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Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin

(108,026 posts) Fri Jan 25, 2019, 09:43 PM Jan 2019

The juiciest morsel in Mueller's charges against Roger Stone

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The indictment of longtime Donald Trump associate Roger Stone offered the clearest evidence to date of the Trump campaign’s alleged attempts to cooperate with WikiLeaks during the 2016 election.

Special counsel Robert Mueller embedded the tantalizing morsel near the start of the 24-page indictment. He recounts how the Trump campaign swung into action after WikiLeaks — the activist organization suspected of cozying up to Kremlin-backed hackers — started releasing stolen Democratic emails in late July 2016, just days before Hillary Clinton accept her party’s nomination.

In one paragraph, Mueller alleges that an unnamed individual gave instructions to a senior unnamed Trump campaign official to get in touch with Stone “about any additional releases and what other damaging information” WikiLeaks was holding about Clinton’s campaign.

After getting those orders, Stone allegedly told the Trump campaign “about potential future releases of damaging material” that WikiLeaks was holding.

Democratic lawmakers and legal experts tracking the Russia probe singled out those details — which suggest the Trump campaign willingly engaged with a foreign entity seeking to meddle in the presidential election — as the most alluring revelation yet in the Mueller investigation.

The revelation, if true, also suggests that Mueller is potentially sitting on more evidence that could firm up a case of collusion against at least some individuals in Trump’s orbit, or even the president himself.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-juiciest-morsel-in-muellers-charges-against-roger-stone/ar-BBSKh0x?li=BBnb7Kz

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The juiciest morsel in Mueller's charges against Roger Stone (Original Post) Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin Jan 2019 OP

Seems pretty clear to me. TomSlick Jan 2019 #1

That was a good read :) They may as well have mentioned the friend in London at the embassies GemDigger Jan 2019 #2

It is a gossamer veil. TomSlick Jan 2019 #3

Thank you for that. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2019 #5

Dotard Jr- the closest, most desparate, most-likely-to-be-loyal source of free dirty labor greyl Jan 2019 #4

I can see an argument for Kushner being who gave the order. dixiegrrrrl Jan 2019 #6

TomSlick

(11,098 posts)

1. Seems pretty clear to me.

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 10:31 PM

Jan 2019

The indictment is an interesting read.

[link:https://www.lawfareblog.com/document-indictment-roger-stone|

It the archetype of a "speaking indictment" with lots of interesting tidbits.

GemDigger

(4,305 posts)

2. That was a good read :) They may as well have mentioned the friend in London at the embassies

Reply to TomSlick (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:42 PM

Jan 2019

name. There is only one dwerp who can fit that bill.

TomSlick

(11,098 posts)

3. It is a gossamer veil.

Reply to GemDigger (Reply #2)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 12:38 AM

Jan 2019

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

5. Thank you for that.

Reply to TomSlick (Reply #1)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 04:45 PM

Jan 2019

Been looking for it.

greyl

(22,990 posts)

4. Dotard Jr- the closest, most desparate, most-likely-to-be-loyal source of free dirty labor

Reply to Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin (Original post)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 12:46 AM

Jan 2019

for Dotard Sr.

If it turns out Jr was left out of tasks most crucial for stealing the 2016 election, his feelings will be hurt.

dixiegrrrrl

(60,010 posts)

6. I can see an argument for Kushner being who gave the order.

Reply to greyl (Reply #4)

Sat Jan 26, 2019, 05:01 PM

Jan 2019

because....

Mueller alleges that an unnamed individual gave instructions to a senior unnamed Trump campaign official to get in touch with Stone “about any additional releases and what other damaging information” WikiLeaks was holding about Clinton’s campaign.

Now, what Senior camp. official? this is around 2016, so that narrows down campaign officials who came aboard later in the race.
So yeah, maybe Jr.

and who above him had the power to tell him what to do? Hint... trump usually used cot-outs.

Thus Kushner comes to mind to carry the message to Jr. who then DID stay involved with the issue.

that's what my rambling brain saw, anyhow.

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