*****BREAKING***** A G Mueller working with A G Schneiderman

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team is working with New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on its investigation into Paul Manafort and his financial transactions, according to several people familiar with the matter.

The cooperation is the latest indication that the federal probe into President Donald Trump’s former campaign chairman is intensifying. It also could potentially provide Mueller with additional leverage to get Manafort to cooperate in the larger investigation into Trump’s campaign, as Trump does not have pardon power over state crimes.


The two teams have shared evidence and talked frequently in recent weeks about a potential case, these people said. One of the people familiar with progress on the case said both Mueller’s team and Schneiderman’s have collected evidence on financial crimes, including potential money laundering.

No decision has been made on where or whether to file charges. “Nothing is imminent,” said one of the people familiar with the case.

http://www.politico.com/story/2017/08/30/manafort-mueller-probe-attorney-general-242191

[mcar]

1. Such good news!

The frog king cannot pardon against state charges.

[roamer65]

2. Checkmate.

Governor Cuomo won't pardon...period.

[smirkymonkey]

3. This is good!

Even if Mueller doesn't get him, Schneiderman will. His days are numbered.

[highplainsdem]

4. Great news -- especially the sharing of evidence.

[DesertRat]

5. Oh yeah!

[Yavin4]

6. The president cannot pardon state crimes.

Keep that in mind.

[BigmanPigman]

9. YIPPEE!! That is soooo important.

Hah, take that all you crooks who were looking forward to getting off scott free. Chris Hayes and his giests made that fact very clear tonight.

[VOX]

7. I'm at the point where, if there's no prison time...

I will be sorely disappointed. I'm jones-ing to see as much of Cult45 doing as much time as is possible.

However, as happy as I'd be to have 45 incarcerated, I don't mislead myself into thinking it's automatic. He's white and semi-rich, and that's a big white-privilege footprint.

[ananda]

8. Key words: No decision; and Nothing is imminent.

WTF ???

[dhill926]

10. cards close to vest perhaps....

[NewJeffCT]

11. A month or so ago

Legal expert Seth Abramson said that Mueller is only 10-20% of the way into his investigation, so another 4-6 weeks in a 3 month old investigation means it's maybe 20-30% of the way through?

Whitewater was investigated for years, as was Benghazi... and this is far more serious and more extensive, and also involves international financial transactions and persons outside the country.

[leftynyc]

19. 2 years for Watergate

And that was a simple break in. Financial crimes are very complicated. And this is different because when you're aiming for the "king", you better not miss. Mueller has no intention of missing.

[Honeycombe8]

12. I love posts with music videos! We need more of that! Oh, and...hey, Mueller is really intensifying

the investigation.

[LudwigPastorius]

13. "Nothing is imminent"

The wheels of justice turn slowly, but grind exceedingly fine.

[Alice11111]

14. Good news, but Hurricane Trump is doing so much damage now.

He is overturning everything Obama ever did, a man obsessed. When Obama campaigned that he was defending his legacy, neither he nor we had any idea how right he was.

[klook]

15. States' Rights! States' Rights!!

Good plan, guys. Looking forward to these criminals facing justice.

[Progressive2020]

16. I Can't Wait

I can't wait for Trump to be deposed. The news is that his Trump Organization was trying to get a deal to build a Trump Tower in Moscow, financed by a Bank that is majority owned by the Russian Government. Rachel Maddow covered this story this week.

So, we have Trump on video denying that he and his people had anything to do with Russia, when in fact he and his Organization were in talks to build a major Trump real estate project in Moscow, funded and backed by a Russian Bank that is essentially an arm of the Putin Government.

The colossal stupidity and hubris of this is almost unbelievable, but that is the thing with Sociopaths. They don't think that they will get caught, and they will lie all the way through. They lie and they scheme and they think that everyone else is a sucker that they can scam, but eventually these conniving con men get caught in their own webs.

So far, Trump and his Cronies thought they could escape Mueller's prosecution by just pardoning everyone involved, but Mueller is way too smart for that. He is now working with New York State Attorney General Schneiderman. If State charges are filed, they are beyond the reach of Presidential pardons. Presidents may only pardon Federal crimes.

Schneiderman is a good man and great prosecutor who has already gotten a $25 Million Dollar settlement out of Trump for the Trump University scam. Trump got beat by Schneiderman, and had to settle the case. So, Mueller is working with the New York State AG to get around the Presidential pardon issue. The President can not pardon State Crimes.

Now, with the New York State AG on the case, State charges can not be pardoned by the President. Trump will be rendered powerless. If they can make State charges stick against someone like Manafort, they can make him flip and co-operate against Trump and others. The pardon of Joe Arpaio was a signal to all of the corrupt Trump-ites who are under investigation. The message was clear: keep your mouth shut, do not turn on me, and I will pardon you with my Presidential powers. Trump must be fuming once someone explains to him that the President has NO POWER over State Jurisdictions. Maybe he will have a stroke.

What is rich is that Trump might ultimately get beaten badly in his home state. I am a proud New Yorker, and I feel that my state is a stronghold against the Trump madness and alt-Right. The AG is a great guy. So, hopefully an extensive criminal case is going to be built, in New York, and maybe we will see Trump and his Cronies charged.

If Trump tries to hang on to the Presidency during the ordeal of prosecution, he should also face Impeachment in the Congress. He will be attacked from many sides, and I am sure that plenty of Republicans will even join in to try and save their own skins by being tainted due to guilt by association with Trump.

The noose is tightening, and it is only a matter of time before Trump and his corrupt cronies get caught in it. More power to Mueller and Schneiderman, and also journalists like Maddow who bring this information and analysis to us.

[briv1016]

17. I think a lot of people are forgetting that Donald still has executive privilege and

cannot be charged for state crimes. He knows republicans won't impeach and he really doesn't care about anyone else.

[ecstatic]

18. Does that also apply to crimes he committed before taking office?

And what about the crimes he will surely commit after he's removed?

[L. Coyote]

20. Trump can be indicted for his crimes. He can't be tried while in office.

Link to tweet

[briv1016]

21. And if he decides to retire at Mar a Lago? (Or a red state if Florida tries to prosecute him.)