U.S. accuses Russian spies of 2016 election hacking, summit looms

[Chomper Higgot]

19 hours ago, Curt1591 said:

If, after over 18 months, Mueller could tie it to Trump, one might believe he would have made the case by now. After all, wasn't that why he was appointed? 

Still waiting for the "case of the suspect waiting for a crime" case to come to fruition. 

You might want to ask Trump’s campaign chairman Manafort, or Trump’s personal attorney Cohen how they feal about Mueller’s ‘lack of making a case’.

 

Or have a word with Maria Butina though she, the NRA, Roger Stone and at least one Rupublican Congressman might not want to talk about it right now.

 

And what about those corporations that were handing big bucks to Cohen, they’ve been firing staff involved in those transactions but then where did the money go? Was it untraceable money?

 

Buckle up and get your denial glasses on, the fun is just staring.

Edited July 17, 2018 by Chomper Higgot

[heybruce]

19 hours ago, Curt1591 said:

If, after over 18 months, Mueller could tie it to Trump, one might believe he would have made the case by now. After all, wasn't that why he was appointed? 

Still waiting for the "case of the suspect waiting for a crime" case to come to fruition. 

Mueller was appointed on May 17, 2017, so it has only been 14 months.  Trump has been President for only 18 months, and the justification for hiring Mueller didn't come until Trump fired Comey over "that Russia thing". 

 

Mueller was appointed to investigate Russian interference in the 2016 election, the appointment letter doesn't direct him to target the President or any other specific person.  Of course if specific people seem panicked by the investigation, that seems suspicious, don't you think?

 

Considering the rogues gallery of suspects and the international jurisdictions involved, some of them hostile to the investigation, I think Mueller has accomplished quite a lot; something like 30 indictments, many in Russia, and some guilty pleas. 

 

An investigation of this sort takes time, and is important enough so that it needs to be allowed all the time required.  Besides, the more Trump cries "Witch hunt!" the more likely it is that Mueller is closing in.

Edited July 17, 2018 by heybruce

[Silurian]

The Treasury Department under Traitor Trump is looking to suppress how Russia funneled money via the NRA into the Traitor Trump's campaign.

 

The government is making it easier for “dark money” donors to go unnamed

 

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The United States government is making it easier for “dark money” donors to keep their contributions, well, in the dark.

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The decision landed the same day as the Justice Department announced the arrest of Maria Butina, a Russian national with NRA ties who is accused of trying to influence US politics. Ethics experts say Treasury’s maneuver will make identifying activities like those Butina has been accused of even harder to track.

 

[mtls2005]

Forgetting for a moment the Benghazi investigation(s).

 

 

[heybruce]

5 hours ago, mtls2005 said:

Forgetting for a moment the Benghazi investigation(s).

 

 

To the Trumpies crying "It shouldn't take this long!", please note that the average investigation takes almost three years, and the Clinton/Whitewater investigation, a far simpler matter than Russian election interference, went on for most of Clinton's eight year administration.

[heybruce]

14 minutes ago, Curt1591 said:

 

Actually I've had a background investigation done on me as part of a security clearance long ago.  I won't go into details, it was more than a perfunctory check.  I didn't sweat it, and I passed.

 

This isn't a fishing expedition, certainly not compared to Republican backed investigations.  Everything we know about Mueller's work to date has been fully in keeping with instructions in his appointment letter.

 

If Trump had nothing to worry about, he wouldn't be worried.  However it's clear that a real estate developer with a history or dealings with Russia, clear ambitions for further dealings, frustration with sanctions limiting these dealings, and a refusal to follow precedent and reveal his finances, has something to worry about.