Robert Mueller indicts 13 Russians for election meddling

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Roger Stone is a blindly loyal Donald Trump supporter who values the Republican party above all else. Stone refuses to testify about Trump-Russia connections but Michael Cohen, Michael Flynn and Paul Manafort have been cooperating with Robert Mueller's team of investigators. Hey, three out of four ain't bad!

Flynn has given 'substantial' assistance to the special counsel
CNN, Dec 4 2018 9:04 PM ET

Special counsel Robert Mueller told a federal court today that former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn has given "substantial assistance" to the Russia investigation and should not get jail time. Flynn has sat for 19 interviews with the special counsel and the Justice Department, the filing states. The new details explaining how Flynn has helped the special counsel investigation will ratchet up the pressure on President Donald Trump, who has repeatedly attacked the Mueller probe as a "witch hunt." Mueller's office says Flynn assisted them "on a range of issues, including interactions between individuals in the Presidential transition team and Russia."

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/04/polit...ing/index.html

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I can't help thinking of a line in Shakesperare's Hamlet: "The lady doth protest too much, methinks" -- except Donald Trump is not a lady. He's a whiny, petulant, think-skinned, narcissistic blowhard.

Trump accuses Mueller of 'presidential harassment'
Geobeats, Dec 6 2018 12:17 PM

President Trump today explained why his approval rating is at 50% despite his many accomplishments. "Without the phony Russia Witch Hunt, and with all that we have accomplished in the last almost two years (Tax & Regulation Cuts, Judges, Military, Vets, etc.) my approval rating would be at 75% rather than the 50% just reported by Rasmussen," Trump tweeted. "It’s called Presidential Harassment!"

Conservative-leaning Rasmussen Reports publishes a daily presidential tracking poll. This is not the first time Trump has dismissed special counsel Robert Mueller's probe into Russia’s interference in the 2016 election. On May 1, Trump tweeted: "So disgraceful that the questions concerning the Russian Witch Hunt were 'leaked' to the media. No questions on Collusion. Oh, I see...you have a made up, phony crime, Collusion, that never existed, and an investigation begun with illegally leaked classified information. Nice!"

Trump wrote last month: "Did you ever see an investigation more in search of a crime? At the same time Mueller and the Angry Democrats aren't even looking at the atrocious, and perhaps subversive, crimes that were committed by Crooked Hillary Clinton and the Democrats. A total disgrace!"

https://www.aol.com/article/news/201...ment/23610760/

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Today is Pearl Harbor Day -- and it appears Donald Trump's own "Pearl Harbor" is fast approaching.

Exclusive: Mueller investigators questioned John Kelly in obstruction-of-justice probe

https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/12/07/pol...ion/index.html

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Cohen pleaded guilty to eight criminal charges. Then he pleaded guilty to lying to Congress about the time period of negotiations for a proposed Trump Tower in Moscow. Trump accused Cohen of "making up stories" in the hope of getting a lighter sentence. Well, Donald, it looks as though Cohen will not be getting that "lighter sentence."

Federal prosecutors in New York call for 'substantial term' in prison for Trump's ex-lawyer Michael Cohen; Mueller takes no position

https://www.cnbc.com/2018/12/07/fede...ael-cohen.html

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Trump says Mueller's just-released memo "cleared" him. Trump is delusional. The memo did no such thing. Trump also sent out a series of five tweets to -- again -- attack the Mueller investigation as a "witch hunt." Starting to feel the heat, Donald?

Michael Cohen told Mueller's office about contacts between Trump aides and Russia
NBC News, Dec 7 2018 3:23 PM

President Donald Trump's former lawyer Michael Cohen has provided significant assistance to special counsel Robert Mueller's investigation, including details about contacts between Trump aides and Russia, according to court documents released today.

Mueller's office said Cohen gave federal investigators "relevant and useful" information about his contacts with people connected to the White House as late as this year, according to a sentencing memo the office filed. The memo says Cohen also offered a detailed account of the effort to build a Trump Tower in Moscow as well as information about Russia-related matters "core to the special counsel investigation" that he obtained from Trump Organization executives.

On November 29, Cohen pleaded guilty to a charge brought by the special counsel's office that he lied to Congress to cover up efforts during the presidential campaign to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. The surprise plea marked the first time that Trump and his private business dealings were named in open court as part of Mueller's probe of Russian election interference and possible ties to the Trump campaign.

