Mueller report: Not so fast

[mcar]

Here's a tweet storm from Seth Abramson that explains things pretty clearly: the media is getting the whole thing wrong.

Link to tweet

?s=19

(THREAD) BREAKING NEWS: Mueller has sent a report to DOJ that DOJ is representing is "comprehensive" and will shortly be publicly summarized. A lot of the reporting surrounding this major event is *wrong*—so I'll try to report things accurately. I hope you'll read on and retweet.

[True Blue American]

1. Thanks

This is exactly what I ws thinking. Trump took all his Attorneys with him to Mar alego today

Why would he need all of them if he was in the clear?


Also they are saying evidence will not be revealed and other reports are coming.

[mcar]

2. Good point

Media is making me crazy with all the "Trump is vindicated" crap.

[DonViejo]

4. MSNBC is having some very good conversations right now.

[mcar]

7. As is PBS

I turned off CNN. They were basically saying Dotard will win reelection and the Ds need to stop their investigations.

[Stellar]

21. That's what I'm having a hard time understanding...

If Trumps base is reportedly so small, how can Trump get re-elected?

[EndGOPPropaganda]

22. GOP election theft

Which is why us fighting gerrymandering and voter suppression is so important.

[calimary]

31. And a lot of people on our side stayed home. Or defected

because they somehow, inexplicably, couldn’t find it in their hearts or minds to vote for Hillary. Even if they voted for President Obama twice. So they decided to take a chance on trump (???????). I will NEVER be able to find it in MY heart or mind to forgive those people. Or they stayed home because they were loyal to Bernie. Or they voted for Fucking Jill Fucking Stein. I will NEVER forgive that. Not EVER.

[iluvtennis]

34. +++ agree. Well said

[Prof.Higgins]

50. Spot on!! Trump gifted E.C. win by a few thousand adolescent sulkers. n/t

[calimary]

63. Yep. Sad but true, I strongly suspect.

The Pout Voter.

[AJT]

45. The economy

[Andy823]

5. Why would he need

Any lawyers if he was innocent of all the accusations?

[DonViejo]

3. K & R

[ananda]

6. This makes me feel a lot better!!!

Thanks

[mcar]

8. Me too

[Bernardo de La Paz]

9. Good tweet thread

... though tweet threads are inherently bogus as a medium. Stuff like that should be written on a page and posted at a site.

However, we are stuck with Twitter in this interim period of adjustment to developing technology. It is still early days in the internet.

[Rainbow Droid]

46. And posted on a site was 'inherently bogus' at one point when 'everything important is in the paper'

Silly then and still silly.

[Bernardo de La Paz]

48. Rethink my post and your reply, perhaps. It's not about the technology that is bogus.

Having to break up a reasoned argument or well-written essay into chunks that size is bogus regardless of the medium. If the chunks were printed on strips of paper and handed to you one by one, it would be no more and no less bogus.

[SlogginThroughIt]

57. Unfortunately that is where the audience is

Cery very few people still go directly to a site to check for news. it boggles my mind as someone trying to make a name in “news gathering” But I have talked with a few advisors and they agree for certain types of entities it makes sense toleverage social media as your main outlet.

[nini]

10. I just that on twitter.

I may actually sleep better tonight.

[toddwv]

11. Don't know what the report includes.

It may very well include a long list of items for which the Special Counsel believes the President should be impeached on.

If there is strong evidence of criminality, then Mueller may go straight for the head of the snake.

Either way, we can expect Mueller and his team to be invited to Capitol Hill in an effort to make sure that Barr isn't doing the cover job that everyone expected him to do when he was appointed by Trump.

[sheshe2]

12. Thank you mcar.

It ain't over until it is over,

Great tweet thread!

[mcar]

17. That's right

Pundit on PBS said the Mueller investigation was a fact finding mission. Just the beginning.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

39. "snowstorm of legal hurt"

27/ And "new indictments" in *any* of those spheres may not be prosecuted by Mueller himself—but they will be the product of his work and the fact that his investigation has unleashed a snowstorm of legal hurt upon Donald Trump the likes of which no president has previously seen.

[mcar]

40. ...

[dem4decades]

13. I like Seth but i don't know if he is right. I hope so.

[FakeNoose]

14. Thanks goodness for Seth Abramson!

Seth tells us what's really happening because the media (in their haste) can never get it right.

