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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsEXCLUSIVE: Get Ready for Mueller's Phase Two: The Middle East Connection
The Russia investigation is set to go global. In court filings due to drop in 2019, prosecutors will unveil Middle Eastern countries attempts to influence U.S. politics.
Erin Banco
12.13.18 5:00 AM ET
Over the past year, the indictments, convictions, and guilty pleas have largely been connected, in one way or another, to Russia. But now, Special Counsel Robert Muellers office is preparing to reveal to the public a different side of his investigation. In court filings that are set to drop in early 2019, prosecutors will begin to unveil Middle Eastern countries attempts to influence American politics, three sources familiar with this side of the probe told The Daily Beast. In other words, the so-called Russia investigation is set to go global.
While one part of the Mueller team has indicted Russian spies and troll-masters, another cadre has been spending its time focusing on how Middle Eastern countries pushed cash to Washington politicos in an attempt to sway policy under President Trumps administration. Various witnesses affiliated with the Trump campaign have been questioned about their conversations with deeply connected individuals from the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, and Israel, according to people familiar with the probe. Topics in those meetings ranged from the use of social media manipulation to help install Trump in the White House to the overthrow of the regime in Iran.
Now, according to those same sources, the Special Counsels Office is ready to outline what cooperating witnesses have told them about foreigners plans to help Trump win the presidency. Two sources with knowledge of the probe said Muellers team has for months discussed the possibility of issuing new charges on this side of the investigation.
If this is going to be unveiled, this would be like the surfacing of the submarine but on the other plank which we havent seen, said Harry Litman, a former U.S. attorney. I guess what Mueller has to date has turned out to be pretty rich and detailed and more than we anticipated. This could turn out to be a rich part of the overall story.
The switch in focus comes as Mueller winds down cooperation with former National Security Advisor Michael Flynn, who participated in 19 interviews with the special counsels team. In often-heavily redacted court documents made public over the last two weeks, the Special Counsels Office hinted at ways in which Flynn helped with its investigation into links between Trumpworld figures and the Russian government.
But Flynn was also involved in conversations with representatives and influential individuals from other foreign governments, including the UAE, Saudi Arabia, and Israelencounters The Daily Beast has reported over the last several months. Flynns cooperation with Mueller could bring new details about the scope of the special counsels probe into how individuals from those countries offered not only to help Trump win the presidential election, but also how they sought to influence foreign policy in the early days of the administration.
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EXCLUSIVE: Get Ready for Mueller's Phase Two: The Middle East Connection (Original Post)
DonViejo
Dec 2018
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TSheehan
(277 posts)1. YES. This is important.
The Trump-collusion rot is global.
Thank you, DonViejo!