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https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/12/robert-mueller-investigation-trump-russia-michael-cohen/The Mueller Investigation Grows More Ominous for Trump and His Inner Circle
Revelations with Michael Cohens latest plea deal bode badly for Trump world.
Mark Follman
December 2, 2018 3:51 PM
The time that he can get away with lying to the American people all the time and evading accountability is coming to an end.
That was one of several pointed remarks on Sunday from Democratic Rep. Jerry Nadler, the incoming chairman of the House Judiciary Committee, as he spoke about Donald Trump and the latest revelations from special counsel Robert Muellers investigation. In a plea deal made public on Thursday, the presidents former personal attorney Michael Cohen admitted to lying about the extent and duration of his boss efforts to build a Trump Tower in Moscow during the 2016 presidential campaign. The fact that [Trump] was lying to the American people about doing business in Russia and that the Kremlin knew he was lying gave the Kremlin a hold over him, Nadler said on NBCs Meet the Press. One question we have now is, does the Kremlin still have a hold over him because of other lies that they know about?
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The presidents week of escalating rage-tweeting about Mueller and recent news accounts of his particularly foul mood suggest that Trump grasps how Mueller is bearing down on him and his inner circle. As Garrett Graff wrote persuasively in Wired earlier in the week, Muellers endgame may now be coming into view. The special counsel has in effect already been publishing an iterative Mueller report, Graff noted, to the tune of nearly 300 pages thus far of vividly detailed court filings.
There is more to come soon: By December 7, Muellers team is scheduled to disclose details in a sentencing document on the alleged crimes and lies that blew up Manaforts own plea deal, which may point to Manafort having coordinated with the Trump White House to impede Muellers work. And Trumps former national security adviser Michael Flynn is finally scheduled to be sentenced on December 18; the nature of his cooperation with the special counsel since he admitted a year ago to lying to the FBI remains virtually unknown to the public.
Perhaps only Muellerand maybe President Trump himselfknows how this all ends. But from the accelerating special counsels investigation to the imminent swearing in of a new Democratic House majority with subpoena power, the American public will soon know more of the story.
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The Mueller Investigation Grows More Ominous for Trump and His Inner Circle (Original Post)
babylonsister
Dec 2018
OP
Agreed. The Dem House will especially be good for publicizing the issues into the news cycles.
empedocles
Dec 2018
#1
It was impeachable when Clinton lied about and affair. Trump lies about affairs of state.
bitterross
Dec 2018
#2
empedocles
(15,751 posts)1. Agreed. The Dem House will especially be good for publicizing the issues into the news cycles.
However, a cautionary note. Easy to issue subpoenas, harder to enforce the subpoena fruits in some cases, - like trump compliance?
bitterross
(4,066 posts)2. It was impeachable when Clinton lied about and affair. Trump lies about affairs of state.
When Bill Clinton lied to the American people about an affair they all thought it was impeachable and did so. Trump is lying about affairs of state. About how policy decisions are made and if he has conflicts of interest. This is far more serious and damaging to the country.
Kaleva
(36,343 posts)3. This may be the best Christmas since the 2016 election.
lilactime
(657 posts)4. K&R
triron
(22,020 posts)5. knr