What we've learned From Mueller's investigation so far

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By Margaret Hartmann and Nick Tabor

... George Papadopoulos lied to the FBI about Russian contacts ... Paul Manafort and Rick Gates allegedly laundered millions, conspired against US ... A Dutch lawyer already served time ... Michael Flynn lied to the FBI about the Russian ambassador ... Russians engaged in an elaborate scheme to sway the election in Trump’s favor ... Paul Manafort tried to get in Mueller’s way ... Manafort kept on lying after pleading guilty ... The Russians tried to crack Hillary Clinton’s servers the very day Trump asked them to ... Michael Cohen continued lying after the campaign ... Roger Stone allegedly made false statements to Congress ...

http://nymag.com/intelligencer/article/robert-mueller-investigation-what-we-know.html

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1. I thought that drumph already knew about the hacking before he asked them to do it.

as did ghouliani.

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2. Trump steps up effort to discredit Mueller's Russia report

Politics Mar 22, 2019 9:02 AM EDT

... In an interview with Fox Business Network to be aired Friday, Trump said: “I have a deputy, appoints a man to write a report on me, to make a determination on my presidency. People will not stand for it.”

Trump’s comments came as special counsel Robert Mueller is expected to soon deliver a report to the Justice Department on his investigation into Russian election meddling.

Trump complained about Mueller’s appointment, calling him a “best friend” to James Comey, who succeeded Mueller as FBI director. Trump fired Comey while he was leading an investigation into possible collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. There is no evidence the two are close friends ...

https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-steps-up-effort-to-discredit-muellers-russia-report

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3. Man I hope this doesn just amount to nothing more than a cover up

I am starting to have a feeling that Mueller is being overruled or is starting to give his R side a little room.

Its not a great picture for sure and its a bit of doom and gloom but I cant seem to shake this.

The R's are so corrupt but the Dems cant do anything about it but complain.

We Dems will get nailed for farting and burping wrong while the R's rape pillage and plunder.

Their strategy seems to be working.

The Dems strategy of Complain doesnt seem to be working. If if we win the presidency and have the house as well, the Senate almost seems gone from D control forever.

The maps for Senators is Stacked against Dems
the maps for Representatives is stacked against the DEMS

The Presidency is one thing thats achievable but if you dont have the house and or senate then you dont have the ability to get anything done.


This sure seems like the Republicans have the more effective approach even though its NASTY and DEPLORABLE.

Throw in that they seem to have Religion and Companies/corporations on their side.

Just not feeling real positive

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4. Trump says he does not mind if public sees Mueller's Russia probe report

MARCH 22, 2019 / 8:54 AM / UPDATED 3 HOURS AGO
Steve Holland

... “Let it come out, let people see it, that’s up to the attorney general ... and we’ll see what happens,” Trump told reporters at the White House.

“We’ll see if it’s fair,” he added ...

https://www.reuters.com/article/uk-usa-trump-russia-mueller/trump-says-he-does-not-mind-if-public-sees-muellers-russia-probe-report-idUSKCN1R125U

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5. Thats because he knows its not going to show anything

Either

1. There was no collusion and it was just an attack by Dems from the git go.
2. There was collusion and the Mueller team is limited on what they can do by the new Attorney general.


In either case, if it comes out that no evidence of collusion was found (either way.. it was not allowed to come out or covered up) Trump and the GOP will be pushing this for the next month. They will also push the narrative that the SPOILED COMPLAINING Dems are continuing to investigate something that Mueller's team exonerated him from. This WILL NOT BE GOOD for the DEMS.

I sure hope we have some strong committee chairman in place.

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6. 10 must-reads about Trump and Russia

MOTHER JONES
MARCH 22, 2019 11:07 AM

Robert Mueller Has Raised Big Trump-Russia Questions. Will His Report Answer Them?

Yes, There Was Collusion. Look at the Manafort Case

Donald Trump Was Always a Counterintelligence Nightmare

Remember the Big Story in the Russia Scandal: Donald Trump Betrayed America

Mueller Is Examining Roger Stone’s Emails

Donald Trump Is Getting Away With the Biggest Scandal in American History

The Very Strange Case of Two Russian Gun Lovers, the NRA, and Donald Trump

A Putin-Friendly Oligarch’s Top US Executive Donated $285,000 to Trump

The Spy Who Wrote the Trump-Russia Memos: It Was Hair-Raising Stuff

A Veteran Spy Has Given the FBI Information Alleging a Russian Operation to Cultivate Donald Trump

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2019/03/we-already-know-there-was-collusion/

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7. Where the investigations stand

By ASSOCIATED PRESS
Published: March 22, 2019

... the evidence so far shows that a broad range of Trump associates had Russia-related contacts during the 2016 presidential campaign and transition period, and several lied about the communications.

There is evidence that some people in Trump's orbit were discussing a possible email dump from WikiLeaks before it occurred. American intelligence agencies and Mueller have said Russia was the source of hacked material released by the anti-secrecy group WikiLeaks during the campaign that was damaging to Democrat Hillary Clinton's presidential effort ...

https://www.stripes.com/news/us/where-the-investigations-related-to-president-trump-stand-1.573829