Mueller "appears to have uncovered details of a far-reaching Russian political-influence campaign."

[kpete]

This nugget stood out for me:

Mueller "appears to have uncovered details of a far-reaching Russian political-influence campaign." Anderson predicted that the conspiracy would prove to involve wire fraud, mail fraud and moving money around illicitly between countries. He said more informants are likely to emerge, and declared, "When the people who may be cooperating with the investigation start consensually recording conversations, it's all over.""

https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-12-10/the-trump-russia-probe-is-about-to-get-uglier

[Hoyt]

1. This is a pretty good article, straightforward and to the point.

[ffr]

4. Hey Hoyt! Signature fail.

[ffr]

2. It gives me a warm feeling when, like in the movies, the Dick has the perp dead to rights.

F-yeah!

I just want to piss on the 33% who still support this turd and his enablers, the unpatriots!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

7. Can't wait!!

[dhol82]

3. Trump has no sense of shame

This will get really, really ugly!

[InAbLuEsTaTe]

9. No doubt, the prick is not going down without a fight...

will just make it more satisfying when he does get his "just desserts".

[dalton99a]

5. Kick

[Iahotdog]

6. Hopefully he is checking in to how much russian money went to the RNC too.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Yes, it is looking like the GOP congress sold us out to the Russians too. nt

[BigmanPigman]

10. THAT is music to my ears!

[Irish_Dem]

13. It remains to be seen how this will unfold.

Not sure what kind of music we shall hear.

[NewJeffCT]

19. Yes, but

then they won't exactly rally to Mueller's defense when Trump gets him fired... they'll wring their hands, issue a few sternly worded tweets and look troubled on the nightly news, but it remains to be seen if we get actual action.

[Irish_Dem]

28. Yes If GOP congress has Russian money connections, they will stall. nt

[Chasstev365]

17. Yep: I hope it brings down McConnell, Ryan & Nunes too!

[Iahotdog]

23. A lot of them act like they're scared of something hitting the daylight.

[Irish_Dem]

33. Probably why they have to rush with the "tax plan" (looting of the treasury). nt

[Irish_Dem]

30. Yes I hope they get some big time karma. They are evil. nt

[CrispyQ]

38. I loathe McConnell most of all. -nt

[Bluepinky]

39. He and Karl Rove are the two Republicans I loathe the most as well.

Both want to win at all costs and will sell their souls to achieve what they want. Neither of them appears to have a conscience. Both have been very effective in how they operate, and they have both helped to undermine our democracy, but by bit (along with many others). The difference is that McConnell has a veneer of civility, whereas Rove has always been a cheap skank.

[Ligyron]

41. Is that creature even human?

Looks like some weird species of testudinata to me.

[Iahotdog]

44. Bannon is just as evil as Rove, but Rove is smarter and sneakier.

[JHan]

37. Lock them all the fuck up

McConnell put craven politics ahead of country, so too Paul Ryan and the whole lot of them.

[stuffmatters]

42. Yep. RNC & Russian $ into NRA, ALEC, Kochs, and all the bottomless pocketed RW antidemoncracy groups

I suspect Mueller's just at the tip of the iceberg of the Russian connex to the entire Republican economic infrastructure. They share the same tactics and agenda.

[red dog 1]

11. Donald Trump Jr wet the bed so much in college they called him "Diaper Don"

So, according to Bloomberg, Diaper Don said "he wouldn't tell Congress about conversations he had with his father about his 2016 meeting with a Kremlin-linked Russian lawyer, invoking a dubious claim of attorney-client privilege."??

"Attorney-Client privilege"?
Because the woman who was offering Russian help for Trump to defeat Clinton was a lawyer?

(Diaper Don better not try that shit with Mueller)


K&R

[Shrike47]

16. Unless she was HIS lawyer, he cannot claim privilege. If she was his lawyer he has some

explaining to do.

[brush]

29. I think he said when he talked to trump about the meeting an attorney was present

That crappola won't fly with Mueller.

[Egnever]

12. If he didn't hes a hack

Much of this has been reported on for over a year.

I am sure he is making the hard connections but this should not come as a surprise to anyone.

[certainot]

14. they've been using talk radio for years

[nini]

15. I suspect this goes back decades too

This has been planned and going on for some time.

I wouldn't be surprised if lots of members of congress are involved.

[Norbert10]

18. You mean like these people?

https://www.democraticunderground.com/10028778465

[Renew Deal]

20. I think this is why Trump has gotten a lot noisier about the media

Something big is going to happen

[sakabatou]

21. It's getting jucier

[populistdriven]

22. Putin Craps on World

[bdamomma]

26. they should show trump

in the stall next to him.

[Botany]

24. "19 meetings among 31 interactions ..."

"The constant revelations create such a blur that context sometimes is overlooked. Trump and his
operatives have lied repeatedly, denying that they had any contacts with Russians. Now we now
know of at least 19 meetings among 31 interactions."


https://www.bloomberg.com/view/articles/2017-12-10/the-trump-russia-probe-is-about-to-get-uglier

[L. Coyote]

25. Has Mueller found where Trump hid his "billion dollar tax deduction" yet?

Once he finds that money, it is all over.

[bdamomma]

27. I love it!!!

so creative and hopefully coming true.

[Pachamama]

31. Far deeper than just the Executive branch...

...I am predicting it will be shown by Mueller it went deep into the Legislative Branch too....

[Botany]

32. I would look at these three

[ProfessorGAC]

34. I Doubt Ryan

He's a useful idiot to this crowd. I don't think he's in jake on this. I don't think he's smart enough to be involved, and not rich enough to be trusted.

He's certainly a convenient distraction, though.

[Botany]

35. The New Yorker; Paul Ryan Keeps It All in the Family

“There’s two people I think Putin pays: Rohrabacher and Trump,” McCarthy said, according to Entous, a superb reporter who heard a tape recording of the colloquy. “Swear to God.”

Dana Rohrabacher is a Republican from California with a peculiar amalgam of views: pro-marijuana, dubious about climate change, pro-torture. For this last position, in 2007, Keith Olbermann awarded him his periodic “Worst Person in the World” award, on his old MSNBC show. Like Trump, Rohrabacher has been highly solicitous of Russian President Vladimir Putin. Last year, Politico ran an article on Rohrabacher called “Putin’s Favorite Congressman.”

In the Post piece, McCarthy’s remark is met with laughter, and Ryan cautions his colleagues, “This is an off the record . . . No leaks! . . . All right?”

And then, amid more laughter, Ryan says, “This is how we know we’re a real family here.”

https://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/paul-ryan-keeps-it-family-kevin-mccarthy-russia-trump

[ProfessorGAC]

36. Being A Useful Idiot. . .

. . .does not preclude being kept close by. I get where you're going, but being a stooge might require that he feel like he's part of the tribe.

[Honeycombe8]

40. He better hurry...Trump's team is thinking of very clever ways to save Trump. nt

[Heartstrings]

43. Kick!