BlazinSkatinAxel
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RICO Charges?
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GOP Operative Sought Clinton Emails From Hackers, Implied a Connection to Flynn
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RICO Charges?
BlastProcessing
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WaPo said:
Maiden Voyage
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Conciliator
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she returned to mars like bowie
BlastProcessing
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Maiden Voyage
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It looks more like she hung herself with her walking stick.
minor effort
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First, I'm going to state that I don't think the chances of impeachment are great for the reasons you have described. But after 2016 I'm not ready to say any unfathomable political outcome is ever completely off the table.
If there's a chance impeachment happens, it won't be due to the GOP collectively growing a spine or a conscience. They won't do it because it's the right thing to do. I could only envision it happening if the investigation begins producing evidence that actually starts turning about just enough public opinion against the GOP that they feel congressional control is in serious jeopardy. It's true that the GOP places loyalty to party above all, which includes the president himself. There's not a whole lot of longstanding personal loyalty among the GOP towards Trump. And even above loyalty to the party perhaps stands individual congresspeople's desire to retain their own seats. Fear in substantial amounts is about the only thing I could imagine getting the GOP to take action. And even that's a long shot.
But I'm not going to take absolute opinions of any outcome on this investigation. Especially not at this moment in time.
He's gonna get dogpiled for a dumb post. This investigation and the reporting being done on it and everything tied to it, potentially or otherwise, are moving at a rapid clip relative to Watergate.
"It's been six months"
Yeah, no shit. Thats the incredible part.
rokkerkory
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Please let them burn
BoogieWoogie
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You know what's fucked up? So we're learning about this now, but who knows when the individual committees knew about this shit? The House? The Senate? When the GOP was cowardly asking about bullshit like unmasking and Hillary's emails, did they know this shit?
If they did, then they're compromised. No question.
If they did, then they're compromised. No question.
RPGCrazied
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Boo, nothing on CNN yet.
Chaos2Frozen
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Ok, then I guess the follow up question would be what's stopping congress from ignoring the results of the investigation ?
I'm going out to dinner now, but MSNBC was covering it when I left.
ken_matthews
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I am not sure how RICO applies (maybe it does/doesn't), but what I think we will see is a handful of Republican operatives (Stone, Manafort, Flynn, Page, and some others) and their people charged with crimes related to campaign finance and disclosure laws, possible money laundering and federal corruption charges., and possibly other cyber related crimes. At this point, I really think Trump is just the useful idiot (because of his existing financial ties to Russian business), and it was the machine around him that did the dirt.
Trump may not have been involved in the details, but he knew what was going on.
From thin air? lol
Walter White Walker
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That's not a pantsuit.
On topic I hope this leads to dark places for Trump and gang. I'd love to see him and every one of his cronies nailed to the wall by Mueller.
Lol everytime.
Maiden Voyage
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There are trees all over that comic.
tedrotheredro
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Wait, the guy died? How?
Jorok Goldblade
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If they can find a way there, sure, but I was thinking that if the party was involved in this, it's more than Team Trump who suffers the fallout. It's everyone with a "-R" next to their name.
Fenderputty
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I've thought useful idiot myself a couple times too. The sanctions and loan stuff keeps me from fully committing though.
How aweful is the useful idiot defense anyway? "Everyone I surrounded myself with in the admin was in on it but me!" Isn't reassuring even if true
BlastProcessing
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He was 81. I (obviously) don't know and details but it seems possible that his failing health is what motivated him to talk to reporters in the first place.
TheCochese
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That brave Patriot was killed trying to free those young children from the clutches of George SOROS and his pedo operation.
USAUSAUSA
Yeah, this doesn't look to be the "boom" that was teased.
ken_matthews
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This is also what I want to know. I know that most Republicans in Congress (but seems more prevalent in the House) are willing to tolerate Trump in order to push through long sought after policies, but their anemic response to what is going on with Russia makes me wonder if the Russians also hacked RNC members for leverage. Nothing about what is going on now is within normal operating parameters. If this is the political mindset of Republicans in Congress without being compromised, then we have a long troubled road ahead of us.
Fancyarcher
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BUT, BUT, NOT her emails? Keep em coming Mueller.
RPGCrazied
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Still all about his sexist comments on CNN. Cooper really looks like he had enough.
He clarified that it WAS, didn't he? And in concert with demonstrable and indisputable obstruction of justice, this is a big boom.
ken_matthews
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Yeah....I don't think he knows what is going on at all with much of anything. I think he knows how to play to peoples base sentiments, but his ego and narcissism probably prevent him from seeing all the "help" he got.
Bam Bam Baklava
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The implications in the story are clear enough, what does CNN have to do with it?
TheCochese
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Yes, and he retired the gimmick.
Yikes. That makes the testimonies before the senate over the past few months even more cringeworthy when you put it that way. Really crossing my fingers thay this is a really wide ranging investigation so we can nab some of these ass weasels beyond just the admin.
This might have been a bigger story if dropped on another day. Today's tweet was definitely an "over the line" moment, which he has of course had many of, I recognize. But that was always going to be the top story as other Republicans HAVE to disavow it.
BoogieWoogie
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ultracal31
You don't get to bring friends.
I imagine he knew but thought "im the president, I can get two scoops and pardon all of this so it's not a problem"
smokeandmirrors
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at this point if he didnt know what was going on he needs to be thrown out of office for sheer ignorance and incompetence.
either result is not a good look for him at all.
either result is not a good look for him at all.
TheCochese
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Give me some feel-good once a week or so and I'll get by.
ArchedThunder
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People are too damn inpatient, this shit is going fast, but because it's not instant people are whining about it.
People should really do themselves a favor and read up on how long these things actually take.
That's all. Go into the weekend with a little smile.
ken_matthews
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I really don't think he knows what is going on with anything. This WaPo article talks about how he seems to not know anything about the health care bill (and many other things) or what is going on with it.
I honestly think the impression of Trump from that article is how it is with everything, including potential collusion with Russia. I really don't think he understands what is going on around him.
Cabbagehead
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It's annoying really. All of the out of hand dismissiveness, to the reaility of investigations. Its best to let people stew in the information and not overload the sphere of the masses. No one should doubt that the WaPos and NYT of the world aren't already sitting on some big scoops.
This could go VERY deep.
BoogieWoogie
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I mean....bigger than Trump's scoops? I'd like to see that.
Maiden Voyage
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People are impatient because Trumps entire life has been him skirting any personal responsibility.
this gives me life