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March 27, 2019
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-27/swedbank-laundering-case-reportedly-has-ties-to-paul-manafort
Swedbank Laundering Case Explodes With Alleged Manafort Link
Yet another Russia-related Manafort money laundering case. 
By Niklas Magnusson
March 27, 2019, 2:40 AM EDT Updated on March 27, 2019, 8:32 AM EDT
The Swedbank AB money laundering scandal widened as Sweden’s main broadcaster published a report alleging the bank misled U.S. authorities.
Former Trump campaign chairman and convicted felon Paul Manafort was among those to have received suspicious payments made through the Stockholm-based lender, the SVT network reported on Wednesday, amid intensifying scrutiny of Russian cash that passed through the bank’s Estonian unit.
March 27, 2019, 2:40 AM EDT Updated on March 27, 2019, 8:32 AM EDT
The Swedbank AB money laundering scandal widened as Sweden’s main broadcaster published a report alleging the bank misled U.S. authorities.
Former Trump campaign chairman and convicted felon Paul Manafort was among those to have received suspicious payments made through the Stockholm-based lender, the SVT network reported on Wednesday, amid intensifying scrutiny of Russian cash that passed through the bank’s Estonian unit.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2019-03-27/swedbank-laundering-case-reportedly-has-ties-to-paul-manafort
March 26, 2019
Why so many threads telling us what Republicans are saying?
Jesus fucking Christ. Yes, we all know what Republicans are doing. They are using Barr's cover-up to go on the attack and spread bullshit, lies and propaganda.
Now why the fuck does every other thread here have to tell us what some jackass Republican said? Why? For what purpose?
We all know already. It is not giving us any new information. It's not giving us information about the Mueller report.
Focus on getting the Mueller report released and helping Democrats do that.
Stop flooding DU with Republican bullshit, please.
March 25, 2019
https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1110292575238475776
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Felix Sater postponed because Dems want to spend time on Mueller report!
I take this as very good news. The Dems are focusing not just on Barr, but everyone else involved who ran the Mueller investigation.
New: The House Intel Committee is "working in parallel with other Committees to bring in senior officials from the DOJ, FBI and SCO to ensure that [we are] fully and currently informed about the SCO’s investigation, including all counterintelligence information." Sater postponed.
https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1110292575238475776
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March 24, 2019
https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1109811659403681798
CNN: The White House has not yet seen the report
FYI
The White House has not received or been briefed on the Mueller report as of Sunday morning.
President Trump and the aides who traveled with him to Palm Beach are still in wait-and-see mode. @kaitlancollins
President Trump and the aides who traveled with him to Palm Beach are still in wait-and-see mode. @kaitlancollins
https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1109811659403681798
March 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/mattzap/status/1109506469580419073
Barr will not report conclusions to Congress today
I think this means it's a big report! IMHO.
Attorney General William P. Barr will not submit the principal conclusions to Congress today, according to a senior Justice Department official.
https://twitter.com/mattzap/status/1109506469580419073
March 23, 2019
https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1109456317339631620
https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1109455837553197057
Barr and Rosenstein at the DOJ now. Barr is reviewing the report
As I've said, we should assume no one outside the DOJ knows what is in the report yet and Barr is still reading it.
From @LauraAJarrett:
Attorney General Bill Barr will continue reviewing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s confidential report today at the Justice Department.
Attorney General Bill Barr will continue reviewing Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s confidential report today at the Justice Department.
https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1109456317339631620
Busy day at DOJ
William Barr and Rod Rosenstein arrived a short time ago.
William Barr and Rod Rosenstein arrived a short time ago.
https://twitter.com/ShimonPro/status/1109455837553197057
March 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/nakashimae/status/1109195566242779137
Holy shit. It might be out. WashPo says House Judiciary will be told Barr has it.
