Mueller Poised to Zero in on Trump-Russia Collusion Allegations

[louis c]

Source: Bloomberg

(Bloomberg) -- Special Counsel Robert Mueller is preparing to accelerate his probe into possible collusion between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russians who sought to interfere in the 2016 election, according to a person familiar with the probe.

Mueller and his team of prosecutors and investigators have an eye toward producing conclusions -- and possible indictments -- related to collusion by fall, said the person, who asked not to be identified. He’ll be able to turn his full attention to the issue as he resolves other questions, including deciding soon whether to find that Trump sought to obstruct justice.


Read more: https://www.bloombergquint.com/uselections/2018/06/26/mueller-poised-to-zero-in-on-trump-russia-collusion-allegations

[DeminPennswoods]

1. Please hurry

nt

[lagomorph777]

7. Time is running out for American democracy.

Whatever he presents will have to overcome a lot of idiocy and willful ignorance. Mueller is going to have to scare the hell out of a LOT of people, or we're all doomed.

[olddad56]

24. time ran out for democracy the day of the rigged election.

it has been a steady drift into fascism since then.

[FarPoint]

29. I no longer have Hope in Mueller...

tRump has now become too powerful.

[Wuddles440]

32. Sadly agree.

The Traitor-in-Chief and his supporters have been extremely effective in their campaign to discredit the purpose and veracity of the investigation. Many citizens now seem to believe the narrative that the investigation may have been politically motivated and initialed based on false pretenses. It's like a political campaign where one side has been defining their opponent with endless negative stories/ads month after month without any or little response from the opponent. When they do finally attempt to respond, it's too late - the damage his already been done.

[lagomorph777]

34. I disagree. We just need to remember what motivates people reliably: fear.

Mueller has stuff on Trump and the Reputins that will strike fear into the hearts of all but the most hard-core 30%. He only needs to present it in a sufficiently frightening way. Let people know that Trump intends to destroy their lives and sell their children into slavery, and show them video evidence that it's real.

[Wuddles440]

36. Sorry,...

but if Mueller has such evidence it probably will never be made public. In fact I'm surprised that he and his staff are still alive. Furthermore, Putin will only permit so much chaos before he pulls the plug, and he's probably getting close to doing so. In reality Dear Leader's "hardcore" support is significantly higher than 30% (probably closer to 50%) and they actually control most of the media to generate favorable spin. With all due respect, you're mores reflect those of a society that recognizes a distinct difference between right and wrong, good and evil, just and unjust, benevolent and malevolent, etc. Unfortunately, we no longer live in such a society due to the vermin that now control all branches of government.

[lagomorph777]

37. Wow, I'm sorry for your loss of hope. I won't allow apathy into my heart.

Will keep fighting because we can win this.

[PearliePoo2]

2. By Fall? I sure as hell hope that means before the November election! nt.

[bucolic_frolic]

3. By fall

literally means prior to Sept 21. "During fall" would be Sept 21-Dec 21. But all of these terms are colloquially never taken very literally.

[PearliePoo2]

5. Why the timing is so crucial as I understand it, the policy is NOT to release a report

within a certain time frame before an election so as to not influence it in any way. Is it 60 days?

Of course Jim Comey blew that established policy all to hell and that's why we're all living a hellish nightmare now.

IMO, we need this report released exposing all their corruption and treasonous filth BEFORE the November election!

[bucolic_frolic]

9. I doubt

the FBI or anyone associated with it would make that mistake again, even if viewed as a corrective to 2016. The gears of justice should not be timed to elections. But I do think we'll see more indictments before late September, and a motherlode after the election. If they've got the goods on any crooks and political change in Washington creates a fertile ground for it, it could be real fireworks. But, you know, that's my guess.

[Whiskeytide]

17. I disagree. Meuller should do whatever...

... he is going to do when he feels the Investigation is complete and he has run down whatever he needs to run down. I don’t think the elections - or timing related to the elections - should figure into it at all. JMO.

[TalenaGor]

26. I agree - Politics out, 100% integrity in - its imperative

[dameatball]

27. You are correct. The scope of this investigation may very well take years to fully conclude.

Every stone that is uncovered leads to yet another cockroach. However, I do believe significant findings will occur prior to the election and they may indeed be bombshells....to use a word we hear a lot. However, to wrap up all these cases, which probably go back decades on multiple continents.....we may not see the entire thing ended until well after the election.
So anyway.....seems to me that their will be more indictments and hopefully more guilty pleas prior to the election, but that will not be the end of it.
I for one, do not think Mark Warner was just running off at the mouth. I also agree with you that specific dates are somewhat meaningless to Mueller.

