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CNN: First charges filed in Mueller investigation

sazzy

Member
http://us.cnn.com/2017/10/27/politics/first-charges-mueller-investigation/index.html

Washington (CNN) A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller, according to sources briefed on the matter.

The charges are still sealed under orders from a federal judge. Plans were prepared Friday for anyone charged to be taken into custody as soon as Monday, the sources said. It is unclear what the charges are.

A spokesman for the special counsel's office declined to comment.
 

norm9

Member
Is it happening? Tell me it's happening. I probably won't believe you anyways until I see fools in bracelets and jumpsuits.
 

JordanN

Banned
It's unfortunate it took the splintering of GAF drama to make me completely forget about ol Trumpy.

I gotta say, it was nice not having to think about that guy for 3 days. I don't know if I want to go back to that...
 

Narroo

Member
Hmmm....HmHmmm! Friday has finally come again!

I gotta wonder who it's for? I doubt it's or Trump off the bat, so who?
 

norm9

Member
It's unfortunate it took the splintering of GAF drama to make me completely forget about ol Trumpy.

I gotta say, it was nice not to think about that guy for 3 days. I don't know if I want to go back to that...

Whether you want to think about him or not, he's out there fucking shit up on the daily. Better to be informed.
 

JordanN

Banned
Whether you want to think about him or not, he's out there fucking shit up on the daily. Better to be informed.

On one hand, it's true he is ruining lives every second he breathes.

But on the other, his constant attention seeking was making me unproductive. I hate knowing I've missed out on a lot of sleep or pursuing other activities because I was following so many GAF threads were Trump said this or Trump said that.

Politics affects our lives but it's also important we look after our own first or else no one will gain the power to seriously challenge him because we're too busy reading his damn tweets.
 

jroc74

Phone reception is more important to me than human rights
Might as well get in before the lock.

This is getting a wee bit more interesting...
 
Dana boente resigned as well
He is the DA in the district where the jury was

That indicates either he was stabbed in the back (good for trump) or if indictments came, it was to clear the the decks for them (bad for trump). It's the latter.
 

Xtyle

Member
The competition site has this...if we don't it is worse for us?

I treat this as news itself and not political.
 

Forearms

Member
Lol this thread should last long given the new rules

I thought political discussion was banned? Or does this not fall under that?

This is important stuff, weird how we aren’t supposed to talk about it.

Sort of makes you ask yourself, "why am I even here?"

This comes under political right?

Maybe we should give the thread a shot?
 
Back on topic
The sober voices on twitter speculate than an indictment may be a tool to make progress because the investigation is striking a wall. They don't think this is the end game. For example if they think manafort or others are not cooperating they may do this to focus minds. In other words it would be wise not to think Monday brings a cast of characters in leg irons. It is probably just one or two, and probably to serve a greater goal.
Also
They are critical of the CNN report which is very thin, and wonder what the purpose of leaking it to CNN might be, if the leak comes from the defense.

An almost more amusing bit of news is the dossier funding was kicked off by a conservative newspaper, the free beacon. Making the whole dnc dossier russia story trump was trying to float rather a non event.
 

sazzy

Member
Everyone's expecting it to be Manafort and Flynn.

Mueller throws a curve ball.

Mueller indicts Don Jr and Kushner.
 

MasterShotgun

brazen editing lynx
It's gotta be Manafort at a bare minimum. And I can't see Mueller going after anyone in Trump's family yet unless he already has them dead to rights.
 

kcp12304

Banned
Holy shit. I just turned on Fox News. One dude starts blaming the media about the dossier. Then a lady says Muller should recuse himself and runs down the whole uranium conspiracy without blinking. The anchor breaks the news and says we won’t speculate. Ends the segment.

The look on their faces. I almost died laughing.
 

prag16

Banned
Don't retreat to the safety of the it's happening bunker just yet. My prediction is that very little comes of this.. I'd be surprised if they even get Manafort let alone Flynn or Podesta. But we'll see. (This prediction isn't based on much, but Trump seems weasel his way out of almost everything almost slick willie style.)

gonna need to give North Korea a big explosive dose of FREEDOM to deflect from this.

Perfect timing. They been lookin like they could use a little freedom, lately.
 
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