This gives a sense of just how far ranging the investigation is
Quick summary of that:
If Watergate was all about the cover up then the Russia/Trump investigation is all about the cover up of the cover up in my view…
An interesting historical idea:
The chairman of the House Committee on the Judiciary faced a vexing problem: Pressure for impeachment was building, but while lots of evidence against the president was public, key pieces of it were not. They were, rather, in the hands of a special prosecutor, who didn’t work for Congress. The prosecutor’s job was to prosecute crimes, not to evaluate the president’s fitness for office. That latter job lay with the chairman and his committee, who didn’t have access to the prosecutor’s evidence. So the House judiciary committee chairman wrote a letter requesting that the evidence be turned over…
…Rodino’s course suggests a way forward for Nadler that is worth serious consideration. It boils down to this: If Nadler and his committee want the evidence in the hands of Special Counsel Robert Mueller that is relevant to their performance of their own constitutional function, they should start by formally asking Mueller to refer it to them.
In case anyone is wondering why the entire Republican party are sucking Trump’s balls.
In 2015-16, everything changed. Blavatnik’s political contributions soared and made a hard right turn as he pumped $6.35 million into GOP political action committees, with millions of dollars going to top Republican leaders including Sens. Mitch McConnell, Marco Rubio and Lindsey Graham.
They’re all traitors, they’re all guilty. We’ll never be rid of them as long as they control the Senate and the Courts.
Also funded by Russian money: McCain, Timex’s boy Kasich, and Scott Walker.
Some interesting thoughts from Masha Gessen:
What we are observing is not most accurately described as the subversion of American democracy by a hostile power. Instead, it is an attempt at state capture by an international crime syndicate. . . .
"When members of the American media cover the story of Russian meddling, they implicitly portray Russia as a normal state, and the influence operation as an undertaking of the state aimed at furthering Russia’s national interests. This strikes Russians as absurd. By the measure of national interest, the Trump Presidency has been disappointing for Russia. . . . At the same time, diplomatic relations between Russia and the U.S. have deteriorated to the point of near-total dysfunction, and, despite considerable foot-dragging by the White House, the U.S. has continued to impose new sanctions on Russia.
"By the metrics of a Mafia state, though, the Trump Presidency has yielded great results for Russia. A Mafia boss craves respect, loyalty, and perceived power. Trump’s deference to Putin and the widespread public perception of Putin’s influence over Trump have lifted Putin’s stature beyond what I suspect could have been his wildest dreams.
Not really related to Trump/ Russia, but…‘we have Putin, but we don’t have happiness’. No way those things are related…
The title of every chapter of Russian history.
With the subtitle
“Then it got worse.”
Then they overthrew their oppressors, celebrated for a bit and replaced them with all new ones.
Good luck tying Trump’s inaugural committee to President Trump, libtards.
NO COLLUSION!
Imagine you are Donald Trump.
You’re being investigated by the FBI, the SDNY, the NY State Tax Authority and a special counsel. The White House Lawyer has flipped. Your own lawyer, too, along with the Trump Org CFO and a dozen other people. Every aspect of your life and business past is under multiple microscopes. Oh, and you started a fight with the intelligence community, who think you might be a spy.
Are you clean? Have you always colored inside the lines? Is there nothing to find?
The skeletons are going to be found. If you know this… what do you do? Are you ready for bankruptcy and maybe criminal prosecution the day you leave office? No? How do you stop that, then?
(This worries me)
Retire to a lovely golden estate somewhere near Kiev?
A couple of things that occur to me:
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Mueller appears to be delegating stuff to the SDNY for reals now, which is something folks like Marcy Wheeler for a while have said is likely to happen.
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This feels like a pretty hefty set of subpoenas and potential indictments here. Like, substantial stuff.
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I Mueller is handing something of this much weight off to the SDNY…
And the House hasn’t even got started yet with their investigations into the crimes he has committed while in office after the election.