[View here as a Twitter thread] Trump told Comey he didn’t stay overnight in Moscow for the Miss Universe visit. Bloomberg has flight records showing he landed on a Friday, left pre-dawn Sunday after pageant. Inch by inch, the Steele Dossier allegations are being substantiated. It remains to be seen whether this (or anything) will …
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[View here as a Twitter thread] (thread) As most people following the Mueller probe have suspected, the two new docs Mueller filed make clear that he’s revealed only a portion of what he knows. 1/ This doc was filed in advance of van Der Zwaan’s sentencing today: courthousenews.com/wp-content/upl… Contains: “van Der Zwaag is in the unusual …
[View here as a Twitter thread] (thread) What comes next? Can Mueller save the U.S. from a right wing authoritarian takeover? No, says NYU law prof. Bob Bauer in this rather discouraging opinion piece. 2/ The DOJ has said a sitting president cannot be indicted [SCOTUS, not DOJ is the final authority, but the …
A new lawsuit was just filed attacking the Mueller probe. The complaint is here: assets.documentcloud.org/documents/4412… 2/ A Constitutional appellate lawyer, Schaerr, representing an unnamed member of Trump’s campaign and transition, is suing the government for records, looking for evidence that the intel agencies illegally “unmasked” (under the FISA warrant) members of the Trump team 3/ Manafort …
[View here as a Twitter thread] (thread) So Mueller subpoenaed Trump Org. records. cnn.com/2018/03/15/pol… What might this mean? My guess: Mueller already has proof of criminal activity. Here’s why: He can get tax records from the IRS and bank records from banks. He doesn’t need to go through Trump org. 2/ Plus he has testimony from …
[View here as a Twitter thread] (thread) Interesting prediction on where Mueller is going based on how he charged the 13 Russians who interferred in our election. lawfareblog.com/about-russia-i… Here’s a quick summary. . . 2/ facts: 13 Russians stole American identities & posed as real Americans to create discord & spread distrust in our political system. …
Quick summary of the agreements and Indictments filed so far in the Mueller probe. With such a wide-ranging probe, I think an overview is helpful. As more are filed, I’ll add them. If you want more info, including links, it’s here 1/ Papadopoulos, guilty plea, 10/5/17 (false statements) On 4/26/16 he learned from Kremlin agent …
