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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsRobert Mueller had indicted Sam the Bull for 19 MURDERS, and offered a plea deal of only 5 years,
because he wanted Sam's testimony against the top guy -- the Teflon Don, John Gotti. (And other mob associates.) And Mueller succeeded. He got his convictions.
So far he's gotten guilty pleas from General Michael Flynn and Coffee Boy George Papadopolous.
Now he's got Paul Manafort and Rick Gates in his sights.
That should terrify the Donald.
https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/12/how-scared-should-trump-be-of-mueller-ask-john-gotti-or-sammy-the-bull
Today, nearly three eventful decades later, what makes this Great Escape more than just a faded episode from yesteryears gangland chronicles, but rather relevant and even instructive, is the identity of the man who ultimately had to sign off on the operation: then U.S. Assistant Attorney General for the Criminal Division Robert Mueller. This is, of course, the same hard-driving crime fighter who, as special counsel, is presently leading the federal investigation into alleged collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia. For months, Mueller has been working his way up the Trump food chain, beginning with a guilty plea by campaign adviser George Papadopoulos, and, more recently, a 12-count indictment against former campaign manager Paul Manafort. (Manafort has pleaded not guilty.) On Friday, after meetings to discuss a deal, the presidents former national security adviser, Michael Flynn, walked into a federal courtroom in Washington, D.C., and pleaded guilty in an arrangement that reportedly includes his testimony against more campaign officials, possibly including Trumps son-in-law, Jared Kushner, and the president himself.
It is, one person close the administration recently observed, a classic Gambino-style roll-up. To understand how Mueller might now proceed, to get a sense of the compromises hed be willing to make to bag the larger prosecutorial targets in his sights, its eye-opening to go back to the deal he cut with Sammy the Bull.
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(108,980 posts)It's easy to lose hope. Knowing Mueller's record helps many of us keep going.