Mueller team asks about Trump's Russian business dealings as he weighed a run for president
Source: CNN
Investigators for special counsel Robert Mueller have recently been asking witnesses about Donald Trump's business activities in Russia prior to the 2016 presidential campaign as he considered a run for president, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Questions to some witnesses during wide-ranging interviews included the timing of Trump's decision to seek the presidency, potentially compromising information the Russians may have had about him, and why efforts to brand a Trump Tower in Moscow fell through, two sources said.
The lines of inquiry indicate Mueller's team is reaching beyond the campaign to explore how the Russians might have sought to influence Trump at a time when he was discussing deals in Moscow and contemplating a presidential run.
Mueller was appointed to investigate Russian meddling in the 2016 campaign. The President claims that any investigation of his family's finances would be a breach of the special counsel's mandate.
Two of the sources said they do not know from the questions asked whether Mueller has concrete evidence to indicate wrongdoing.
Read more: https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/27/politics/trump-russia-investigation/index.html
This can't be good.....
50 Shades Of Blue
(10,053 posts)But I am worried about Trump's reaction.
PubliusEnigma
(1,583 posts)Whats behind door number 3?!?
riversedge
(70,320 posts)getagrip_already
(14,848 posts)You have to believe that at this point, the questions they are asking are very focussed to evidence they already have. They likely know the answers, and are judging if the witnesses are either lying to them or trying to see if they have anything to add.
Just look at who is cooperating: flynn, bannon, hicks, gorka, giuliani, gates, mcgann, page... and that's just a partial list. You know they probably cracked lawyers, accountants, bankers, gangsters, and politicians.
Right now, they must be like a cat that injures a mouse, and then just watches it and occassionaly plays with it.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,023 posts)references CNN article in the OP
https://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/not-excellent-news-for-donald-trump
This from CNN could be nothing, just checking off boxes. But it sounds ominous for Donald Trump
Investigators for special counsel Robert Mueller have recently been asking witnesses about Donald Trumps business activities in Russia prior to the 2016 presidential campaign as he considered a run for president, according to three people familiar with the matter.
Questions to some witnesses during wide-ranging interviews included the timing of Trumps decision to seek the presidency, potentially compromising information the Russians may have had about him, and why efforts to brand a Trump Tower in Moscow fell through, two sources said.
The article elaborates on these points in questioning other witnesses, Muellers investigators are asking about when Donald Trump became serious about running for President, how this chronology overlapped with various business ventures, who paid for what on his 2013 visit to Russia and what access people had to the now-President to gain compromising information about the President.
Most of the article is not able to get past the questions were asked. But even in hints and clues you can see the storyline and chain of events beginning to draw tight.
babylonsister
(171,096 posts)He is SO STUPID! Why don't a whole collective of supposedly intelligent people not see that?
mopinko
(70,255 posts)he was recruited to run, and promised the help of the kremlin from jumpstreet.
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torius
(1,652 posts)Zorro
(15,749 posts)and it will happen when Mueller compels Trump to testify under oath.
Also think it will roil the stock market.
Tommy_Carcetti
(43,207 posts)What's critical is everything that lead up to the 2013 Miss Universe pageant in Moscow, what actually happened at the Miss Universe Pageant, and the time period immediately after the Miss Universe pageant.
That's going to be some good, good stuff.