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POSTED BY: BRIAN KRASSENSTEIN OCTOBER 3, 2017
Because of the tragic shooting, which took place in Las Vegas to start the week off, much of the media and the publics attention was obviously focused away from the ongoing Trump/Russia investigation. That, by no means, should indicate that things have stalled. In fact, the last 36 hours have been incredibly eventful from a media perspective. There are three major stories which broke over the last 12-36 hours, related to the Trump/Russia investigation. Below is a brief summary of each, just in case you may have missed them.
Mueller Tasks an Adviser With Getting Ahead of Possible Preemptive Trump Pardons
Bloomberg is reporting this morning that Robert Mueller has tasked one of his key advisers, Michael Dreeben, at trying to get ahead of any possible preemptive pardon that President Trump may decide to use on his campaign staff, administration officials, family members or even himself. Dreeben is a career government lawyer who has made more than 100 Supreme Court appearances. According to Bloomberg, Dreeban has been tasked with studying past presidential pardons in order to figure out what, if any limits, apply to the President should he decide to begin to issue free passes to those around him.
Jared Kushner & Ivanka Trump Had a Third Private Email Account Which Received 100s of White House Emails
It was reported last night that Jared Kushner and Ivanka Trump didnt only each use their own personal emails to receive correspondence from the White House, but that there was a third private email account used by the couple and the Kushner family to receive emails from the White House. According to sources speaking to Politico on the condition of anonymity, the topics discussed in these emails included non-public travel documents, internal schedules and official White House materials.
New Manafort Emails Expose Quid Pro Quo With Russia
It has already been assumed that Paul Manafort had deep ties with those close to the Kremlin, but details on emails which leaked this week now indicate that there was a clear quid pro quo between Manafort and a Russian oligarch. According to the emails released by The Atlantic, Manafort used his position within the Trump campaign to try and curry favors with Putin ally, Vladimirovich Deripaska.
Absolutely, every article, Kilimnik responded a few hours later from Kiev.
How do we use to get whole, Manafort asks. Has OVD [Oleg Vladimirovich Deripaska, a Russian oligarch and one of Russias richest men] operation seen?
http://ir.net/news/politics/127596/three-major-bombshell-trumprussia-stories-missed-yesterday
ghostsinthemachine
(3,569 posts)PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)At the Bloomberg link, there's a good video about Robert Mueller that's worth watching.
This dedicated, honorable man is doing the most important work of his life. Godspeed, Sir!
K&R
brush
(53,472 posts)on their agenda.
Hortensis
(58,785 posts)another good person would be. They're not really in short supply, and our government institutions are proving to be more resilient and less easy to corrupt than we feared.
Duppers
(28,094 posts)Damn glad to hear this news.
BigmanPigman
(51,432 posts)Last edited Wed Oct 4, 2017, 08:38 AM - Edit history (1)
and thinking what the fake prez could possibly due to save his ass and his staff/family. He had better not be allowed to pardon anyone! If there is no precedent (and there isn't for much of what has been happening) I wonder what they can legally do to stop him from derailing the whole thing as it gets closer and closer to him personally.
DAMANgoldberg
(1,278 posts)Evidence encrypted sharing with his office. Can't pardon for state crimes in New York, and they would have standing.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)iluvtennis
(19,757 posts)rurallib
(62,346 posts)you are one of the big reasons I come to DU!
oasis
(49,151 posts)genxlib
(5,507 posts)That last one slipped by me. there has been a lot reported about Manafort and ties to the Ukraine. But I don't think I have seen it laid out quite that starkly.
I can only imagine what Mueller knows if this is the publicly available stuff.
I swear I need one of those bulletin boards with the photos, pins and strings to follow this story. I think the biggest problem my yet be that it is simply too complicated for the average American to pay attention to.
NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)Like most people, I was careening between sorrow and rage yesterday. None of this looks good for Trumpdom!
gopiscrap
(23,674 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)Every 5th word out of Andrea's mouth during the campaign was, EMAILS.
SunSeeker
(51,369 posts)Hortensis
(58,785 posts)FakeNoose
(32,351 posts)We already knew about Manafort's (Trump's) quid pro quo with Putin so yeah, it's nice to know they can prove it now.
But the 2nd one about the secret private emails between the Kushners and the White House. Cheeto never sends emails because he can't type (or spell.) So he probably had one of his staff sending stuff to the Kushners, including travel plans and meet-ups with certain Russians. This is where the shit gets real.
NewJeffCT
(56,827 posts)I know Trump has been advised not to do it, but he's not very good at listening to the advice of others. Plus, if he feels Team Mueller closing in, he may think he has no other option.
With Watergate, there were a few honorable Republicans that convinced Nixon to resign. With Republicans driving the media coverage and far less honor among Republicans, can we expect a repeat even if Trump's crimes are far more serious than Nixon's crimes?
(Grassley has been preparing a bill to prevent the firing of Mueller for a while now - will it ever see the light of day? Can we even trust he's actually doing this?)
LudwigPastorius
(8,944 posts)The good news: This means that Mueller expects, or is preparing, to seek indictments and possibly prosecute people.
The bad news: The power of presidential pardon is explicit and broad according to the Constitution and legal precedent. Dreeben would have to be a wizard to get the conservative-leaning Supreme Court to abandon stare decisis and rule that a pre-emptive pardon is unconstitutional.
Ilsa
(61,675 posts)Didn't know about pre-empting pardons and Manafort.
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(51,129 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,440 posts)At some point in our history, treason must have carried a death penalty. Anyone know?
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