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orangecrush

(19,620 posts)
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 05:08 PM Nov 2017

Mueller Immediately Closes Investigation After Hearing Putin Proclaim His Innocence


WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)—The special counsel Robert Mueller announced on Saturday that he was closing the Justice Department’s Russia investigation, “effective immediately,” after hearing that President Vladimir Putin, of Russia, said he was innocent of any election meddling.
Moments after learning about Putin’s assertion, Mueller hastily assembled his staff of investigators to inform them that, now that Putin had fully exonerated himself, there was no point in continuing the probe.
“Vladimir Putin says he did nothing,” Mueller told his staff. “That’s good enough for me.”
Speaking later to reporters, Mueller said that, by disbanding his investigation, he was following the time-honored law-enforcement tradition of taking a suspect’s word for it.
“For the past several months, we’ve assembled tax records, cell-phone recordings, bank transfers, and e-mail communications that indicated Russia was involved in the election,” a visibly shaken Mueller said. “Somehow, we got it wrong—very, very wrong.”

https://www.newyorker.com/humor/borowitz-report/mueller-immediately-closes-investigation-after-hearing-putin-proclaim-his-innocence
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Mueller Immediately Closes Investigation After Hearing Putin Proclaim His Innocence (Original Post) orangecrush Nov 2017 OP
Also the nation wants to thank Donald 4 not wasting our time by releasing his taxes!!! Madam45for2923 Nov 2017 #1
What a statesman! orangecrush Nov 2017 #3
Also, saves us time worrying about his health, by not fully disclosing his health and medical record HipChick Nov 2017 #2
A grateful nation orangecrush Nov 2017 #4
Can't wait for FOX to jump on this and report it as fact Mr. Ected Nov 2017 #5
Mueller J_William_Ryan Nov 2017 #6
I looked at my calendar and it didn't say April 1. Doitnow Nov 2017 #7
I'm on orangecrush Nov 2017 #11
Borowitz is satire like the Onion IronLionZion Nov 2017 #31
Yeah, wish it away, Don.... czarjak Nov 2017 #8
OK, You got me. (Grrrrrowf.) Demoiselle Nov 2017 #9
... orangecrush Nov 2017 #10
Borowitz.... SergeStorms Nov 2017 #12
That would orangecrush Nov 2017 #16
Do you he think he knows what satire is? Amaryllis Nov 2017 #29
From as much as "Mad" has been ripping on him orangecrush Nov 2017 #32
In other news... Fritz Walter Nov 2017 #13
LOLOLOLOL! nt Honeycombe8 Nov 2017 #14
... orangecrush Nov 2017 #15
Dang 3auld6phart Nov 2017 #17
You're not orangecrush Nov 2017 #27
Andy Borowitz!!! calimary Nov 2017 #18
This one orangecrush Nov 2017 #33
Kick for satire! red dog 1 Nov 2017 #19
Thanks orangecrush Nov 2017 #24
Mueller announced he will run against Putin. Russians are thrilled. Then Putin bowed out. L. Coyote Nov 2017 #20
... orangecrush Nov 2017 #25
The best satire has a kernel of truth to it NastyRiffraff Nov 2017 #21
the time-honored law enforcement treestar Nov 2017 #22
Trump, the con, knows he can fool "some of the people all the time" ginnyinWI Nov 2017 #23
Truth orangecrush Nov 2017 #26
Tee hee hee... Blue Owl Nov 2017 #28
Is this too long MontanaMama Nov 2017 #30
Agree orangecrush Nov 2017 #34
I always trust the Kremlin and the KGB. dalton99a Nov 2017 #35
... orangecrush Nov 2017 #36
Oh boy! I'll bet the Proud Democrat Nov 2017 #37
Brain bleach! orangecrush Nov 2017 #38

J_William_Ryan

(1,757 posts)
6. Mueller
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 05:25 PM
Nov 2017

told his staff. “That’s good enough for me.”

What isn’t funny is it’s good enough for Trump.

SergeStorms

(19,204 posts)
12. Borowitz....
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 06:44 PM
Nov 2017

He really knows how to stir things up. I really hope one of Trump's aides gives this to him as real news. Someone who's never heard of Borowitz. Trump would have an aneurysm. So.......good news, right?

L. Coyote

(51,129 posts)
20. Mueller announced he will run against Putin. Russians are thrilled. Then Putin bowed out.
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 07:17 PM
Nov 2017

"We've been trying to find a tall leader for a long time" one of Putin's aids proclaimed.

"There was no deal of any kind," proclaimed Putin, "I'm like everyone else, I like tall leaders."

ginnyinWI

(17,276 posts)
23. Trump, the con, knows he can fool "some of the people all the time"
Sun Nov 12, 2017, 08:02 PM
Nov 2017

to borrow a phrase from Abraham Lincoln.

"You can fool all the people some of the time, and some of the people all the time, but you cannot fool all the people all the time."

Abraham Lincoln

MontanaMama

(23,337 posts)
30. Is this too long
Mon Nov 13, 2017, 01:07 AM
Nov 2017

For the Dotard to read? There's no way he could know who Andy Borowitz is...somebody PLEASE get this to him so that he can tweet about it stating that the Borowitz Report got it right and is telling the truth about him. He is THAT much of a moron.

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