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Mueller Report in less than 280 characters
Mueller Report: 1) A hostile foreign power intervened aggressively to rig our 2016 elections to help Trump. 2) During the campaign, Trump welcomed & encouraged it. 3) As president, Trump obstructed justice, abused his power, slandered, fired & lied to block the investigations.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)bother.
Botany
(70,567 posts)... to obstruct.
TRUMPS RUSSIA COVER-UP BY THE NUMBERS 272 CONTACTS WITH RUSSIA-LINKED OPERATIVES
On April 18, 2019, a redacted copy of Special Counsel Robert Muellers Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In The 2016 Presidential Election (Mueller Report) was released to the public. The Mueller report builds on the U.S. intelligence communitys conclusion that there were two campaigns to elect Donald Trump one run by Trump and one run by the Russian government. The Mueller report clearly identified collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia, despite repeated denials from Trump and many of his senior advisers and close associates that there were any connections between the two campaigns.
A total of 272 contacts between Trumps team and Russia-linked operatives have been identified, including at least 38 meetings. And we know that at least 33 high-ranking campaign officials and Trump advisers were aware of contacts with Russia-linked operatives during the campaign and transition, including Trump himself. None of these contacts were ever reported to the proper authorities. Instead, the Trump team tried to cover up every single one of them.
Beyond the many lies the Trump team told to the American people, Mueller himself repeatedly remarked on how far the Trump team was willing to go to hide their Russian contacts, stating, the investigation established that several individuals affiliated with the Trump Campaign lied to the Office, and to Congress, about their interactions with Russian-affiliated individuals and related matters. Those lies materially impaired the investigation of Russian election interference.
https://themoscowproject.org/explainers/trumps-russia-cover-up-by-the-numbers-70-contacts-with-russia-linked-operatives/
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)watch that and walk away feeling there was nothing to it and the fool had been exonerated.
Botany
(70,567 posts)Trump didn't "win" Wisconsin because of his great campaign skills but because of Russian actions and
some Americans who helped them target their actions. Russ Feingold was @ >90% of winning too.
McConnell is well aware of all of this and he doesn't care.
Hermit-The-Prog
(33,400 posts)Mitch cares about anything that helps him stay in power. That is why he does everything he can to make sure Putin can continue interfering in elections.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)in actually hacking into WI elections...
Did I miss something?
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)So I can watch, maybe more than once.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)time on one of the major network channels. ... but that will never happen ... I don't think. Maybe if the House moves into the investigatory stage ... maybe then it might happen.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Again and again.
The DVR shows 2 programs. Was it 2 hours?
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. It was interesting, but I did not watch that part, I was getting really tired. I wonder ... maybe the report on Mueller is now on youtube.
True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Record Mueller!
EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)dem4decades
(11,301 posts)Or even not so succinctly in his hours of testimony?
Nil?
He's such a homer, sticking to good own rules as the President has no rules. Thanks for nothing.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)White House. It could be a very major turning point in American history if he so choose to do what I think he should do ... just finish where the report left off.
dem4decades
(11,301 posts)Some patriot, i'm sick of hearing how crazy he is, he's not.
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)True Blue American
(17,988 posts)Barr cut the investigation short!
I also think Congress should make the Justice Department get rid of that stupid rule about not indicting,or pass a law prohibiting it.
Lonestarblue
(10,053 posts)And he has to know that Trump stands a good chance of being re-elected if the economy stays strong. He also has to know that Trump is destroying the rule of law and order that he supposedly values. So, will he do the right thing and testify that Trump committed crimes and should be indicted, or will he go down in history as the person who could have saved democracy but chose not to?
RKP5637
(67,112 posts)could relegate this country to a terrible future. Some patriot.
spanone
(135,861 posts)Pepsidog
(6,254 posts)DesertRat
(27,995 posts)mackdaddy
(1,528 posts)Maybe put this up on one of those pasteboards behind the Congressmen asking the question.
Jakes Progress
(11,122 posts)The President and his family lied, broke laws, worked with foreign governments to debase elections, and is probably being blackmailed by putin.
But I've got country club memberships and poker nights with a bunch of people that don't want me to say that.
So I won't.
(Of course, I'm just paraphrasing, but you get the idea.)
Botany
(70,567 posts)Russia wants to hack our elections and if they reach out to you or you find out about Russia
working to effect the elections contact us @ once. Trump and or his campaign NEVER
contacted the FBI but instead welcomed the Russian's work and help.
dem4decades
(11,301 posts)sandensea
(21,655 posts)I certainly hope Mueller - or anybody - have find a way to release those.
Kid Berwyn
(14,951 posts)Both before and after assuming office.
Botany
(70,567 posts)Kid Berwyn
(14,951 posts)Second banana:
And he says Its none of your business, when asked what he and Putin talk about.
http://www.msnbc.com/rachel-maddow-show/trump-putin-talks-its-none-your-business
Guy likely owes the Mafiya billions.
Lucky he hasnt been impeached.
Botany
(70,567 posts)Because Trump was a big time failure as a businessman and so for Russia to have him
be their boy in the White House they had to sell the lie that Trump was some kind of
billionaire business genius. And how many Americans watched that crap and didn't
know that it was all pretend.
EveHammond13
(2,855 posts)"It was a coup, we had treason, and Russia needed inside help to pull it off."
Botany
(70,567 posts)I betya the author is smart, good looking, and modest.
stuffmatters
(2,574 posts)rockfordfile
(8,704 posts)But the reality is the FBI and CIA got their butts kick by Russia. Of course with the extra help of un-American Republicans in our country. I bet you republicans flipped votes on the ground. Just like in NC. You really think that was the first and only time and place.
Botany
(70,567 posts).... which had us all vote on electronic voting machines the exit polls stopped matching the vote and we have seen a "red state shift" in the vote despite demographic and social trends that favored dems.
Putin did not spend all that time, money, and effort looking @ the hardware and software of the voting machines and the central regulators just to have a "look around." I might be wrong but I think HRC had an even bigger margin of votes over Trump.
LiberalLovinLug
(14,176 posts)4) But I am a good Republican following Saint Ronnie's 11th commandment, and won't bring any indictments down. And instead punt it to my cohort Barr. I'm not going to set any precedent on indicting a sitting President, even as the country's legal institutions are abused. Maybe he'll do more with it....I don't really care. In fact I'll sit on my hands and not say a word while he goes on for a full month misrepresenting my conclusions. And then after a mildly rebuke in a letter on the point of not technically finding Trump innocent, I'll say I have no plans to say any more on the matter.
PatrickforO
(14,586 posts)Thanks!