prediction: the *initial* mueller report spin will appear to exonerate donnie. *however*,

[unblock]

- there are sealed indictments, some of which may relate to the mueller investigation.

- the justice department may yet indict people who have been investigated by mueller.

- sdny is investigating.

- other jurisdictions may be investigating as well.

- the initial spin will be dominated by barr's interpretation and he is a donnie hack.

- the immediate subsequent spin will be dominated by donnie and the usual gang of right-wing media hacks.

- subsequent facts will come out more slowly.


i'm prepared to be disappointed in the short run, but i remain cautiously optimistic about the long run.

[walkingman]

1. The only hope of knowing the truth is the SDNY - Shitass and his cronies will deny forever.

[C_U_L8R]

2. There's also a possibility

That the report contains all the evidence needed to ouster and convict the oranganus. We just don’t know.

[Thomas Hurt]

3. If it does say there is not enough evidence on Trump...

I am kind of curious as to how the trumpists are going to explain all the liberal bias, 17 dems, witch hunt etc protestations.

Mueller will be a Republican again in an instant.

[unblock]

18. They will instantly shift talking points.

No Donnie indictment means he's a perfectly legitimate law-abiding citizen and the entire exercise was a waste of fine and government money. Count on that being the spin....

[Maeve]

4. We know the NY AG is doing some investigating

Hang in there, folks. The fat lady hasn't sung yet.

[Mystery sage]

9. That's right as far as we know

The opera theater is just filling up seats right now. Outside of some birds in cages nobody has sung anything yet.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

5. If Spanky had a heads-up and it exonerates him, why has he been acting even crazier than usual?

[unblock]

13. I'm not saying *the report* exonerates him. Just talking about the spin.

In fact I'd wager that the report has some pretty damning stuff in it. But Donnie and his minions will soon any non-indictment as complete exoneration.

Moreover, the initial excerpts will also be the ones Donnie wants in the media first. We'll find out about the worse stuff later.

[yowzayowzayowza]

6. Concur with your assessment. n/t

[Qutzupalotl]

7. The files being carted out suggests

to me that the bulk of the prosecutions are going to come from other agencies, such as US attorneys and state AGs. In that scenario, the prosecutions would be still pending. Some indictments may exist under seal and be revealed at an opportune time.

[lancelyons]

8. It seems like Trump DID NOT conspire and did not COLLUDE. let it go.

As much as we wanted this it appears like there isnt enough evidence for Mueller to conclude that Trump conspired.

Yes he tried to cover up the purpose of the Trump Tower meeting but that doesnt mean anything.

There will be no further indictments.

[babylonsister]

11. Let it go? I don't think so. nt

[Eko]

12. You could be right or wrong on that.

The report could indeed show that he did but they wont indict him per DOJ guidelines.

[unblock]

15. Uh, nixon got the boot due to trying to shut down an investigation.

Sometimes the cover-up is worse than the original crime.

IMHO, Donnie has made repeated attempts to interfere and should be held to account for that, even if he had nothing to do with Russia (not that I believe that, either...).

[lancelyons]

20. That isn't happening.

We need to focus on winning the presidency in 2020 which will get tougher if the economy stays strong.

We need a massive amount of liberals moving to red states to try and change the senate map.

[shockey80]

10. I would like to remind everyone about this.

If the report says no conspiracy and no obstruction of justice. Everything Trump has done becomes normalized for all time. Think about that.

[former9thward]

14. There are no more indictments from Mueller.

There is zero evidence of any "sealed indictments" relating to Mueller. People have been pushing that for almost a year. It is long past its smell date.

[unblock]

17. You have no evidence for that assertion either.

We know there are some sealed indictments. We just don't know if they're mueller's or not. Time will tell.

[former9thward]

19. There are always sealed indictments in every district court.

There were 50 years ago and will be 50 years from now. DOJ says there is no more indictments relating to this investigation. If you want to believe different so be it.


Special counsel Robert S. Mueller III has not recommended any more indictments in his final report, Justice Dept. official says

https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/mueller-report-sent-to-attorney-general-signaling-his-russia-investigation-has-ended/2019/03/22/b061d8fa-323e-11e9-813a-0ab2f17e305b_story.html?utm_term=.4c038138bbc9&wpisrc=al_news__alert-politics--alert-national&wpmk=1

[mcar]

16. I agree