[gordianot]

15. I do not trust any Republican past or present.

The entire modern Republican Party is conflicted.

[Eliot Rosewater]

28. Not Mueller, I trust him with my life.

[gordianot]

35. I trust none of them possibly including Mueller.

I have a faint hope I am wrong, and I am not sure if Mueller still calls himself a Republican.

[LiberalLovinLug]

52. This

As a Republican he may (think he has to) weigh the National security if he actually makes a case against more than a few red shirts to fall on their swords.

That as a Republican he will not be able to stomach going down as the architect of the modern day Republican party, if he goes for the throat. Cuts off the head of the snake. As well he could use the excuse that he has to stem any violence that may erupt, ironically started by the very diehards that still would support Trump even if he were a convicted criminal. Go figure


There may even be a few of the more conservative Democrats that don't want that kind of instability it would cause if Trump and half the Senate could be up for criminal prosecution.

[keepFocused06]

16. Don't think so

Barr is going to release the major findings this weekend. Mueller recommended no more indictments. I swear given all of his behavior I don't understand how it's possible that he didn't collude. It just doesn't make sense. The worst part is that Fox news and trump will go on a victory lap and his approval rating will rise above 50%. Unless their is a recession this asshole might get re-elected.

[orangecrush]

33. Interesting post.

Very subtle.

[triron]

55. Chuck Rosenberg said on Rachel that there may likely still be related indictments, just not from

Mueller. There are still ongoing investigations. I also do not trust Barr and what is coming from
DOJ. The timing of this stinks to me.

[Vinnie From Indy]

61. LOL

[onenote]

18. You know who isn't infallible? Seth Abramson

Link to tweet

[Cartaphelius]

43. I'm sure Jared has an App for that....

[japple]

19. Is it too early to hit the bourbon bottle? I will be judicious

though and save enough for a real celebration later on.

[dawg day]

20. Aren't there sealed indictments?

I have to say, I want SDNY to go over the little prick, I mean prince-- Kushner.

[yaesu]

23. Well, as far as the expert on ABC thinks no indictments means no indictments when asked about sealed

indictments. I'm sure that is only Federal as state indictments are a whole different ballgame.

[PatSeg]

49. Yeah

That appears to be referring only to Federal indictments at this time. Other investigations (state or congress) could lead to other indictments.

[Honeycombe8]

24. Sometimes things are what they seem to be. No indictments of the Prez's family...

or inner circle for working w/the Russians.

It's possible Report finds Trump likely obstructed evidence, but is of the opinion he can't be indicted for that.

He dumped it late Friday. They usually do that, when they want to bury a story, or don't want others to have time to take any action. OTOH, Mueller has filed indictments on Friday afternoons before.

[ancianita]

25. His tweets are brilliantly informative. Thank you for this post.

[Cha]

26. Mahalo, mcar!

[Eliot Rosewater]

27. Thanks, I dont know why the MEDIA is making such a ridiculous observation but I do know

why the KGB operatives sent to message boards and Twitter are lying about it.

[mcar]

41. Yep

[Xipe Totec]

29. Muller's diagnosis: Stage IV cancer in the White House

With VD, and athlete's foot of the bone spurs.

[better]

53. +1000 interwebz for you!

Athlete's foot of the bone spurs...

[samnsara]

30. are any of the stations reporting anything different? because...

..I've never seen this episode of Wagon Train before....

[Hermit-The-Prog]

32. link threadreaderapp.com

https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1109203639581712386.html

[mcar]

42. Thanks for this!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

44. thanks for the Abramson thread!

There was a time when I could only see "link to tweet" and the links folks posted to threadreaderapp was the only way I could see what people were talking about. Might be some others having trouble with twitter, still.

[Duppers]

47. Thank you!

[Hermit-The-Prog]

59. welcome!

[malaise]

36. I turned them off

[SallyHemmings]

37. March Madness may prevent Mueller Madness

Your brackets may keep you sane until we get more information.

[KPN]

51. THIS

[videohead5]

38. Don Jr and Kushner

May have already been indicted and they are under seal.

[triron]

56. Hope you are right.

[theboss]

58. They are not

Sorry

[UTUSN]

54. K&R

[Jamaal510]

60. K&R

[lindysalsagal]

62. MUST READ: This is legal stuff and ignore the TV, kids.