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BREAKING: CNN Reports First Charges Filed in Mueller Investigation
by Josh Feldman | 8:34 pm, October 27th, 2017
CNN is reporting tonight that the first charges have been filed in Robert Muellers investigation.
Its unclear who has been charged or what the charges themselves are. Per CNN: The charges are still sealed under orders from a federal judge. Plans were prepared Friday for anyone charged to be taken into custody as soon as Monday, the sources said. It is unclear what the charges are.
IT'S CHRISTMAS
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)The charges are still sealed under orders from a federal judge. Plans were prepared Friday for anyone charged to be taken into custody as soon as Monday, the sources said. It is unclear what the charges are.
A spokesman for the special counsel's office declined to comment.
https://www.mediaite.com/online/breaking-cnn-reports-first-charges-filed-in-mueller-investigation/
BREAKING: CNN Reports First Charges Filed in Mueller Investigation
by Josh Feldman | 8:34 pm, October 27th, 2017
CNN is reporting tonight that the first charges have been filed in Robert Muellers investigation.
Its unclear who has been charged or what the charges themselves are. Per CNN: The charges are still sealed under orders from a federal judge. Plans were prepared Friday for anyone charged to be taken into custody as soon as Monday, the sources said. It is unclear what the charges are.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)politicaljunkie41910
(3,335 posts)I'm sorry, what can I say, but I have high expectations. Lock him up. Lock him up.
NotASurfer
(2,150 posts)And this is the first of the twelve days
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)Amishman
(5,557 posts)I still worry that Mueller is in Trump's corner, since he was picked by Trump's AG office and is a Republican.
Hit an obvious target with weak charges will tell us one thing.
Drop the hammer hard on someone still active in Trump's circle would tell us another.
lapucelle
(18,265 posts)Iliyah
(25,111 posts)JUNIOR
badhair77
(4,218 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)lapucelle
(18,265 posts)I wonder if they even know this is being reported.
Roland99
(53,342 posts)badhair77
(4,218 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)Junior would give up his family and friends in a New York minute. He is a wimp.
trueblue2007
(17,220 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)dflprincess
(28,078 posts)If it's Junior and/or Jared I may swoon!
Me.
(35,454 posts)But I'm allowing myself a minute of hope.
cannabis_flower
(3,764 posts)Carter Page
dflprincess
(28,078 posts)yes, he is a possibility.
Qutzupalotl
(14,313 posts)For some reason. See threads on Greatest page.
ewagner
(18,964 posts)sarcasmo
(23,968 posts)7962
(11,841 posts)One reason I think they should be totally illegal.
Obviously THIS instance is a bit different, but LEO showboating covers all levels
uponit7771
(90,344 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)But it's possible he flipped.
Dulcinea
(6,631 posts)Evil Nazis, both of them. Miller belongs in prison. I could definitely see him as someone's biaatch.
malaise
(269,015 posts)in ReTHUG land
chia
(2,244 posts)BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)I hope Monday is even better!
underpants
(182,818 posts)Dotarded
(23 posts)If this is just related to Manafort what does it have to do with the Dossier?
underpants
(182,818 posts)Welcome to DU
bots
Flynn
Carter Page
Cohen
Some directly some indirectly but it was basically the beginning of the whole thing.
Dotarded
(23 posts)Will they just make him the sacrificial lamb on this though?
Throw the book at this asshole and we all just skip away into the sunset
emulatorloo
(44,130 posts)That's how these things work. Mueller has an expert on this team on pressuring indicted folks to flip. They will threaten him w prosecution and offer a deal if he will cooperate w the investigation
Nay
(12,051 posts)identified as nervous, knowledgeable and willing to flip. I assume they are being followed right now to assess flight risk. I'd actually be surprised if they aren't picked up by Sunday night.
emulatorloo
(44,130 posts)Nay
(12,051 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)Charge manafort with serious crimes to get him to plead out in return for giving up the bigger fish.
MFM008
(19,814 posts)It's Mueller Time!!!!
