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Nah Nancy Pelosi will blame AOC and “The Squad” for this somehow.

Dems gonna Dem.

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This rewriting of The Mueller Report by Mark Bowden Is. Awesome. OMG, read it.

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It does look good. Of course with Trump, the dumbness never ends:

Comey was alarmed when he found a dinner table set for two. The president appeared at 6:30, the appointed hour, in his usual blue suit and very long tie, which reached down his broad belly to below the belt.

Trump opened with flattery, noting Comey’s promptness.

“I like that. I like people who are on time. I think a leader should always be on time.”

They sat about 4 feet apart. Trump held up a card listing each course for the meal.

“They write these things out one at a time, by hand,” he said.

“A calligrapher,” Comey said.

Trump seemed unfamiliar with the word.

“They write them by hand,” he repeated.

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So basically, the Trump administration has extensive evidence that Turkey tried to influence his own campaign. I’m sure everyone will be looking into that ASAP, right after they finish all their Hillary investigations.

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Smells a bit fishy:

In January, one month after Cohen was sentenced to three years in prison, prosecutors requested interviews with executives at the company, CNN reported. But prosecutors never followed up on their initial request, people familiar with the matter said, and the interviews never took place.

Meanwhile, there has been no contact between the Manhattan US Attorney’s office and officials at the Trump Organization in more than five months, one person familiar with the matter said.

There is no indication that the case has been formally closed, and former federal prosecutors cautioned that it is always possible that new information could revive the inquiry. The Manhattan US Attorney’s office continues to have at least one other ongoing Trump-connected investigation, a probe concerning the President’s inaugural committee.

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Well, they know that Trump did violate campaign finance laws (via Cohen), but since the DOJ says he can’t be charged with any crime, there’s nothing more to do. That’s some catch, that Catch-22.

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I wonder which of them wanted more time. If it’s Mueller, then gulp.

Edit: Nope, seems like it’s about getting more time to allow junior committee members to have question time?

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Stone vs Judge Jackson part N+1


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I still don’t understand how Stone isn’t in jail already.

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Rich, white, powerful, republican. Truly this is a persecuted class, and the judge does not want to appear to be unfair to them.

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He’s white and republican. Is he actually the other two, other than by association?

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but all the illegal voters…

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“Mueller’s demeanor in front of the two committees next week might justifiably be that of a weary teacher. The class has failed to do the reading again but keeps asking for more pointers on how to complete the assignment. Mueller, the institutionalist, believes it’s up to Congress to prosecute a president, not him. He’s given them the tools to do the job, if that’s what they want to do. He could reasonably answer their questions with another question of his own: Why are you wasting time talking to me?”

https://spectator.us/ask-mueller/

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