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CNN: Robert Mueller brings on FBI official who oversaw Clinton email investigation
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uncelestial
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(with Russian accent)
In Russia, Hillary's emails take down Trump.
In Russia, Hillary's emails take down Trump.
Mueller sure does have some pull. Getting all of these people who are clearly career driven and excellent at what they do to just come fuck off with him in a room must be some pretty hard work.
Bob Coffee
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Man look at all this job creation godamn.
His Netflix and Chill game is legendary
Random Human
They were trying to grab your prize. They work for the mercenary. The masked man.
Mueller: "Let's just do it and be legends"
AnotherNils
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"It's all dark except the tenth floor. That's the legal department. That's where they fuck with my life."
Jesus, I thought he was supposed to be Assange at first before I caught the reference.
It would definitely be a conflict of interest. Plus it would give Trump the excuse he's looking for to fire Mueller.
AnotherNils
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I don't think so. Comey is a witness.
sturgboski
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Out of all of this, I feel bad for Hollywood. How do you come up with a political drama crazier than this that seems realistic enough? I mean, short of an assassination we have the Manchurian Candidate as President. Most writers would laugh at the scenario we are witnessing and say it's too far fetched.
Dubbedinenglish
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He could, but it would definitely allow for questions on impartiality and ethics. Thankfully it looks like Mueller is going the extra mile to make sure everything is to the letter of the law.
Chezzymann
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The best that this will do is distract the government from passing legislation and maybe get a few people in trumps inner circle fired. I just cant see trump getting impeached unless the dems pull off a miracle win in 2018
Imperfected
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Doesn't need him, regardless. Mueller was the guy Comey went to when he was scared and in over his head, not the other way around.
sturgboski
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Who is Eli Roth's character and who does he beat to death with bat?
Herr Schwarz
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The scale, and talent this investigation has aggregated over time points to something deeply fucking troubling in the White House.
And I hope Trump gets better lawyers, because if he gets legally steamrolled out of office there's going to be a lot of die hard supporters that are pretty much teetering along the edge of radicalisation AKA the republican base. That won't take kindly to dear Donald being convicted.
A bunch of ted bundys going AWOL all at once.
Trump tweets: "Wow witch hunt, they are now trying to impeach me? we should have an armed rally and protest"
And I hope Trump gets better lawyers, because if he gets legally steamrolled out of office there's going to be a lot of die hard supporters that are pretty much teetering along the edge of radicalisation AKA the republican base. That won't take kindly to dear Donald being convicted.
A bunch of ted bundys going AWOL all at once.
Trump tweets: "Wow witch hunt, they are now trying to impeach me? we should have an armed rally and protest"
AntraxSuicide
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A lot of blue state AGs (namely New York) could prosecute Trump and basically guarantee themselves public office for life (either as permanent AG, Governorships, or infinite Senate seats. There would be no backlash at all.
Autodidact
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Ted Bundy?
Chromium.Wings
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Okay, serious question, are Nixon's, Reagan's, and Trump's administrations the only ones in recent history that have been this shady and had this many people go to jail (well, for Nixon and Reagan for that part)? If so, how does this not paint the republican party in an extremely bad light if they're the only party that does blatantly criminal things in politics several times over the course of decades? How is this not a sign as a deeper problem of complacency and deliberate criminal conduct in the party as a whole?
ChosenPredator
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tell me about it i can smell the rotten stench, it's becoming to much at this point.
DiipuSurotu
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*Use your Witcher sense to follow Don Jr's footsteps and find the emails source*
Lmao
Facts reason and logic have never mattered to republican voters and the party itself, they have a tribal outlook on voting much like being obsessed with a sports team. Doesn't matter how bad they are or how many scandals they are involved in they would still punch someone at a local pub for bad mouthing their team.
Zainab Ahmed and she can beat hmm, so many to choose from. Let's go Bannon.
NihonTiger90
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It gets forgotten a lot, especially the Iran/Contra arrests and prosecutions.
