SALON: Mueller's next indictment will tie together Russians, WikiLeaks & top of the Trump campaign

[kpete]

Mueller closes the circle of Russian collusion on Trump
The next indictment will tie together the Russians, WikiLeaks, and the top of the Trump campaign


Mueller’s next indictment will tie together the Russians, WikiLeaks and the top of the Trump campaign
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The next arrest and indictment you’re going to see from Mueller will be his biggest yet. One morning in the not too distant future, he’s going to sweep up everyone remaining who was associated with using the Democratic Party emails stolen by the Russians. Julian Assange will be indicted. So will Donald Trump Jr., Jared Kushner. Roger Stone will probably face a superseding indictment along with the others for defrauding the United States by conspiring with WikiLeaks and the Russian intelligence service, the GRU, to steal Democratic Party campaign documents and use them to interfere with the American presidential election of 2016, the same charge he made against the Russians. Mueller will probably follow Justice Department guidelines and the example set by Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski in Watergate. He will probably not indict the president, but he will name him as an unindicted co-conspirator, just as Richard Nixon was in Watergate.

It’s going to be a jaw-dropping arrest and indictment because it has to be. Mueller can no longer issue indictments piecemeal and get guilty pleas or convictions one by one. This time, he must lay out a case that Trump and his campaign officials committed crimes that are so egregious, it will be impossible for the congress to fail to protect him from being fired. If Mueller were to indict Kushner alone, or Trump Jr. alone, it would be too easy for Trump to feign outrage and fire him. That’s why Mueller’s next move will be his last, and it will be the big one, sweeping up everyone who is left at once.

Mueller’s indictment of the Republican bad boy and former Trump political adviser Roger Stone was less of an allegation that Stone committed crimes like lying to the congress and tampering with a witness, than it was the exercise of an elaborate search warrant for all of Stone’s houses and offices. Mueller wanted Stone’s electronic devices, because he needs to confirm what he already knows about Stone’s connections to WikiLeaks. He gained this knowledge from the National Security Agency and the CIA, both of which have been involved in the Russia investigation in the background.


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MUCH MORE:
https://www.salon.com/2019/01/30/mueller-closes-the-circle-of-russian-collusion-on-trump/#.XFLkIIDV6-c.twitter
https://www.rawstory.com/2019/01/muellers-next-indictment-will-tie-together-russians-wikileaks-top-trump-campaign/

[edhopper]

1. One morning in the not to distant future?

Kinda vague, what's next? "I say to you that before this generation passes"?

[olegramps]

16. At present I consider this and similar articles pure speculation. Nothing more.

[NewJeffCT]

2. I would love for a big sweeping set of arrests

like out of a movie or TV show - would be appropriate for Donny who gets his stories about duct taped women from the movies.

[jcgoldie]

3. What is the basis of this article?

Conjecture? I skimmed it and can't see any reference to sources.

[Jarqui]

6. It is a projection of what might happen based on the known facts

They're not completely pulling it out of thin air

Some things they establish - like there is significantly more to come.

So it is a mix of reason from the facts and from that, conjecture on where it will go

[SergeStorms]

9. Journalists seldom name their sources.

Even "someone who's familiar with the Mueller investigation" would be too vague for print, and besides, no one connected with the Mueller investigation tips off reporters (or at least would never be referred to as a "deep background" tipster).

Mueller runs a very tight ship. Leaks are not tolerated, unlike the Trump administration.

[jcgoldie]

11. right

I understand that he's not going to name sources, but my point is there doesn't seem to be any, just conjecture.

[NightWatcher]

4. 3 steps to trump's downfall. 1. Prove a crime. 2. Prove which Russians did it. 3. Show conspiracy

between said Russians from steps 1 and 2 and members of trump administration.

Bonus: any and all obstruction issues will reinforce the link between trumpers and Russians (step 3).

Many have known this is how you prosecute things like RICO cases, but it shouldn't be reported as gospel until it happens.

Since we've already done steps 1&2, we are only assuming step 3 is pending.

That said, I hope something happens this Friday, but a birdie mentioned mid February.

[NRaleighLiberal]

5. Let it be! And soon!

[ouija]

7. Man

I’m calling in sick that day.

[calimary]

24. Amen!

Let It Be, and Make It So!

[Pepsidog]

8. As always, interesting comments. What a wonderful day it would be seeing Jr. and Jared perp walked.

Being the coward he is, Trump will literally shit his pants.

[Mr.Bill]

23. And have them held without bail

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because they are the very definition of a flight risk.

[Eyeball_Kid]

26. Eh, you must mean "without bail." n/t

[Mr.Bill]

29. Yes, thank you. n/t

[BlueJac]

10. This better pan out...

I love what it implies!

[DemoTex]

12. Howzabout the morning of Trump's SOTU address?

That should get his Depends dripping.

[Pobeka]

13. THAT ... would be a beautiful thing! n/t

[Blue Owl]

14. Sure would be purdy...

[B Stieg]

15. Mueller's climbing a tree of conspiracy...

and he's almost reached the top!

Stay tuned, Mr. Prezident*.

[DallasNE]

17. Will Mueller Reveal What Goods Putin Is Holding Over Trump's Head?

I certainly hope so.

That would open the door for Mueller to charge Trump by name for very high crimes. But that is a lot to expect, especially in a single move so I am looking for two more rounds of indictments rather than a single, sweeping indictment Salon projects.

[LudwigPastorius]

18. "The next indictment will tie together the Russians, WikiLeaks, and the top of the Trump campaign"

[corbettkroehler]

19. A Read Worth Everyone's Time (n/t)

[usaf-vet]

20. Well after following kpete for years on this site and others. I feel he is right this time as well.

Here is hoping it happen soon. The country needs to cleansed of they traitors.

[cp]

21. May it be so

[Mme. Defarge]

22. Holy merde!

Sacré Dieu!!!

[hughee99]

25. I'll believe it when I see it. This story seems to be big on speculation,

With a predetermined outline of what the final outcome will be (Mueller nails Trump) and then fills in the pieces of what needs to happen to make that work. It’s laid out like a news story, but it’s basically an opinion piece, which is salon in a nutshell.

[Blue_Tires]

27. Here's hoping to God that Greenwald gets netted in this roundup, too

[Scurrilous]

28. K&R

[wishstar]

30. Mueller stated in his July Russian hacking indictment that there were American co-conspirators

so we can expect a Mueller indictment including all the Trump campaign conspirators in the hacking and Wikileaks releases. Unfortunately though it will probably take several more months for Mueller's team to wrap it all up since there are outstanding subpoenas and interviews left, plus sifting through the trove of Stone material.

[Stinky The Clown]

31. Missing, as usual, is one important name that is key to justice being served: Pence

I can imagine that if T were named an unindicted co conspiritor the climate for the GOP is such they would do a Nixon.

[rusty fender]

32. Mueller just asked the judge

in the Stone case for more time to bring the case to trial because of the voluminous material that was seized last Friday.

If the judge grants Mueller more time, assuming that Stone waives his right to a speedy trial, it could take months before the Stone case is resolved.

Of course, Stone could decide to cooperate with Mueller which would speed things up considerably.

[triron]

33. Hurry up mueller!

[triron]

34. kick for visibility