Mueller Investigation pt 7

The Great Zaganza said:
Mueller is not quite onboard with the Pardon:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...mns-trump-for-commuting-roger-stones-sentence

Looks like Mueller's brilliant strategy of writing a long, stern letter and then wait for justice to happen didn't quite works as well he he thought it would.
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So he didn't speak up when he finished his report, and he barely said anything when Barr lied about the Mueller Report, and he didn't speak up during the impeachment inquiry, yet here he is with a big "stern letter" now because one of his little indictments was muddied.

Color me glad he's "concerned" now. :rolleyes:
 
Skeptic Ginger said:
So he didn't speak up when he finished his report, and he barely said anything when Barr lied about the Mueller Report, and he didn't speak up during the impeachment inquiry, yet here he is with a big "stern letter" now because one of his little indictments was muddied.

Color me glad he's "concerned" now. :rolleyes:
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Right? First Comey, then Mueller. Why are Republicans so cowardly?
 
The Great Zaganza said:
Mueller is not quite onboard with the Pardon:

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news...mns-trump-for-commuting-roger-stones-sentence

Looks like Mueller's brilliant strategy of writing a long, stern letter and then wait for justice to happen didn't quite works as well he he thought it would.
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Apparently after putting himself out there again with the OP-ed, Graham is going to get him before the judiciary committee. This will be the last chance for questions on both sides. Should be a good one.
 
Squeegee Beckenheim said:
Trump commutes Roger Stone's sentence
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Wasn't sure where to put this (since there's no dedicated Roger Stone thread), but since he was mentioned here...

Stone is back in the news:

From: NBC
Roger Stone, friend and former campaign adviser to President Donald Trump, called a Black radio host a racial slur on air Saturday while the two debated Stone's federal conviction.... Stone was silent, then it sounded like he was either away from the phone or covering it up when he said, "I don't really feel like arguing with this negro."

Stone has tried to defend himself by alternating claims that he didn't say it (even claiming that he is having a recording of the show analyzed to see if it has been altered), and that negro isn't actually a slur (because it is used in "united negro college fund").

To be honest, the strangest thing I found in the interview was this:

O'Kelly carried on with the interview, asking Stone about his plans to campaign for Trump. "As a private citizen, I will be active on the president's behalf...".

Stone got pardoned under very questionable circumstances, and while there may be a few Trumpanzees who think its just great that he got out of jail, I suspect that the last thing Stubby McBonespurs needs is Roger Stone running around reminding people how the guy who claimed he was going to "drain the swamp" released someone from jail because they were a friend.
 
Wolrab said:
Wiped cell phones? Nothing to see here folks.
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Depends. Question, do you know what the actual rules and standard practices related to such are, for example? If there are normal data saving requirements, was a backup/digital image made first?

It wouldn't be the first time that groups jumped to spurious conclusions of wrongdoing based on cherry picked facts that don't represent the whole picture well - and the people who have been trying to delegitimize what was actually done by the Mueller investigation have a history of forwarding a set of almost identical failed claims related to Hillary's e-mails.
 
Huh, this is old news, but seems to have missed this thread. As of July 2nd, more portions of the Mueller report were unredacted (those that were redacted due to ongoing matters - namely the trial of Stone). Here are links and a summary.

In brief: Trump and others in the campaign knew about and encouraged Stone and Wikileaks, Trump lied to Mueller, and he obstructed justice.

Nothing explosively new, but a little more than there was before.
 
Squeegee Beckenheim said:
Huh, this is old news, but seems to have missed this thread. As of July 2nd, more portions of the Mueller report were unredacted (those that were redacted due to ongoing matters - namely the trial of Stone). Here are links and a summary.

In brief: Trump and others in the campaign knew about and encouraged Stone and Wikileaks, Trump lied to Mueller, and he obstructed justice.

Nothing explosively new, but a little more than there was before.
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The latest Opening Arguments podcast had a segment on this.
 
A new book coming out by one of the people that worked on the Mueller investigation.

He has made comments that were... not entirely complementary.

From: CNBC
Andrew Weissmann, a former top deputy to Mueller, in his forthcoming book “Where Law Ends: Inside the Mueller Investigation,” faulted the special counsel and the office for not doing enough to fully investigate potential criminality and to push back on Trump’s efforts to undermine the investigation.

Among his complaints:
- Failing to compel Trump to testify (because they didn't want to have an "explosive confrontation" with the white house

- Reluctance to speak to members of Trump's family (such as not wanting to go after Ivanka because of how it would look in the right wing media, and cause Trump to shut down the investigation)

- Failing to state conclusively that Trump obstructed justice

I have to agree... I think that, even though Mueller did some good things, in the end he botched parts of the investigation and the resulting aftermath.
 
https://twitter.com/AndrewDesiderio/status/1314367289295331329

This is remarkable — a federal judge has ordered DOJ to confer with the WH about its official position on declassification of Russia docs in response to Trump’s tweets.

BuzzFeed is seeking access to the *entire* Mueller report based on Trump’s declassification order via tweet.
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Document embedded in tweet.

I can't find Trump's original tweet on his account, but here's a tweet with a screencap: https://twitter.com/MuellerSheWrote/status/1314374166552821761
 
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