Wyndstryker
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They always say reality is stranger than fiction
Pop-O-Matic
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Kojima knows someone?
Thank you for bringing some reality. When the smoke clears, people will be gone. Trump won't be one of them. You'll get that chance Nov. 2020
Lil'DigiOp
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Like theres so many ways my mind has fun with this.
Those agents could be like oceans eleven. Just a raw ass squad rollin thru cleaning shit up stylish and efficient.
Or its some Death Note dire fuckin situation where every single move is calculated or coordinated. There are some intelligent people on this case. This is will come to an ending regardless of the length it takes. If these motherfuckers really baited this man Jr, then I think its safe to say they had all this bullshit from the beginning and just let the red hang themselves.
Those agents could be like oceans eleven. Just a raw ass squad rollin thru cleaning shit up stylish and efficient.
Or its some Death Note dire fuckin situation where every single move is calculated or coordinated. There are some intelligent people on this case. This is will come to an ending regardless of the length it takes. If these motherfuckers really baited this man Jr, then I think its safe to say they had all this bullshit from the beginning and just let the red hang themselves.
I see this a lot... and while I agree that there was a great level of stupidity in this whole thing from the Trump camp the notion that Jr. tweeting the emails was a stupid move is just not how I see it (I realise this is not exactly what you are stating, but this is something I have been wanting to address, so I apoligize for going a bit off the topic your statement is discussiong- i.e. how mindnumbling careless they seem to have been in their contacts with russia). We have to always remember their main concern right now has to be the number of investigations that are taking place. As such, releasing the emails was his ONLY line of action to try and deflect that threat. By releasing the emails the attempt is to write the narrative and do damage control, since they KNOW they where going to surface as part of the investigation. Sure, they could have denied the NY Times or the Post releasing the emails by saying they are fake, but they know well that doesn´t fly with the investigation. In this context its better to face the music and confess to the meeting, and try to advert repercussions. They are of course hoping leaks end here, which I highly doubt.
But the actual tweeting of the emails is far from dumb. They are pretty cunning in doing so actually. It helps them build the best possible counter deffense (the dems are the ones to blame) while stating their desire to be transparent (to condition those supporters with low critical thinking skills willing buy it). In short, they can attempt to frame their wrongdoing on their terms and build on that narrative while deflecting blame.
uncelestial
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Lose me with this. We've only gone what, 15 years without an impeachment in this country? 40 years without a president resigning? And for reasons that were about 1/10th as justified?
You have no idea what you're talking about, and you're basing this on a pointless cynicism that you need to let go of. Shrugging and saying "oh well, nothing will happen anyway" is less than useless.
acheron_xl
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Mueller's team is probably bigger than the State Department at this point.
He's got some real connections, that guy
shira
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I'm going to the best jail. Best jail.
Twig and Berries
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It makes me wonder what kind of punishment would justifiable if everything is as it appears and Trump committed treason. What does he deserve?
Imagine if they dont find anything.
If they didn't have anything the team would be about three people. They're being Henry David THOROUGH.
hodayathink
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I don't buy the bolded. You're essentially saying that you think releasing the e-mails is in the hopes that the Mueller is focus his investigation specifically on this and stop pulling at any other loose threads, and I think he, and the team he's assembled, are way too smart to fall for that. They're still going to investigate everything they can find, and at best this allows the Trump team a media narrative/defense when it comes to this specific topic, and it's a narrative that absolutely won't dissuade investigators at all.
I doubt there the only ones, but no one even close to that scale between those two
You know, I hope you're right, but I feel like it'll be like Nixon. Everyone will want to move on and no one will want to open that can of worms. Love to be wrong, though
The House majority is so slim, Dems winning back that wouldn't be a miracle, so they could easily draw up articles of impeachment. Now, removing Trump is different matter. Taking back the Senate would be a miracle. I kind of doubt Trump would survive the impeachment, though.