Mueller Delivers Report on Russia Investigation to Attorney General

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Trump claims Democrats have ‘stollen’ two years of his presidency with Mueller investigation

Ignorant, stupid, illiterate President Donald Trump seems to have forgotten that

he is the reason the special counsel’s investigation

was called by his own Department of Justice and

Democrats had nothing to do with the investigations.

In a Sunday of misspelled Twitter rants,

Trump proclaimed his economy was the best in the world and of all time.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/tru...e+Raw+Story%29

stupid, ignorant, corrupt, fraud, illiterate, mentally ill, emotionally stunted, a ing cretin.

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Trump made House Republicans look like complete fools

House and Senate Republicans have maintained that the most crucial thing in the special counsel’s investigation is transparency for them and the public.

Now, suddenly, things have changed, leaving them in an awkward predicament.

President Donald Trump and his fellow Republicans repeated over and over that the full report from Robert Mueller would be available.

They all promised that Mueller should and would testify to the House and Senate.

They even promised Attorney General Bill Barr would answer questions before the House and Senate,

Republicans in the House demanded in April that Mueller testify “immediately.”

Rep. Doug Collins (R-GA) demanded Rep. Jerry Nadler (D-NY) call Mueller to testify immediately.

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/trump-made-house-republicans-look-like-complete-fools/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaig n=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29

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Trump Says It Directly: "Mueller Should Not Testify"

"No redos for the Dems!" the president bizarrely declared in a tweet

https://www.commondreams.org/news/20...?cd-origin=rss

Welp...


that did not take long.

The Cover up continues...let's see if Mueller is who we think he is...


or has Trump eaten his soul also?

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House panel issues report citing Barr for contempt


https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...2F+Top+News%29


"Lock 'im up!"

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House panel issues report citing Barr for contempt

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...2F+Top+News%29

"Lock 'im up!"

I bet Pelosi does nothing effective but talk, at most

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House panel issues report citing Barr for contempt

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...2F+Top+News%29

"Lock 'im up!"

I bet Pelosi does nothing effective but talk, at most

Not much she can do - but at the very least - allow this to just go to the courts -

precious time is being wasted "asking" these criminals to follow the law.

that. They are criminals and will do what criminals do - commit crimes.

Just take them all to court and see if the judges have any integrity left.

Also - why is Trump now against allowing the man who "fully exonerated" him to testify under oath - unrestricted?


The cover up continues...but sure, go ahead and believe a word they say and go ahead and defend the criminals who are stealing your democracy - trump turds.

[RandomGuy]

Mueller report pretty clearly shows what would commonly be considered to be collusion.

Tell you what, provide a working definition of the word that you accept, and we can walk through the report findings to see what it actually found.

col·lu·sion
/kəˈlo͞oZHən/
noun
noun: collusion

secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others.

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Secret or illegal cooperation, especially to cheat or deceive others. There is the start.

Good.

Now we can begin to go through what they found. Plenty of material to work with.

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"Not much she can do"

if he refuses a subpoena, she can order the sergeant-at-arms to arrest Bar.

I'm damn sure the Repugs would do it to Dem AG.

[TSA]

Secret or illegal cooperation, especially to cheat or deceive others. There is the start.

Good.

Now we can begin to go through what they found. Plenty of material to work with.

col·lu·sion
/kəˈlo͞oZHən/
noun
noun: collusion

secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others.

1. "The investigation did not establish that members of the Trump Campaign conspired or coordinated with the Russian government in its election interference activities."

2. "The investigation examined whether [contacts between Russia and Trump figures] involved or resulted in coordination or a conspiracy with the Trump Campaign and Russia, including with respect to Russia providing assistance to the Campaign in exchange for any sort of favorable treatment in the future. Based on the available information, the investigation did not establish such coordination."

3. "The investigation did not establish that [Carter] Page coordinated with the Russian government in its efforts to interfere with the 2016 election."

4. "The Office did not identify evidence in those [contacts between Russians and people around Trump after the GOP convention] of coordination between the Campaign and the Russian government."

5. "The Office did not identify evidence of a connection between Manafort's sharing polling data and Russia's interference in the election ... [and] the investigation did not establish that Manafort otherwise coordinated with the Russian government on its election-interference efforts."

6. "The investigation did not establish that these [contacts between Russians and people around Trump during the transition] reflected or cons uted coordination between the Trump Campaign and Russia in its election interference activities."

7. "The investigation did not identify evidence that any U.S. persons conspired or coordinated with the [Russian disinformation campaign]."

