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orangecrush

(19,570 posts)
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 05:15 PM Dec 2018

""Mueller's breadcrumbs suggest he has the goods"

"Everyone's waiting for the "Mueller Report." But it turns out that special counsel Robert Mueller is writing a "report" in real time, before our eyes, through his cinematic indictments and plea agreements, Garrett M. Graff reports for Axios.

The big picture: One of the least-noticed elements of the special counsel's approach is that all along, he has been making his case bit by bit, in public, since his very first court filing. With his major court filings so far, Mueller has already written more than 290 pages of the "Mueller Report." And there are still lots of loose ends in those documents — breadcrumbs Mueller is apparently leaving for later.


Perhaps the best example is Mueller's oddly specific reference to the Russian hackers targeting Hillary Clinton "for the first time" after candidate Trump's still-unexplained "Russia, if you're listening" comment on July 27, 2016.

Trump said: "I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 [Clinton] emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press." (He also said: "I have nothing to do with Russia.&quot
A Mueller indictment in July said that the next day, "the Conspirators ... attempted after hours to spear-phish for the first time email accounts at a domain hosted by a third-party provider and used by Clinton’s personal office."
That shows Mueller has access to much more intelligence than is publicly known. Remember, these are Russian government employees. So Mueller has remarkable and thus far unexplained visibility.
By making such detailed filings, Mueller is actually increasing his burden of proof — suggesting a supreme confidence that he has the goods."

https://www.axios.com/mueller-investigation-report-details-court-filings-2511dd33-1928-4431-a9bb-09488ee216ef.html


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""Mueller's breadcrumbs suggest he has the goods" (Original Post) orangecrush Dec 2018 OP
We need long running, incisive investigations, from many sources. empedocles Dec 2018 #1
Done orangecrush Dec 2018 #11
Mueller sure knows how to write a cliff-hanger Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #2
No spy novel orangecrush Dec 2018 #10
someone should calculate the size of the audience Hermit-The-Prog Dec 2018 #12
Truth! orangecrush Dec 2018 #13
The man's a Marine TwistOneUp Dec 2018 #3
And... Aviation Pro Dec 2018 #5
Didn't know that - thanks! nt TwistOneUp Dec 2018 #6
Read that! orangecrush Dec 2018 #9
Yep orangecrush Dec 2018 #7
An American hero. The polar opposite of our traitorous, venal pResident. flibbitygiblets Dec 2018 #4
Well said. orangecrush Dec 2018 #8

Hermit-The-Prog

(33,349 posts)
12. someone should calculate the size of the audience
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 10:02 PM
Dec 2018

If Mueller could collect a few pennies for every person that's anxiously awaiting the next installment from him, his whole extended family would be rich.

orangecrush

(19,570 posts)
7. Yep
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 09:54 PM
Dec 2018

A couple of leatherneck friends (one is a cousin) have pulled me out of jams when the odds were against me.

It's what Marines do.


flibbitygiblets

(7,220 posts)
4. An American hero. The polar opposite of our traitorous, venal pResident.
Mon Dec 3, 2018, 07:35 PM
Dec 2018

I can't WAIT to find out what he's got on Agent Orange. And when it's all said and done, I hope he sets the record straight something along these lines:

"For the record, I'm a registered Republican and always have been. But I'm foremost an American"

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