MLAA
(17,295 posts)MuseRider
(34,111 posts)and I already started on a nice, cold glass of Moscato. Anything will work!
Delmette2.0
(4,165 posts)MuseRider
(34,111 posts)it is cheap box wine. LOL!
It is my desert every night. Just to take the edge off of my exhausting days. Puts me to sleep too.
I think in addition to this news I may sleep better than I have for almost a year, I think we all will.
Delmette2.0
(4,165 posts)Sweet dreams tonight.
MuseRider
(34,111 posts)I hope you slept well!
I just woke up at 8, hours later than I have lately. It feels good to sleep when you think the nightmare may be starting to end. The sleep of the hopeful but wary....it was not a perfect one but it sure was better!
Delmette2.0
(4,165 posts)A good night's sleep works wonders. I just have to stay busy so the weekend passes quickly. I am glad Mueller's work is showing results.
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,001 posts)badhair77
(4,218 posts)Someone on CNN mentioned the charges may have been filed so the person does not flee.
Hmmm . . .
Gergen says we may have to wait all weekend for the identity but he does say a charge of money laundering would send activity thru the White House.
Sounds like it will be a long weekend.
mnhtnbb
(31,390 posts)emulatorloo
(44,130 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)Is this real?
sheshe2
(83,773 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)We've a long way to go with all of this but wait........what is that sound........ice cracking?
sheshe2
(83,773 posts)Me.
(35,454 posts)sheshe2
(83,773 posts)Ilsa
(61,695 posts)the target was "getting buggy," as Malcolm Nance says.
smirkymonkey
(63,221 posts)I would like to be optimistic, but it's just too painful to get my hopes up only to have them shattered by the corruption of the republican party.
AllyCat
(16,187 posts)It just is too hard to be disappointed.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,760 posts)I'll definitely be happy to see the mug shots, if they ever come. But, yeah, unless it ends up with a bunch of these monsters in prison, I'm not going to be thrilled.
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)I hope he goes completely insane.
badhair77
(4,218 posts)Will they take his phone from him? Surely he's going to want to lash out.
DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)badhair77
(4,218 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)dhill926
(16,339 posts)sheshe2
(83,773 posts)Huge is a size now.
Docreed2003
(16,860 posts)sheshe2
(83,773 posts)MontanaMama
(23,317 posts)she...."Huge is a size now" ???? Exceptional.
sheshe2
(83,773 posts)But it was worth it to spit a sip at Dotard.
MontanaMama
(23,317 posts)Yes it is. I bow to anyone who can make me laugh these days.
badhair77
(4,218 posts)SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)irisblue
(32,975 posts)Berlin Expat
(950 posts)A little perp-walk music for you.
irisblue
(32,975 posts)badhair77
(4,218 posts)Johnny2X2X
(19,066 posts)This would be the story of the decade in any other administration, but this is just the start.
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)claims not to know the guy. Hmmmm
Also, Sater's father was/is a big mucky-muck with SEMION MOGILEVICH. Imagine that!!
lindysalsagal
(20,692 posts)Leghorn21
(13,524 posts)Well, we shall see!!
Man, I can hardly breathe this evening!!!
Pardon my !!!!!!!!!!, gal!
Fred Sanders
(23,946 posts)election "win".
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)shenmue
(38,506 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)sunonmars
(8,656 posts)nolabear
(41,969 posts)Me? Im having a martini! 🎉🍸
peggysue2
(10,829 posts)with a glass of chilled wine. Maybe several.
.99center
(1,237 posts)Mueller's trending with 200k tweets within the hour! Was this info leaked to create panic among the traitors in the WH?
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)flip on bigger fish.
Stuart G
(38,427 posts)..do you think that can happen??...a small fish, flips on a larger one, and then a larger one flips on the largest ones..
Yes...indeed that is how it works. seen it in the past. and guess what...the small fish do indeed flip, because the small ones get a deal..so they don't go to jail, or go to jail much less than the bigger fish..now..who do you suppose the big fish they are really after?..can you guess. I can the big one is two letters and a period..