[waddirum]

4. Your link was funky

This one should work better.

[lark]

6. By the end of August please, or at worst the beginning of Sept.

He needs time to get this information out and have it disseminate all throughout our country. Please release the tapes ASAP!! The deplorables have to have this shoved up their noses in incontrovertible form so even their tiny ignorant brains get that he broke our nations elections laws thrugh a conspiracy with Russia and even possibly Israel, UAE & Saudi Arabia?

[lagomorph777]

8. Yes, we need voice intercepts, video of secret meetings...

something that will frighten Trump's illiterate hordes enough to wake them up.

[Corgigal]

10. Maybe republicans in congress

asked hm to hurry up. Even if not true, Trump would believe it.

[NewJeffCT]

11. It's pretty obvious Trump obstructed justice on multiple occasions

is each tweet related to Trump/Russia a separate count of Obstruction and/or witness tampering?

[NRaleighLiberal]

12. Sick of the "sought" to interfere. "Interfered" is accurate.

[gordianot]

13. I prefer conspired to interfered.

[NRaleighLiberal]

14. that is fine too. Why the media always creates doubt about it occurring puzzles and infuriates me

[DeminPennswoods]

15. Sept 1st is the date

most news programs are using. I'm not sure, but DoJ policy might be not to release anything within 60 days of an election.

[leftynyc]

22. That's the date RUDY was using

It's arbitrary and I don't want Mueller to feel rushed. He'll file when he's ready.

[DeminPennswoods]

25. I heard it on MSNBC

Again, it might be DoJ policy that nothing is publicized about 60 days or so before an election.

[leftynyc]

28. That is probably a unwritten rule

but after what comey did, I don't care when he files. And neither should anyone else.

[DeminPennswoods]

30. Since the IG dinged Comey over the pressers in Oct/Nov

it must be written policy somewhere.

[leftynyc]

33. I don't think so

And remember, he did it 11 days before the election.

[tavernier]

16. And congress and SCOTUS will dismiss it

and over rule. That is THEIR plan. Hoping Mueller has a checkmate up his sleeve.

[Dopers_Greed]

18. If it's what you say

I love it especially later in the summer

[SWBTATTReg]

19. I don't understand...then what the hell was Mueller doing before? I thought ...

that this is what he's been working on all along...

So, is this another 'not true' news article by Bloomberg that's Mueller's team have taken to task about reporting on things that aren't true (recently Wash Post and another, NYT?)...

[Whiskeytide]

20. Hasn't he been doing this ...

... from day one? Isn’t that the purpose of his appointment?

It is a complicated investigation, and there are dozens of players and many facets to the activity being investigated. Every time he turns over a rock, he finds not only a couple of snakes, but also more rocks.

But based on who has flipped and pled, and based on investigative reports by multiple journalists, there is plenty of stink all over everyone involved. I suspect by now Meuller knows very well what happened and who was in on it. My hope is that he is simply making a list of admissible evidence under each element of each crime and making a legal judgement about what he can prove beyond a reasonable doubt and what he can’t prove to that burden.

To me, Flynn has always been the key. He and Manafort were right in the middle of it all. He doesn’t strike me as the kind of guy who would flip unless they had him and/or his son securely by the balls. If he is genuinely cooperating, I think he brings down the whole gang. The alternative is not pleasant - that they really don’t have much on Flynn beyond the charges filed, and that he is pleading guilty to fall on the sword, giving up little in return. If that is the case, then Meuller’s findings will land with a whimper rather than a bang, and DU will implode with anguish.

[Tommy_Carcetti]

21. Donald Trump just read this headline.

".......Zero......Trump-Russia Collusion......"


"Ha ha! Vindication!"

[niyad]

23. "Mueller, Don't Be Late" Sandy and Richard Riccardi

[Takket]

31. I can't possibly happen fast enough.

[Calista241]

35. I feel like these articles are just to get our hopes up.

No sources are quoted. No real information is new or released or even noteworthy. It’s just an analysis piece that refers to “sources.”

I, for one, will not hold my breath waiting for a report or indictments.