year since Robert Mueller began his look at ALL things Donald Trump and the possible Russian connections….
During this time Muller and his people have charged 19 people criminally…
Sent some off to jail ….
Spoken and questioned a lot of people….
And have made Donald Trump worry everyday if and when they will come for him….
While Trump’s new mouthpiece Rudy Giuliani goes around in the media making all kinds of predictions?
Robert Mueller continues to dig and dig…..
He is patiently waiting for Trump come in and sit-down for his Q & A session with him, that WILL eventually happen…Even if Trump has to be compelled to do so….
The BIG question’s will be?
Does Mueller’s boss, Ron Rosenstein, follow the Dept. of Justice view that a sitting President can’t be charged?
Does Mueller’s final report say Trump did illegal things anyways?
Does Trump fire Mueller?
Does Trump issue blanket pardons?
And of course?
What does the House of Representatives do?
Brush this whole thing off, or?…..
Begin impeachment hearings….
He’s todays reads….
One year into investigation, Mueller shows no signs of letting up
On May 17 of last year, acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein tapped Robert Mueller, who served more than a decade as director of the FBI, to investigate “any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump” and “prosecute federal crimes arising from the investigation of these matters.”
Since his appointment, Mueller and his team of hand-picked prosecutors have interviewed dozens of witnesses, issued eight indictments covering 19 individuals and three businesses, secured five guilty pleas, have two criminal cases headed to trial, and one individual already serving a prison sentence….
One year of Mueller’s special counsel investigation, by the numbers
Thursday marks one year since special counsel Robert Mueller was appointed to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 US election. Mueller took over an investigation that was first opened by since-fired FBI Director James Comey in July 2016, during the campaign.
Divisions deepen as Mueller probe hits one year
Partisan divisions over the federal investigation into Russia’s interference in the 2016 presidential election deepened Wednesday as new developments rippled across Capitol Hill.
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley (R-Iowa) started the day with the release of more than 2,000 pages of transcripts of interviews with Donald Trump Jr. and other participants in a controversial 2016 Trump Tower meeting with a Russian lawyer — a move that Democrats said signals an effort to prematurely end the committee’s investigation.
The Senate Intelligence Committee said it agrees with the intelligence community’s assessment (ICA) in 2016 that Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered an interference campaign in the U.S. election to help President Trump — breaking from its counterpart in the House.
And in the House, three members of the Freedom Caucus sent a letter to Trump asking him to intervene in their increasingly acrimonious battle with the Department of Justice over access to documents related to Mueller’s investigation….
Trump marks second year of Mueller ‘witch hunt’
President Trump on Thursday took shots at Robert Mueller‘s special counsel investigation as the probe into alleged collusion between the president’s campaign and Russia enters its second year.
The president in an early morning tweet again referred to the investigation as a “witch hunt.”
“Congratulations America, we are now into the second year of the greatest Witch Hunt in American History…and there is still No Collusion and No Obstruction. The only Collusion was that done by Democrats who were unable to win an Election despite the spending of far more money!” Trump tweeted….
Update….
Special counsel Robert Mueller appears to have provided a federal judge with an unredacted version of the Justice Department memo laying out the scope of his investigation and the potential crimes he’s authorized to pursue.
However, the memo — long sought after by President Donald Trump’s allies on Capitol Hill, who regularly accuse Mueller of overstepping his bounds — remains classified and not public, leaving its details hidden.
The document was filed as an “unredacted memorandum” under seal with the U.S. District Court’s Eastern District of Virginia, where Mueller is expected to try former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort on bank fraud charges….
The FBI agents assigned to Mueller’s team have been spolighted (Which is usual in a unsual case) by Poltico…Link…
image…washingtonpost.com
BTW?
The past Special Prosecutor probes lasted for up to SEVEN YEARS….
FiveThirtyEight: “We’ve taken a look at how Mueller’s first year measures up against the initial 12 months of other special counsel and independent counsel investigations. In terms of the number of charges he’s been able to file, Mueller is moving quickly. At one year after the formal appointment of a special or independent counsel, only the Watergate special prosecution force had obtained more indictments and guilty pleas.”
More Updates….
“President Trump’s allies are waging an increasingly aggressive campaign to undercut the Russia investigation by exposing the role of a top-secret FBI source,” the Washington Post reports.
“The extraordinary push begun by a cadre of Trump boosters on Capitol Hill now has champions across the GOP and throughout conservative media — and, as of Thursday, the first anniversary of Robert S. Mueller III’s appointment as special counsel, bears the imprimatur of the president.”
“The stakes are so high that the FBI has been working over the past two weeks to mitigate the potential damage if the source’s identity is revealed… The bureau is taking steps to protect other live investigations that the person has worked on, and trying to lessen any danger to associates if the informant’s identity becomes known.”
Politicalwire…
I can’t see this behind a Politicalwire paywall….
But Politicalwire is asking if Mueller is building a case against Donald Trump for Treason?
The Framers quite deliberately defined Treason in the narrowest possible, practical terms, in full awareness of how High Treason and Petty Treason had in earlier centuries been alleged by oppressive rulers against mere political adversaries. So such a charge against Trump, G.O.P. & Co. would have to surmount a very high barrier, making it (in my inexpert amateur opinion) about the least likely charge to come out of this cluster of investigations.
Article III, Section 3
Treason against the United States, shall consist only in levying War against them, or in adhering to their Enemies, giving them Aid and Comfort. No Person shall be convicted of Treason unless on the Testimony of two Witnesses to the same overt Act, or on Confession in open Court.
Maybe Taegan’s trolling for $$$ signups?
PoliticalWire often uses these eye catching “ headlines” as come ons for its paid content.
Yeah it’s an enticement for more sign ups.
I agree with DSD as to the a treason charge being a nonstarter for the reasons he mentioned.
So do !….
Trump adds to the fog surrounding Russia inquiry
President Trump and his allies over the past several days have pushed a new narrative as they attempt to draw into question the motives of law enforcement officials who have been investigating whether the president’s campaign colluded with Russia.
Extrapolated from granules of fact and stoked by widespread speculation in conservative media, it goes like this: There was an FBI informant operating covertly inside Trump’s campaign. Possibly. There could have been two informants. Perhaps. Trump was the victim of a widespread political conspiracy by federal law enforcement to entrap him. Maybe.
Maybe not….
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