...............................Jr.. .........................................
cstanleytech
(26,291 posts)the investigation still has a long way to go.
peggysue2
(10,829 posts)And now we know the why of all the shrill performances from Fox News and the Trumpettes, calls for Mueller to resign and Comey's treachery. Accusations against Hillary Clinton--Sebastian Gorka went so far today as to call for her execution--has been a smoke screen, another diversion. The craziness this week is about their panic, their legal jeopardy, their conflicts and compromised positions.
Carter Page was interviewed for 5 hours today by Muller's team. Paul Manafort is being looked at for money laundering, no doubt looking at an indictment. Mike Flynn as been on the hot seat for months. The list goes on and on and on, spiraling right to the top.
Monday should be a very interesting day. Buckle up!
Boomerproud
(7,952 posts)Dear Sebastian has gone over the edge into Alex Jones territory. On Monday I expect Fox to "go black"../
northoftheborder
(7,572 posts)milestogo
(16,829 posts)Corgigal
(9,291 posts)No knock
Who's there?
America
madinmaryland
(64,933 posts)mucifer
(23,545 posts)IronLionZion
(45,447 posts)And
The Clash - I Fought the Law (Official Video)
badhair77
(4,218 posts)A pile of charges and indictments would be the perfect gift.
dalton99a
(81,512 posts)If so, a pardon would be signed
bluestarone
(16,956 posts)if they allow golf clubs in prison
Wwcd
(6,288 posts)SunSeeker
(51,559 posts)The FBI told him he was going to be indicted, then he buggered off to Kurdistan.
get the red out
(13,466 posts)Do any of these guys have to choose between life in prison or flipping and being served some radioactive tea?
GreenEyedLefty
(2,073 posts)Waiting for the insane tweets...
Hornedfrog1985
(118 posts)Cohen, manafort, flynn all get arrested at the same time monday. Theyre all offered the same deal, but only 1 guy gets it. First one of you to talk, no lies, gets to live the rest of their lives not behind bars. Boom, slam the door. The piranhas would tear themselves apart. They were all in that meeting.
Takket
(21,573 posts)When those tough talking wimps get on their knees and beg for their pathetic little lives!!
Bonus option: Hillary has to be in the room when they confess and they have to sincerely apologize to her to get immunity!!!
BainsBane
(53,032 posts)sheshe2
(83,773 posts)edbermac
(15,939 posts)BootinUp
(47,154 posts)Nevernose
(13,081 posts)And the federal prosecutor for the East District of Virginia.
Cant be a coincidence.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)B Stieg
(2,410 posts)Takket
(21,573 posts)1. Mueller has an absolute slam dunk conviction on whoever these charges target
2. That person has the goods of drumpf, and Mueller knows it.
3. That person will soon be presented with an offer: Roll Drumpf for immunity, or spent the rest of your life rotting in a cell.
I've seen a lot of people let their reputations be trashed in exchange for helping this fuck face, but i can't believe anyone is foolish enough to accept life in prison.
get the red out
(13,466 posts)They have so much on him, and he is important enough to have some serious goods on the trump gang.
Thrill
(19,178 posts)eleny
(46,166 posts)humbled_opinion
(4,423 posts)respond by assigning a special prosecutor to uncover HRC Campaign and DNC collusion with Russia over the dossier. They will try and muddy the water they are all trying to do it now trying to compare the two things and say they are the same thing.
LittleGirl
(8,287 posts)It begins!
Cheers!
Sam McGee
(347 posts)During the campaign, Trump warned me . . . he said if I vote for Hillary, the president will be under investigation from Day One!!!
I voted for Hillary . . . and . . . you know the rest.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)no_hypocrisy
(46,116 posts)Tiffany, and Melania to go down.
rufus dog
(8,419 posts)buy Malania needs to go too!
get the red out
(13,466 posts)The closer this gets to Trump, the more likely he will see divorce papers. Melania has never looked a very happy wife.