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Not much she can do - but at the very least - allow this to just go to the courts -

precious time is being wasted "asking" these criminals to follow the law.

that. They are criminals and will do what criminals do - commit crimes.

Just take them all to court and see if the judges have any integrity left.

Also - why is Trump now against allowing the man who "fully exonerated" him to testify under oath - unrestricted?


The cover up continues...but sure, go ahead and believe a word they say and go ahead and defend the criminals who are stealing your democracy - trump turds.

asking them to follow the law

I didn’t think the Dems could embarrass themselves more than they had but this is unbelievable

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450+ former federal prosecutors say Mueller report contained evidence of multiple Trump felonies

Each of us believes that the conduct of President Trump described in Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s report would,

in the case of any other person not covered by the Office of Legal Counsel policy against indicting a sitting President,

result in multiple felony charges for obstruction of justice.

an obstruction charge:

conduct that obstructed or attempted to obstruct the truth-finding process, as to which the evidence of corrupt intent and connection to pending proceedings is overwhelming. These include:

· The President’s efforts to fire Mueller and to falsify evidence about that effort;
· The President’s efforts to limit the scope of Mueller’s investigation to exclude his conduct; and
· The President’s efforts to prevent witnesses from cooperating with investigators probing him and his campaign.

They noted Donald Trump’s attempt to “create false evidence” for the White House records.

Trump directed McGahn on multiple occasions to fire Mueller or to gin up false conflicts of interest as a pretext for getting rid of the Special Counsel.

When these acts began to come into public view, Trump made “repeated efforts to have McGahn deny the story”

— going so far as to tell McGahn to write a letter “for our files” falsely denying that Trump had directed Mueller’s termination.

They went on to list the numerous ways Donald Trump tried to thwart the investigation and intimidate witnesses.

to look at these facts and say that a prosecutor could not probably sustain a conviction for obstruction of justice

— the standard set out in Principles of Federal Prosecution —

runs counter to logic and our experience.

there is no “longstanding policy” against indictment of the president.

the 1973 OLC memo stating that a sitting president should not be indicted. Far from being authoritative, it

was essentially repudiated within months by the Justice Department in the United States’ filing in the Supreme Court in United States v. Nixon.

OLC opinions are not binding on state prosecutors (though state charges could raise federalism questions as well).

The complex history of criminal proceedings against presidents and vice presidents suggests that these issues are not foreclosed.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/1855769

Dems will do nothing

[RandomGuy]

col·lu·sion
/kəˈlo͞oZHən/
noun
noun: collusion

secret or illegal cooperation or conspiracy, especially in order to cheat or deceive others.

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Repeating the comfortable lie, a soothing balm, anything avoid looking too closely or asking skeptical questions. It's ok, I know you need your security blanket to keep your little delusional bubble intact. As I said, we will delve into things beyond your pre-packaged talking points.

[Spurs Homer]

This traitor piece of fraud prez is...

willing to talk to putin about mueller

but

not willing to talk to mueller about putin

what a disgrace
what a piece of



what a traitor!

[TSA]

Repeating the comfortable lie, a soothing balm, anything avoid looking too closely or asking skeptical questions. It's ok, I know you need your security blanket to keep your little delusional bubble intact. As I said, we will delve into things beyond your pre-packaged talking points.

Why do you keep deleting the direct quotes I post from Mueller’s report?

[LkrFan]

[Spurs Homer]

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‘It’s just a matter of time’: Ex-federal prosecutor says Barr will oust FBI chief for denying Trump was ‘spied’ on

FBI Director Christopher Wray will be fired by President Donald Trump or Attorney General Will Barr after he refused to say that the Trump campaign was a victim of government “spying.”

Attorney General Barr ought to have known what he was saying when he used to word spying. We’ve been through this before.”

https://www.rawstory.com/2019/05/its-just-a-matter-of-time-ex-federal-prosecutor-says-barr-will-oust-fbi-chief-for-denying-trump-was-spied-on/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaig n=Feed%3A+TheRawStory+%28The+Raw+Story%29

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Trump declares entire Mueller report and all associated materials protected by executive privilege

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/8/1856235/-Trump-declares-entire-Mueller-report-and-all-associated-materials-protected-by-executive-privilege?detail=emaildkbn

[Spurs Homer]

Trump declares entire Mueller report and all associated materials protected by executive privilege

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/8/1856235/-Trump-declares-entire-Mueller-report-and-all-associated-materials-protected-by-executive-privilege?detail=emaildkbn

So...


weeks/months later....



it IS a Cover up.... shocking!

