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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
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We've had the Bruno family, the Bonanno family, the Gambino family, the Genovese family, the Lucchese family, the Colombo family, the Patriarca family -- and now we have the Trump family. "Hey, whadda you lookin' at, you little teppista? You got nothin' on us!"
Done with Michael Cohen, federal prosecutors shift focus to Trump family business
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...IM4d?ocid=AMZN
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Butina -- a spy, political activist and unregistered Russian agent -- was charged by federal prosecutors with "infiltrating Republican organizations in order to advance Russian interests." In July, she pleaded not guilty to one count of conspiracy and a second count of acting as an agent of a foreign government. Well, she was guilty -- and we will soon know the details.
Accused Russian spy Maria Butina cooperating with federal prosecutors as part of plea deal
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/10/polit...lea/index.html
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Acting on behalf of the Kremlin, Maria Butina and Alexander Torshin infiltrated the NRA to help ensure Donald Trump got elected President. Almost every day brings new developments in the Trump-Russia saga. This ongoing drama has more twists and turns than a Tami Hoag novel!
Maria Butina's guilty plea could tie the Trump campaign closer to Russia
https://qz.com/1490015/maria-butinas...ssia-nra-ties/
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Donald Trump, who watches Fox News for several hours a day, told Reuters today that he didn't know until recently that any of his 16 associates had ties to Russia. Yeah, uh-huh, sure. And every one of these 16 has denied having ties to Russia. Yeah, uh-huh, sure.
At least 16 Trump associates had contacts with Russians during campaign or transition
https://www.cnn.com/2018/12/10/polit...ion/index.html
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Fraud, tax evasion, hush-money payments and lying to Congress about Trump's dealings with Russia -- and another Trump associate is headed to prison.
Former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen sentenced to 3 years in prison
https://www.newsday.com/news/new-yor...ump-1.24464003
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Rudy "Truth Isn't Truth" Giuliani initially said discussions for a proposed Trump Tower in Moscow ended in January 2016. Now he says talks were going on until November. And Donald "There Is No Collusion" Trump, at the same time he was campaigning for President and talking about ending sanctions against Russia, was negotiating to build a tower in Moscow and give Putin the penthouse suite free of charge. Lovely.
Giuliani indicates Trump-Cohen conversations on Trump Tower Moscow occurred later than previously known
https://www-m.cnn.com/2018/12/16/pol...wer/index.html
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Today, in yet another series of tweets, the orange-skinned parrot once again squawked his usual mantras: "Total hoax!" "Witch hunt!" "Democrat scam!" -- and once again he ignores all the indictments, guilty pleas, plea bargains and prison sentences. If, as he claims, he is "innocent," then why is he constantly attacking Mueller's investigation? (Mueller is a Republican, by the way.)
Trump: Jeff Sessions 'should be ashamed of himself' for allowing Russia probe to proceed
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...2Psz?ocid=AMZN
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Two new reports prepared for the Senate Intelligence Committee by independent researchers were released today. They reveal that Russia wanted Trump to defeat Clinton in 2016 -- no surprise there -- and Russia tried to turn black Democratic voters against Clinton by spreading false claims that she was resorting to fraud to win the election and militias were attempting to stop her.
Russia's use of US social media was also much more widespread than we thought. Russians created thousands of fake accounts and spread lies and propaganda on Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, Reddit, Instagram, YouTube, Pinterest, Vine, Google+ and other sites. Is there any reason to think Russia won't be doing the same in 2020?
4 main takeaways from new reports on Russia's 2016 election interference
One includes Russia's deliberate targeting of African Americans online.
https://www.vox.com/world/2018/12/17...nton-instagram
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Once the Russian trolls succeeded in getting their man in the White House, they turned their attention to Robert Mueller, calling him "corrupt" and "incompetent" and saying he worked with radical Islamists. They denounced the idea of Russian election meddling as a "crackpot theory" and called for Mueller to be fired for his "fake investigation." The Russians were fearful that we would learn about all their fake accounts and their pro-Trump, anti-Clinton propaganda. We did learn -- and now we have a President who continually attacks Mueller and the Russia investigation. The Russians must be proud of their man in the White House.
Russian disinformation teams targeted Robert Mueller, says report prepared for Senate
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/polit...6n44?ocid=AMZN
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The orange parrot keeps squawking that the Mueller investigation is "Fake news! Witch hunt! Fake news! Witch hunt! Awwwkkk!" Obviously, it is not.
Mueller grand jury extended for up to 6 months
CNN, Jan 4 2019 4:22 PM ET
Special counsel Robert Mueller's federal grand jury has been extended for up to six months. The grand jury, based in Washington, DC, was seated for an 18-month term that began in July 2017 and was set to expire in the coming days. Under federal rules, the court is able to extend a grand jury's term for another six months if it is "in the public interest." Chief Judge Beryl Howell of the DC District Court, who oversees the Mueller grand jury, granted the extension. She does not sit in on its sessions.
https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/04/polit...ury/index.html
