Mueller Investigation pt 6

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plague311 said:
Republicans really, really don't seem to be interested in asking any questions. Just campaigning on behalf of Trump.
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That kind of worries me. This inability to criticize someone whom they hated during the early parts of his campaign shows how much they think they need his base for their own political viability.
 
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That kind of worries me. This inability to criticize someone whom they hated during the early parts of his campaign shows how much they think they need his base for their own political viability.
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True. In states that he barely won it might not pay off either. Though, in all honesty, with the gerrymandering about to come down the pipes it won't matter. They will just draw themselves a district they can win.
 
plague311 said:
Republicans really, really don't seem to be interested in asking any questions. Just campaigning on behalf of Trump.

Just a few notes though: Can someone get Nunes some ******* chapstick? Seriously, this guy and his lips are worse than Trump and his sniffs. Secondly, I missed part of it, has anyone specifically asked why charges weren't pressed with regards to the Trump Tower meeting?
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Schiff might come back to it, it might be part of the line that got interrupted when he ran out of time when another member yielded Schiff more time.
 
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Congressman Kelly Armstrong
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It's not enough for Mr. Mueller to be able to vouch for his team. Federal recusal law exists for a reason. The interest of justice demands that no perceived biases exist.

I can't imagine a judge I've appeared in front of who would be comfortable with these circumstances.
 
Rep. Stefanik: "I'm asking these questions just for the record."

No, you're not. "For the record" is not a question, it's a statement. You're asking questions to seed doubt, nothing else.
 
plague311 said:
Republicans really, really don't seem to be interested in asking any questions. Just campaigning on behalf of Trump.

Just a few notes though: Can someone get Nunes some ******* chapstick? Seriously, this guy and his lips are worse than Trump and his sniffs. Secondly, I missed part of it, has anyone specifically asked why charges weren't pressed with regards to the Trump Tower meeting?
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The main line for charges there would fairly certainly fall under campaign finance laws (like much of the rest of the crimes actually committed by members of the Trump campaign with relation to Russia) - which Mueller pointedly failed to pursue under reasoning that had been specifically disallowed by Congress and has previously failed in the courts. Also of some note is that the connection with the specific criminal cases that Mueller looked into wasn't established firmly, in addition to the difficulty in proving that, for example, the people in question knew that they were violating the law and the remarkable leniency that's been remarked upon - "case might have been lost on appeal" kind of thing.
 
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Welch just said that not establishing conspiracy isn't the same thing as not having any evidence of conspiracy, which Mueller agreed with.
 
I like that Peter Welch just made the point that not making charges doesn't mean they didn't find any evidence and is now going through the evidence.

That will hit home I think.

ETA: ninja'd by squeegee
 
"I hope it is not the new normal, but I fear it is" - Mueller on whether future elected officials would now feel obligated to report contacts with foreign agents.
 
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