Robert Mueller, Former F.B.I. Director, Is Named Special Counsel for Russia Investigation

He was deposed in a freaking civil suit.

 

Second grand jury... in Washington DC and in Virginia.

https://www.usatoday.com/story/news...ueller-using-multiple-grand-juries/540959001/
http://www.nationalreview.com/corne...tedly-impanels-second-grand-jury-few-thoughts

 

The question is no longer whether Trump broke the law, the question is what will Trump and his base do when he and his family is faced with criminal charges?

from the above link - the National Review...ya know that liberal rag that conservatives love the read...

 

There is absolutely a question of if Trump broke the law. There is no published evidence showing that he did. I personally believe that evidence exists and it will come out but we still don't know anything other than this is a batshit administration.

 

At the very least his public comments alone have damned him to obstruction of justice. Only the blind can conclude he has not broken the law. A Clinton would be in jail for what he has done.

We all know he's a crook. He was a crook before he became president, and he remains one after.

 

Just as a reminder, now that subpoenas are being issued, of past news reports of former campaign manager Manafort and former chief of staff Priebus (since fired by Trump)...

http://thehill.com/homenews/news/33...o-push-back-against-russia-allegations-report
http://www.politico.com/story/2017/05/25/manafort-trump-russia-advise-238803

Plus... Flynn. All three will be interesting witnesses with stories to tell...

 

Alan Dershowitz has been defending Trump (often on Fox) but hopefully this was a misstatement...

Alan Dershowitz Tells Rita Cosby New Mueller D.C. Grand Jury Racially and Ethnically Stacked Against Trump

http://www.wabcradio.com/2017/08/04...acially-and-ethnically-stacked-against-trump/

 

Yes, because minorities can't be fair and impartial jurors. Dershowitz has some 'splanin to do.

 

As it was said in The Wire, black people have been voting for white people for a looonnggg time. This is just the next iteration of slander by Trump supporters. First Russian interference was an excuse...no, it happened. FBI investigation is an excuse/Comey is a Clinton/Obama crony....fired him. Muellers investigation is corrupt because he is too close to Comey. Mueller's team is too close to Clinton. Investigation is too broad.

There seems to be a lot of concern about this "nothing burger".

 

Dershowitz does have some experience in this area -- the effect of racial composition on the eventual verdict. There's no question that it has an impact.

 

Does Dershowitz have a mortgage or credit cards he needs to pay? Has he been getting a dearth of attention lately and wants to push himself into the "national conversation" about Mr. trump, the campaign, his staff, the Russians, and director Mueller? Seems like it to me.

 

but trump said he loves the blacks and vice versa right?

 

I have been wondering if he joined the Trump defense team (as he joined the OJ defense team).

 

LOL... the "Trump googled" has taken on a life of its own... literally...

 

He's essentially been playing the part of Defense attorney for Trump for the past 2 months or so. I'd assume he was trying to get a job by giving free legal advice. He even said once on air that his liberal friends will kill him for giving essentially free legal advice but he felt the need to present a perspective from a defense attorney in this case.

I think his commentary is actually pretty interesting cause it gives us a preview of what a Trump defense will look like. In this case the "Racial Motivation" seems right up his ally given his OJ experience. He knows how that impacts the case.

But aren't we not supposed to know who the jury is for very good reasons? Isn't selecting a grand jury by a special prosecutor much different than in a local criminal case? Aren't we able to show a long history of prosecutions by Mueller and show no evidence of a pattern of selecting impartial grand juries?

Point being I think this defense will be more of a "court of public opinion" defense and will stoke the base to see Trump as more of a martyr to the deep state & Mueller who is going to get crucified by the right over the next 6 months to a year. But I don't see this as a legit way of getting this grand jury thrown out if its even possible to get a grand jury thrown out in a federal criminal case led by a special prosecutor. You'd need a much smarter legal mind than mine to answer that one, but I dont see it.

 

Mueller's investigation into Flynn and this story will be very interesting. Among other financial links, a data-mining firm called White Canvas Group was paid $200k by the Trump campaign last year for "unspecified services"; they also helped Flynn with his Turkey lobbying.

https://www.nytimes.com/2017/08/04/us/politics/robert-mueller-michael-flynn-turkey.html

 

Interesting look at what could be considered impeachable offense.by Gene Healy of Cato Institute and author of False Idol: Barack Obama and the Continuing Cult of the Presidency and The Cult of the Presidency: America’s Dangerous Devotion to Executive Power.

YOU DON’T HAVE TO COMMIT A CRIME TO BE IMPEACHED

http://www.newsweek.com/you-dont-have-commit-crime-be-impeached-647926

 

Meanwhile, while the dog wags...

FBI conducted predawn raid of former Trump campaign chairman Manafort’s home

https://www.washingtonpost.com/poli...79f191668ed_story.html?utm_term=.15d30f2e41f7

And to the Senate investigators:

Trump Campaign Turns Over Thousands of Documents in Russia Probe

https://www.bloomberg.com/news/arti...s-over-thousands-of-documents-in-russia-probe

 

If Trump campaign colluded with Russia but no direct evidence linking to Trump, I doubt they will impeach him, even with a Democrat controlled congress.