Takket
(21,573 posts)Watchfoxheadexplodes
(3,496 posts)I'm betting low level probably crime caught up in original investigation.
We have all seen the burst our bubbles from the trump cabal.
Sneederbunk
(14,291 posts)nini
(16,672 posts)please baby Jesus!!!!
Blue Owl
(50,383 posts)What a glorious sound...
George II
(67,782 posts)Catherine Vincent
(34,490 posts)Could be some unknown low level Trump lackey.
joshcryer
(62,271 posts)AllaN01Bear
(18,242 posts)denbot
(9,899 posts)This makes up for the Dogers trailing 5-1 in the fifth.
spanone
(135,838 posts)Nwgirl503
(406 posts)mcar
(42,334 posts)Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)DetroitLegalBeagle
(1,923 posts)Friday news dump with Monday arrest? My guess it's only Manafort or some low level lackey. If it were higher ups it would be a 11am Monday morning press conference.
dpd3672
(82 posts)It struck me as a way to control the news cycle all weekend long. If it were anything big, they wouldn't be waiting until Monday...it's not like the FBI gets weekends off work. The more I think about it, the more it seems like a Hail Mary pass than the end game of a year long investigation.
Who knows, it's politics, but the timing smells funny to me.
superpatriotman
(6,249 posts)Pardons all around.
OliverQ
(3,363 posts)and Mueller is actually working against America like the rest of Republicans and he's going to try to destroy Hillary and the Democrats to protect Trump?
Total conspiracy, but these days seems like things can only get worse.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)FFS. Trump HIRED Mulehead to do the job. Trump KNEW he wasnt guilty of anything.
Some on our side cant see the forest for the trees.
Mulehead is about to break open the biggest scandal since the Rosenbergs.
15 posted on 10/27/2017, 4:07:48 PM by LS ("Castles Made of Sand, Fall in the Sea . . . Eventually" (Hendrix))
(Note: LS (Larry Schweikart) knows Bannon to speak with.)
Exactly. Mueller pretended to go after Trump, and got the big media playing his game. They gained nothing by it, but lost a lot of viewer confidence. No Mueller is about to turn around and go after the Clintons. Thats why all the media are now saying he has to quit. Because hes threatening to go after the real facts and tell the truth.
Mueller did no harm to Trump. He distracted the media and put them on a losing trail. So, Fox and WSJ and all the rest of the left wing media are furious at having been deceived like that and put in a position where Hillary is the real suspect.
25 posted on 10/27/2017, 4:15:19 PM by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
Garrett78
(10,721 posts)Because Rosenstein would have been told, and I'm sure he would have told Trump.
Enoki33
(1,587 posts)certainly would have been told indictments were handed down, but not necessarily have the individual/s or charges identified. Especially as Mueller is aware of his questionable whitehouse ties as the reason for sealing could be surprise.
Nevernose
(13,081 posts)Improbable, hypothetical, pure speculation:
According to procedure Mueller was supposed to inform Rosenstein before running the final pass before the Grand Jury,
But if he didnt? Thats an administrative issue, not a criminal one. A grand jury returned an indictment, full stop. Who was informed who, when, in the prosecutors office, is irrelevant to the charge itself or what the GJ found. It would be grounds for terminating Mueller, but not for dismissing the charges.
Again: just playing what-if.
Another what-if: What if theyre just giving Trump a weekend to stew? To think and panic and give himself away? To resign with dignity? That last part, of course, is predicated entirely on the assumption that anyone in DC believes Trump even understands the concept of dignity.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Nac Mac Feegle
(971 posts)It's Pence on child pornography charges.....He is too vehemently anti-gay not to be in a closet of some kind.
The Cheetoh will shit his colon inside out in terror.
lunamagica
(9,967 posts)Lifelong Protester
(8,421 posts)Let it be so, that they all go down together.
H2O Man
(73,555 posts)Happy Friday Night!
