Looks like “Leningrad Lindsey” Graham may be setting up a trap — for himself: Sen. Graham says Mueller may be invited to testify in wake of op-ed on Trump’s commutation of Stone sentence Actually, that’s “will,” not “may”: “Apparently Mr. Mueller is willing — and also capable — of defending the Mueller investigation through an…
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from Red Lobster to Red Herring, will we learn about the deal Flynn made with Kislyak, Oh Mother…
Hot, polluted water is identified in a WaPo op-ed by John Gleeson, David O’Neil and Marshall Miller, on the withdrawal of Michael Flynn charges. What will knowing the content of the 2016 Sergey Kislyak — Michael Flynn phone call tell us. Flynn wants lobster and Barr will get it for him, except now we need to drop it…
Flynn charges could be dropped just as new Mueller documents are unsealed
Remember that DoJ dropping charges against Flynn is being done in the context of a diversion and a pandemic. There are Mueller investigation files being unsealed. With imminent release of #RussiaTranscripts Fox News is already spinning it as raising doubts about @RepAdamSchiff saying there was evidence of collusion. So, here's a reminder: Mueller Report found…
dropping Flynn charges just as new Mueller documents are unsealed, darn coincidences
Remember that DoJ dropping charges against Flynn is being done in the context of a diversion and a pandemic. There are Mueller investigation files being unsealed. x With imminent release of #RussiaTranscripts Fox News is already spinning it as raising doubts about @RepAdamSchiff saying there was evidence of collusion. So, here's a reminder: Mueller Report…
a desperate Trump amplifies QAnon conspiracy theories perhaps rationalizing a Flynn pardon
Trump is just a free-rider doing QAnon retweets, continuing the proof of Trump unhingery, spreading chaos because bad news for him is coming on May Day. Using the latest FBI notes, Trump may be prepping the ground for a Michael Flynn pardon and is trying to get base attention even though Flynn remains guilty. The weirder…
The Michael Cohen book is coming out before election day (and Trump is scared shiftless)
Trump’s ex-lawyer has not been shiftless while hiding his light under a gray-bar bushel. Donald Trump’s former lawyer, Michael Cohen, has spent his time behind bars writing a potentially explosive tell-all book about life with the president, reports say. Three people familiar with the project told The Daily Beast that Cohen – who is being released early from prison…
using a (Roger) Stone to pound: table, process, facts
Still unfinished business as the Roger Stone trial overcomes food poisoning to continue, and Trump’s possible lies to the Special Counsel may emerge. Follow @dfriedman33 for up-to-date reporting on the Roger Stone trial! And here's the story on why this trial could be bad news for @realDonaldTrump:https://t.co/cAM8nZAFZi https://t.co/7Ekh6wujHV — David Corn (@DavidCornDC) November 6, 2019…
“Wow, OK” DoJ denies House access to Mueller grand jury material because Nixon made the same mistake
Incredulous how DoJ is arguing that Watergate is a bad precedent, then again this is an administration of alternative facts and revisionist history. "Wow, O.K.," responded U.S. Chief District Judge Beryl A. Howell of Washington, D.C., sounding unpersuaded. "As I said, the department is taking an extraordinary position in this case." — Spencer Hsu (@hsu_spencer) October 8,…
An Optic(al)Collusion
How superficial has America become? Am I to believe, that because Robert Mueller did not bare his back like Denzel Washington in the hit film ‘Glory’ or yell out of the window reminiscent of Howard Beale in the movie ‘Network’ his testimony is now to be treated like chum thrown from the back of the…
Warren on impeachment: 'Every single person in Congress should be called on to vote'
Progressives and a smattering of non-cowardly conservatives have gone on record as saying Donald Trump is a straight-up criminal who is (badly) masquerading as a pr*sident. But because so many Republican members of Congress have bone spurs where their spines should be, the chance of an impeachment and a conviction is virtually nil. But that…
This is not a movie. This is our constitution. Tired of the complaints of optics.
People are addicted to theatrics, not fact. This is sad to see so many, especially the media criticizing Bob Mueller. The man is a man of honor and fact finding. He is not one of the Kardashians or even another reality star trying to grab the spotlight. The republicans like old Matt and Jordan have…
Back in 1990..laying all business aside
I am a regular citizen. I used to work as a dispatcher for the Police dept. I got a subpoena to appear before a court as a witness regarding an arrest made on an assault charge and my witness report was part of the evidence. I was not politely asked to come before the court. I…
The “Everything Terrible Trump Has Done So Far” Omnibus (Week 117)
As part of the ongoing project to catalog every awful thing the Trump Administration has done as a reference for future political arguments and whatever few posterity survives to see 2020, here’s everything awful the Trump Administration has done this week. ____________________________________________________________________________ 1336. Offered to pardon the Secretary of Homeland Security if the law was broken…
A Lawyer's Reading of the Barr Letter
Amid all the sturm and drang (on all sides and in all directions) over the Barr Letter on the Mueller Report, I came across this WaPo op-ed by Henry Olsen, currently a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. Granted, that is a conservative faith-based outfit, and Olsen has also worked for the…
Dems may subpoena Mueller if report isn't made public
This is why elections matter. Instead of two more years of useless Benghazi or email hearings, we get this. From Bloomberg: Democrats in Congress may seek to subpoena Special Counsel Robert Mueller or the results of his Russia probe if the results — expected to be submitted to the Justice Department as early as next…
Russia expert: All signs point to Trump being compromised by Putin
Tom Nichols is a national security professor at the Naval War College and a Russia expert, and he just said out loud what, well, I and everyone at DKos say out loud, too: namely that Trump is way, way compromised by Putin’s Russia. Then again, Nichols is a Russia expert and my Russia expertise is pretty…
Whoa! Mueller interviewed John Kelly in connection with obstruction probe
From CNN: White House chief of staff John Kelly was interviewed by special counsel Robert Mueller's team in recent months, three people with knowledge of the matter told CNN. Kelly responded to a narrow set of questions from special counsel investigators after White House lawyers initially objected to Mueller's request to do the interview…
Trump sticks solemn Pearl Harbor tribute in between two crazy witch hunt tweets
You can tell when someone other than Donald J. Trump has commandeered his Twitter feed, because normal human things sporadically show up on it. This morning is a prime example. In the span of about an hour, this happened: x It has been incorrectly reported that Rudy Giuliani and others will not be doing a…
Why No Plea Deal for Manafort? Because Manafort is a Blockhead.
I’m convinced that Manafort is just a blockhead. Tierney Sneed of TPM is reporting that Manafort’s attempts to negotiate with Mueller about avoiding a D.C. trial have proven “unsuccessful.” Now, this is from an article in the Wall Street Journal, but they vaguely claim that the talks feel through because of “issues raised by Mueller.”…