In his plea, Cohen copped to falsely claiming that talks related to the Moscow real estate project ended in January 2016, a month before the Iowa caucuses, when in fact the discussions carried on into June of that year. Cohen said the President and his family members were privy to the negotiations. He also admitted to communicating with Russian government officials about the deal.

In an unrelated case brought by Manhattan prosecutors, Cohen pleaded guilty to eight federal charges — six counts related to his personal finances and two related to campaign finance violations involving hush money payments to two women who said they had affairs with Trump. Cohen told a court in August that Trump directed him to make payments to porn actress Stormy Daniels and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, in order to secure their silence on the alleged affairs ahead of the presidential campaign.

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/pol...-cohen-n945191

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Kellyanne Conway, Trump's counselor and former campaign manager, is a blindly loyal member of the Trump Cheerleading Squad. (She shares duties with Hannity, Limbaugh, Giuliani and Sarah Sanders.) Her husband, an attorney and a graduate of Harvard College and Yale Law School, is not a blindly loyal Trump cheerleader. On the contrary, his eyes are open.

Conway: Cohen documents show Trump allegedly broke law
Newsweek, Dec 8 2018

George Conway, a prominent conservative lawyer and husband of White House counselor Kellyanne Conway, has mocked President Donald Trump's claim that sentencing documents filed in the prosecution of his former attorney Michael Cohen "totally" clear the President.

"Except for that little part where the US Attorney's Office says you directed and coordinated with Cohen to commit two felonies," Conway wrote in response to Trump. "Other than that, totally scot-free."

In August, Cohen pleaded guilty in New York to arranging payouts to adult entertainer Stephanie Clifford, also known as Stormy Daniels, and former Playboy model Karen McDougal, on Trump's orders. The women claimed they had had affairs with Trump and prosecutors now say the payouts were made to silence them ahead of the 2016 presidential election in violation of campaign finance laws.

In Friday's court filing, the Justice Department threw its weight behind Cohen's claim he was acting on Trump's orders, claiming the payments were made in "coordination with and the direction of" Trump.

Conway joined other experts in claiming the documents show investigators believe Trump broke the law. "This is the first time the government has alleged in its own voice that President Trump is personally involved in what it considers to be federal offenses," tweeted US politics professor Daniel Drezner, in a message shared by Conway.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...FihC?ocid=AMZN

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Today the orange-skinned parrot once again squawked that it's "time for the Witch Hunt to END." He also attacked Hilary Clinton yet again and he denies directing Michael Cohen to make hush-money payments to Stormy Daniels and Karen McDougal. Do we believe Cohen, who spent more than 70 hours in interviews with Mueller's investigators -- or do we believe Trump, who has made 6,420 false and/or misleading claims since he's been in office? I vote for Cohen. ( https://www.washingtonpost.com/graph...=.a7c2ef1bc2f7 )

Trump calls for Mueller probe to end following Manafort, Cohen court filings

https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/08/polit...ngs/index.html

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Yesterday in a closed-door hearing, former FBI director James Comey said four Americans with a "connection" to Trump were investigated in 2016 on suspicion of colluding with Russians meddling in our Presidential election. Comey later complained that the House Republicans wasted a lot of time grilling him about Hillary Clinton's emails. Come on, Republicans, let it go! Let it gol

FBI investigated four Americans on Russia collusion suspicions: Comey

https://www.reuters.com/article/us-u...-idUSKBN1O70T3

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I can imagine the tweets Trump would make: "I should NOT be here in prison. I did NOTHING wrong. I'm here only because of a Rigged Witch Hunt. Everybody lied! CROOKED HILLARY should be here, NOT ME."

Adam Schiff on Face The Nation: Trump faces 'real prospect of jail time' after leaving office

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/adam-sc...eaving-office/

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Trump, who lies about everything, frequently accuses others of lying, too. Of course he never offers any evidence for his accusations. Today the orange-skinned Tweeter-In-Chief denounced what he calls a "rigged fraud set up by dishonest people" and said "Leakin' James Comey" set a record for telling the most lies to Congress in a single day. Trump is an embarrassment and a disgrace to the office of the Presidency.

In tweets, Trump attacks Comey's testimony as 'all lies'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...HTt8?ocid=AMZN