Robert Mueller indicts 13 Russians for election meddling

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We have tax fraud, money laundering, hush-money payments, campaign finance law violations, huge (and questionable) loans from Deutsche Bank, campaign aides lying about their contacts with Russia, Cohen getting paid $500,000 by a Russian company connected to an oligarch with ties to Putin.......and an angry orange-skinned parrot who keeps squawking, "Witch hunt! Witch hunt! Witch hunt!"

New Mueller probe revelations explain Trump's rage
Investigations penetrating deep into Trump's business, personal and political life are likely to haunt the President for years, even after Mueller has left the stage.

https://www-m.cnn.com/2019/03/20/pol...hen/index.html

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CNN just posted this headline and noted the 37 indictments and the six guilty pleas and/or convictions of Trump associates Cohen, Gates, Flynn, Manafort, Stone and Papadopoulos:

The Mueller report is done
The special counsel's office has completed its probe into Russian interference in the 2016 election, the Justice Department says.

https://www.cnn.com

And now we wait to find out if we get to learn all of Mueller's findings -- or if Trump tries to invoke "executive privilege" to keep his dirty deeds hidden. Trump's lawyers reportedly told him executive privilege may not be legally defensible if crimes have been committed: "The President is not above the law." No, he isn't -- but Trump believes he is. Mueller's report is expected to be sent to Congress by Monday.

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The Mueller investigation led to the indictments of three Russian companies and 34 individuals, eight of whom are former Trump associates. Some of those eight have already received prison sentences and some still await sentencing. Don't forget, Trump says he surrounds himself with "the very best people."

The Mueller report has been submitted. Here are all the major players caught up in the Russia-Trump saga.

https://www.businessinsider.com/all-...mp-saga-2019-3

Here are all the indictments, guilty pleas and convictions from Robert Mueller's investigation

http://time.com/5556331/mueller-inve...-guilty-pleas/

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The orange-skinned Tweeter-In-Chief (Who Seems To LOVE Capital Letters) gloated, "No Collusion, No Obstruction, Complete and Total EXONERATION." He is only partially correct.

Mueller did not find Trump or his campaign conspired with Russia, also did not exonerate him on obstruction

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/24/polit...ase/index.html

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Members of the Trump campaign made at least 101 contacts with Russians in the 15 months prior to Trump's inauguration but the Mueller investigation says there was no conspiracy. I suppose those 101 contacts were just coincidences and were all unrelated. I wonder how many other Presidential campaigns stayed in contact with Russia. I'm guessing none.

Mueller's report found no conspiracy between the Trump campaign and Russia — here are all the known contacts between the campaign and Russian government-linked people or entities

https://www.businessinsider.com/trum...imeline-2018-7

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Michael Cohen told the House Oversight Committee last month that everyone in the Trump Organization is obligated to "protect" Trump – and lying to protect him became the "norm." The only people besides Trump who demand that kind of loyalty are dictators and Mafia dons. Emperor Trump is in good company.

Mueller report: Why so many of Trump's aides lied to protect him from Russia investigation

https://news.yahoo.com/apos-loyalty-...101130334.html

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Yesterday, Donald Trump called the Mueller investigation an "illegal takedown that failed." No, Donald, the investigation was not illegal, it was not a takedown and it did not fail. It resulted in more than 2,800 subpoenas, more than 500 interviews, 37 indictments, hundreds of criminal charges, several guilty pleas and convictions and several prison sentences. But the pompous, egotistical, narcissistic blowhard who sits in the White House thinks everything is about him. He also said the Mueller report "completely exonerated" him. It didn't.

Today, Trump told reporters, "There are a lot of people out there that have done some very, very evil things. Very bad things. I would say treasonous things against our country. We've gone through a period of really bad things happening. Those people will certainly be looked at." In other words, Emperor Trump's relentless attacks on Democrats and the news media will become far more virulent and far more vicious. Brace yourselves.

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Michael Conway, who served as special counsel to the House Judiciary Committee during the 1974 investigation of Richard Nixon and assisted in writing the report calling for Nixon's impeachment, says Trump can be impeached without having committed "criminal acts." Acts that undermine the separation of powers or constitute an abuse of Presidential power are impeachable offenses. Congress needs to see the Mueller report -- all of it. Trump said on March 20 that the entire report should be released but now his lawyers are balking. This is the same Trump who said he would release his tax returns, said he would sit for an interview with Mueller and insisted he knew nothing about hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels. All lies!

Whether Trump obstructed justice isn't the Attorney General's call to make. It's Congress' decision.
The Mueller report didn't draw a conclusion about any obstruction of justice. Barr needs to show the evidence on which he based his decision.

https://www.nbcnews.com/think/opinio...all-ncna986971

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Robert Mueller referred several matters to United States attorneys. The Mueller investigation is over. The attorneys' investigations are not.

Prosecutor: Grand jury in Russia probe 'continuing robustly'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...tly/ar-BBViT5d

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Trump will be haunted by this issue for the rest of his life -- and the American public may never find out the truth. We may never learn what Trump and Putin talked about during their five meetings and what kind of kompromat Putin has against him.

CNN Poll: Majority says Trump not exonerated of collusion after Barr's summary
CNN, Mar 27 2019 4:31 PM ET

Though President Donald Trump has claimed "complete and total exoneration" based on Attorney General William Barr's summary of special counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election, the American public disagrees, according to a new CNN Poll conducted by SSRS. A majority, 56%, say the President and his campaign have not been exonerated of collusion but that what they've heard or read about the report shows collusion could not be proven. Republicans and Democrats are on opposite sides of this question: 77% of Republicans say the President has been exonerated, 80% of Democrats say he has not. Nearly six in 10 Americans want to see Congress continue to pursue hearings into the findings of Mueller's report.

https://www.cnn.com/2019/03/27/polit...ion/index.html