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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsMueller "appears to have uncovered details of a far-reaching Russian political-influence campaign."
This nugget stood out for me:
Mueller "appears to have uncovered details of a far-reaching Russian political-influence campaign." Anderson predicted that the conspiracy would prove to involve wire fraud, mail fraud and moving money around illicitly between countries. He said more informants are likely to emerge, and declared, "When the people who may be cooperating with the investigation start consensually recording conversations, it's all over.""
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-12-10/the-trump-russia-probe-is-about-to-get-uglier
Hoyt
(54,770 posts)ffr
(22,674 posts)ffr
(22,674 posts)F-yeah!
I just want to piss on the 33% who still support this turd and his enablers, the unpatriots!
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,123 posts)dhol82
(9,353 posts)This will get really, really ugly!
InAbLuEsTaTe
(24,123 posts)will just make it more satisfying when he does get his "just desserts".
Iahotdog
(119 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,557 posts)BigmanPigman
(51,646 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,557 posts)Not sure what kind of music we shall hear.
NewJeffCT
(56,829 posts)then they won't exactly rally to Mueller's defense when Trump gets him fired... they'll wring their hands, issue a few sternly worded tweets and look troubled on the nightly news, but it remains to be seen if we get actual action.
Irish_Dem
(47,557 posts)Chasstev365
(5,191 posts)Iahotdog
(119 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,557 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,557 posts)CrispyQ
(36,544 posts)Bluepinky
(2,276 posts)Both want to win at all costs and will sell their souls to achieve what they want. Neither of them appears to have a conscience. Both have been very effective in how they operate, and they have both helped to undermine our democracy, but by bit (along with many others). The difference is that McConnell has a veneer of civility, whereas Rove has always been a cheap skank.
Ligyron
(7,640 posts)Looks like some weird species of testudinata to me.
Iahotdog
(119 posts)JHan
(10,173 posts)McConnell put craven politics ahead of country, so too Paul Ryan and the whole lot of them.
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)I suspect Mueller's just at the tip of the iceberg of the Russian connex to the entire Republican economic infrastructure. They share the same tactics and agenda.
red dog 1
(27,884 posts)So, according to Bloomberg, Diaper Don said "he wouldn't tell Congress about conversations he had with his father about his 2016 meeting with a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer, invoking a dubious claim of attorney-client privilege."??
"Attorney-Client privilege"?
Because the woman who was offering Russian help for Trump to defeat Clinton was a lawyer?
(Diaper Don better not try that shit with Mueller)
K&R
Shrike47
(6,913 posts)explaining to do.
brush
(53,925 posts)That crappola won't fly with Mueller.
Egnever
(21,506 posts)Much of this has been reported on for over a year.
I am sure he is making the hard connections but this should not come as a surprise to anyone.
certainot
(9,090 posts)nini
(16,672 posts)This has been planned and going on for some time.
I wouldn't be surprised if lots of members of congress are involved.
Norbert10
(61 posts)Renew Deal
(81,887 posts)Something big is going to happen
sakabatou
(42,186 posts)populistdriven
(5,644 posts)bdamomma
(63,941 posts)in the stall next to him.
Botany
(70,619 posts)"The constant revelations create such a blur that context sometimes is overlooked. Trump and his
operatives have lied repeatedly, denying that they had any contacts with Russians. Now we now
know of at least 19 meetings among 31 interactions."
https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-12-10/the-trump-russia-probe-is-about-to-get-uglier
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Once he finds that money, it is all over.
bdamomma
(63,941 posts)so creative and hopefully coming true.
Pachamama
(16,887 posts)...I am predicting it will be shown by Mueller it went deep into the Legislative Branch too....
Botany
(70,619 posts)ProfessorGAC
(65,291 posts)He's a useful idiot to this crowd. I don't think he's in jake on this. I don't think he's smart enough to be involved, and not rich enough to be trusted.
He's certainly a convenient distraction, though.
Botany
(70,619 posts)Theres two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump, McCarthy said, according to Entous, a superb reporter who heard a tape recording of the colloquy. Swear to God.
Dana Rohrabacher is a Republican from California with a peculiar amalgam of views: pro-marijuana, dubious about climate change, pro-torture. For this last position, in 2007, Keith Olbermann awarded him his periodic Worst Person in the World award, on his old MSNBC show. Like Trump, Rohrabacher has been highly solicitous of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Last year, Politico ran an article on Rohrabacher called Putins Favorite Congressman.
In the Post piece, McCarthys remark is met with laughter, and Ryan cautions his colleagues, This is an off the record . . . No leaks! . . . All right?
And then, amid more laughter, Ryan says, This is how we know were a real family here.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/paul-ryan-keeps-it-family-kevin-mccarthy-russia-trump
ProfessorGAC
(65,291 posts). . .does not preclude being kept close by. I get where you're going, but being a stooge might require that he feel like he's part of the tribe.