BREAKING: The House Judiciary Committee is told to expect notification by 5pm that the Mueller report has been delivered to Barr
https://twitter.com/nakashimae/status/1109195566242779137
March 22, 2019
https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1109168161348292608
Mueller still wants Andrew Miller to testify to his grand jury
How the heck could a prosecutor know there are no more indictments when the grand jury hasn't even completed its work?
as we await Mueller's report: A lawyer for Andrew Miller, the longtime Roger Stone associate, tells me today that Mueller's office still wants Miller to testify before the grand jury. (Miller has been fighting the subpoena since last summer.)
https://twitter.com/NatashaBertrand/status/1109168161348292608
March 22, 2019
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/letter-deputy-attorney-general-rod-rosenstein-offers-potential/story?id=61847216
How does that make any sense at all? Why did Mueller's team spend all of this time and energy prosecuting Paul Manafort? The crimes he was charged with don't relate directly to Mueller's investigation, which is Russian interference and if there was coordination with the Trump campaign. Why did they bother to go through with two trials of Manafort (with one of the trials aborting because he pled guilty)? Why did they handle the cases themselves instead of just handing them off? Why did they then enter a cooperation agreement with him? And then why did they get so angry when he lied to them? Why did they go BACK to the court to argue he should be sentenced because he was lying to them? Why go through all the effort of monitoring Manafort's communications and then putting the paperwork together to demonstrate to the judge that he was lying?
They did all of that for nothing? When they could just simply have handed off the financial crimes case to another team?
I'm just stunned a reporter can put this in an article without also saying, "And this information sounds insane."
How can any reporter say no more indictments are coming?
I'm just absolutely flabbergasted that a reporter can put this in their story:
Sources familiar with the investigation believe there are no more indictments coming from the special counsel.
https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/letter-deputy-attorney-general-rod-rosenstein-offers-potential/story?id=61847216
How does that make any sense at all? Why did Mueller's team spend all of this time and energy prosecuting Paul Manafort? The crimes he was charged with don't relate directly to Mueller's investigation, which is Russian interference and if there was coordination with the Trump campaign. Why did they bother to go through with two trials of Manafort (with one of the trials aborting because he pled guilty)? Why did they handle the cases themselves instead of just handing them off? Why did they then enter a cooperation agreement with him? And then why did they get so angry when he lied to them? Why did they go BACK to the court to argue he should be sentenced because he was lying to them? Why go through all the effort of monitoring Manafort's communications and then putting the paperwork together to demonstrate to the judge that he was lying?
They did all of that for nothing? When they could just simply have handed off the financial crimes case to another team?
I'm just stunned a reporter can put this in an article without also saying, "And this information sounds insane."
March 21, 2019
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/mar/21/brexit-latest-news-eu-summit-article-50-extension-theresa-may-appeal-to-nation-backfires-as-mps-accuse-her-of-stoking-hate-politics-live?page=with:block-5c9411dce4b0480f6c0238e3#block-5c9411dce4b0480f6c0238e3
EU gives the UK until May 22nd, IF they approve Theresa May's deal
Some breaking news.
The European Council agrees to an extension until 22 May 2019, provided the withdrawal agreement is approved by the House of Commons next week. If the withdrawal agreement is not approved by the House of Commons next week, the European Council agrees to an extension until 12 April 2019 and expects the United Kingdom to indicate a way forward before this date for consideration by the European Council.
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So, in summary, the prime minister has been offered until 22 May if she gets her deal through the Commons. If she does not, she’d have until 12 April.
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So, in summary, the prime minister has been offered until 22 May if she gets her deal through the Commons. If she does not, she’d have until 12 April.
https://www.theguardian.com/politics/blog/live/2019/mar/21/brexit-latest-news-eu-summit-article-50-extension-theresa-may-appeal-to-nation-backfires-as-mps-accuse-her-of-stoking-hate-politics-live?page=with:block-5c9411dce4b0480f6c0238e3#block-5c9411dce4b0480f6c0238e3
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