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)The most beautiful sound I ever heard:
Indictments, Indictments, Indictments, Indictments
All the beautiful sounds of the world in a single word . .
Indictments, Indictments, Indictments, Indictments
Indictments!
Indictments!
Ive just gotten word of indictments!
And suddenly I feel
That justice might be real
Today!
Subpoenas!
Ive just read there will be subpoenas!
And suddenly I know
That Mueller will not go,
But stay!
Indictments!
Say it loud and theres grown men crying;
Say it soft and you hear Rachel sighing.
Indictments.
Im eager to see more indictments!
The most beautiful sound I ever heard.
Indictments.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Stargleamer
(1,989 posts)WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Quayblue
(1,045 posts)But I am watching carefully.
ATL Ebony
(1,097 posts)Popcorn's popping. Off to listen to news reports. OMG, got a permanent smile plastered across my face. This is like music to my ears.
WTG Mueller -- keep up the good work.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)SergeStorms
(19,201 posts)until the Orange Asshole is behind bars.
Sorry, I just to practice my own "war on christmas" before the holidays come around. I've made a personal vow that I won't say that phrase the entire holiday season, just to piss in Trump's eggnog.
Kath2
(3,074 posts)<img src="
workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)They will put the screws to him and make a bargain. Get out of jail card free in exchange for solid evidence of Trump/Pence selling out the USA to Putin's Russia!
Let the indictments begin!!
floppyboo
(2,461 posts)he would so go for immunity and discredit himself at the same time.
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)workinclasszero
(28,270 posts)Oh wait................
Honeycombe8
(37,648 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)H. S. Wich nickname Sandy.
VermontKevin
(1,473 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)whistler162
(11,155 posts)a real ham. a bit of a porker, and ain't kosher.
http://izquotes.com/quote/390624
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,002 posts)Lee-Lee
(6,324 posts)You target the ones you need to flip first to give them a chance to sing- but that they went ahead with indictments means they have the whole thing mapped out now and just picked the players they need to turn.
Madam45for2923
(7,178 posts)orangecrush
(19,563 posts)"The likely next steps in the investigation now have many concluding that Trump campaign officials like former manager Paul Manafort, current White House officials like Jared Kushner, former White House officials like National Security Advisor Mike Flynn, and/or members of Trumps family, like Donald Trump Jr., could be preparing to surrender to federal agents as soon as Monday morning."
https://qz.com/1114432/whats-being-said-on-twitter-about-robert-muellers-indictments-in-the-trump-russia-probe/
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)DemocratSinceBirth
(99,710 posts)Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)People on Muellers team did not give up their jobs to indict a nothingburger. I would say that Manafort and higher is their target and that Trump himself might be indicted Monday. There is always time to scoop up the small fish later. Muellers top people are not needed for that.
bearsfootball516
(6,377 posts)But that isn't happening. It'd give it a 50 percent chance it's a small fish meant to bring in bigger fish, and the other 50 percent is Flynn or Manafort.
El Shaman
(583 posts)it Monday yet??
Dopers_Greed
(2,640 posts)NBachers
(17,110 posts)red dog 1
(27,805 posts)K&R
Even the Wall Street Journal is reporting the story now.
AgadorSparticus
(7,963 posts)I also have faith that the scumbags associated with TrumpRussia are in it for themselves. Their #1 priority will be to save their asses. I can't imagine that they will put their necks on the chopping block for friendship or loyalty. They don't look like that kind of people to me.
This is why all the trump mouthpieces are out there frantically screaming gibberish. Gorka is absolutely unhinged. Deranged. Almost as if HIS own ass is on the line.
I am cautious but I think these scumbags have every reason to worry. They should be sweating BIG bullets.
vi5
(13,305 posts)Or it's going to be some low level admin or something to that effect.
ThatGuyJerome
(15 posts)What if this doesn't go our way though? The fact nothing else got leaked is kind of worrying me. And Dana Boente resigned? What does he know?