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The Rarely Used Congressional Power That Could Force William Barr’s Hand

It hasn’t been done in nearly a century, but House Democrats could arrest the attorney general after they find him in contempt.

as Trump-administration officials continue to defy House subpoenas related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation,

Democrats in control of the chamber could turn to an even blunter weapon in their arsenal: arrest.


Courts have recognized that the House and Senate each have the authority to enforce their orders by imprisoning those who violate them—literally.

They can direct their respective sergeant at arms to arrest officials they’ve found to be in contempt and bring them to the Capitol for trial and, potentially, jail.

Congress hasn’t invoked what’s known as the “power of inherent contempt” in nearly a century,

but the escalating clash between two co-equal branches of government has Democrats talking about moves previously deemed unthinkable.
“Its day in the sun is coming,”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...Iy2ntnSW_uVcgk

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The Rarely Used Congressional Power That Could Force William Barr’s Hand

It hasn’t been done in nearly a century, but House Democrats could arrest the attorney general after they find him in contempt.

as Trump-administration officials continue to defy House subpoenas related to Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation,

Democrats in control of the chamber could turn to an even blunter weapon in their arsenal: arrest.


Courts have recognized that the House and Senate each have the authority to enforce their orders by imprisoning those who violate them—literally.

They can direct their respective sergeant at arms to arrest officials they’ve found to be in contempt and bring them to the Capitol for trial and, potentially, jail.

Congress hasn’t invoked what’s known as the “power of inherent contempt” in nearly a century,

but the escalating clash between two co-equal branches of government has Democrats talking about moves previously deemed unthinkable.
“Its day in the sun is coming,”

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics...Iy2ntnSW_uVcgk

Attempting to arrest the Attorney General for following the law

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Trump’s claim that the Mueller Report is protected by executive privilege is hot garbage

He doesn't have a legal claim, but he can probably run out the clock.

There is no one legal concept known as “executive privilege.”

Instead, the courts recognize two distinct forms of privilege that a president might invoke.

The seminal case describing these two forms of privilege is the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s decision in in re: Sealed Case — a case which is often referred to as the “Espy” case because it involved an independent counsel investigation into former Secretary of Agriculture Mike Espy.

The Mueller report emphatically does not qualify for this presidential communications privilege.

Not only was Mueller not providing advice to the president or to the president’s inner circle, but Mueller was in fact actively investigating the president. Mueller did not seek to shape Trump’s policies or decisions. If anything, Mueller was adverse to Trump throughout his investigation.

Mueller’s report and many underlying do ents may fall within this weaker privilege. But the deliberative process privilege is also quite weak.

Among other things, it typically “does not shield do ents that simply state or explain a decision the government has already made or protect material that is purely factual,” so it is likely that many of the underlying do ents Congress seeks must be turned over if they contain purely factual information.

Even more significantly,

the Espy case explains that “where there is reason to believe the do ents sought may shed light on government misconduct,

‘the privilege is routinely denied,’

on the grounds that shielding internal government deliberations in this context

does not serve ‘the public’s interest in honest, effective government.'”

The Mueller report is, itself, an investigation into government misconduct at the highest levels.

https://thinkprogress.org/trumps-cla...-c0fb9c533851/

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Attempting to arrest the Attorney General for following the law

god ing damn, you're ing stupid, ignorant, as are ALL Trash suckers

Congressional oversight is following the law.

Trash, Barr, Munchin all gonna get ed hard.

Trash is going down
'

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Same Justice Department that turned over a million-plus pages to the GOP won't give Democrats squat

The Justice Department's blanket refusal to turn over any Russia probe materials to House Democrats

stands in stark contrast to its willingness to comply with request after request from GOP lawmakers when they held the House majority.

They ended up producing a million pages of discovery,"

Justice Department officials released information related to both

the already-closed Clinton email probe and

the ongoing investigation by Robert Mueller,

including classified information like FISA applications and private information on unindicted people like FBI officials Peter Strzok and Lisa Page.

In other words, absolutely every excuse deployed by the White House and Attorney General William Barr for not cooperating with Democratic requests

has already been demolished by the precedent Justice Department officials set when Republicans controlled the House.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/5/8/1856297/-Same-Justice-Department-that-turned-over-a-million-plus-pages-to-the-GOP-won-t-give-Democrats-squat

[TSA]

god ing damn, you're ing stupid, ignorant, as are ALL Trash suckers

Congressional oversight is following the law.

Trash, Barr, Munchin all gonna get ed hard.

Trash is going down
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Nadler’s subpoena is asking Barr to ignore the law on the books.