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In reply to the discussion: (THREAD) BREAKING - The NYT has published a bombshell report on George Papadopoulos [View all]Calista241
(5,586 posts)"do this, and i'll do this" to anyone with regards to Russia. And he never would've said it to Papadopoulos. He would've said it to Hope Hicks or someone else he had a long standing relationship with. Trump didn't get to be a billionaire real estate mogul by airing his dirty laundry like that.
Papadopoulos was a wanta be, yes man to the campaign. Yeah, he got into a few meetings, and could've been a yes, fetch man peon; but he wasn't one of the insiders that would've been trusted with a criminal conspiracy type communication like that.
Mueller does have Flynn, who was one of the insiders. But Flynn is also a confessed, convicted liar. He's going to have to have physical, verifiable proof that something nefarious took place. And Trump and his lawyers would know about any such proof, given the close relationship between their legal teams right up until the plea agreement.
And once Mueller was appointed, and probably before that given the interest, everyone got a lawyer; and the chances of anyone important having a conversation about incriminating activity without their lawyers present is incredibly super slim. Any physical proof of an agreement between Trump and the Russians, would probably have to come from 2016, and wouldn't be something developed since the special council came on board.