Politics Mueller Report Filed

The first paragraph of the report should concern everyone;

The Russian government interfered in the 2016 presidential election in sweeping and systematic fashion. Evidence of Russian government operations began to surface in mid-2016.

President Trump's response to Russia's multi-pronged cyber attacks, from their malware botnets to their attacks targeting the U.S. energy grid and election systems, has been milquetoast.

The United States Intelligence agencies confirmed that a foreign nation interfered with the 2016 American election process.[1] We know two dozen state's election systems came under attack.[2] The Intelligence Agencies heads unanimously agree that the Russians are still sowing political division.[3] The cyber security head of the Department of Homeland Security has stated that the Russians had successfully penetrated voter registration rolls in several states before the 2016 election.[4] President Trump's administration has retaliated to these attacks on America's institutions and infrastructure by penalizing Russians, unfortunately President Trump did not mention the sanctions nor the election meddling during his statement on the nerve agent attack in Britain.[5] President Trump has repeatedly called the Russian election interference a hoax.[6]

President Trump's actions with regards to Russian interference has been concerning to say the least.

U.S. officials, including former National Security Advisor General H.R. McMaster, have claimed that this administration has not done enough to dissuade Russian meddling.[7] For example President Trump put the brakes on new economic sanctions on Russia, a day after U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley laid out a preliminary plan to impose new sanctions. This decision by President Trump came after the Kremlin denounced the new sanctions plan as *international economic raiding.*[8] Furthermore, NSA Director Admiral Rodgers testified to Congress that Trump had given no order to counter Russian election meddling.[9] While former National Security Advisor General H.R. McMaster warned of Russian election meddling and publicly denounced their continued attacks, he was removed by President Trump and John Bolton took his place. National Security Advisor Bolton pushed to eliminate a top Cyber-Security position in the White House as he attempted to reorganize the National Security Council.[10]

Russia's multi-pronged cyber attacks:

Russian cyber interference goes far beyond hacking election systems. The Department of Homeland Security and the FBI have accused the Russian government of a multi-stage intrusion campaign targeting the U.S. energy grid. These attacks included critical infrastructure in energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water facilities, and aviation facilities. Here is the report by the United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team where analytic efforts undertaken by DHS and the FBI have found a multistage intrusion campaign perpetuated by the Russian state.[11] This isn't fake news, the United States is under cyber attack from Russia.

This joint Technical Alert (TA) is the result of analytic efforts between the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). This alert provides information on Russian government actions targeting U.S. Government entities as well as organizations in the energy, nuclear, commercial facilities, water, aviation, and critical manufacturing sectors. It also contains indicators of compromise (IOCs) and technical details on the tactics, techniques, and procedures (TTPs) used by Russian government cyber actors on compromised victim networks. DHS and FBI produced this alert to educate network defenders to enhance their ability to identify and reduce exposure to malicious activity.

Furthermore, the FBI has attempted to thwart a sophisticated malware system that is linked to Russia's military intelligence agency, the Russian malware has infected hundreds of thousands of routers.[12] The Justice Department has announced actions to disrupt the advanced botnet malware system. It is recommended to restart your router as it may be infected.[13]

What has President Trump done?

President Trump suggested a joint cyber security unit with Russia to stop election hacking, he got the idea after meeting Putin at the G20 summit. He later backtracked on this ridiculous suggestion after facing harsh criticism.[14] In 2018 Vladimir Putin reiterated the idea of a joint cyber security unit at the Helsinki joint press conference. During the same conference President Trump publicly defended Russia explicitly denying their role in election interference.[15]

1. New York Times - Trump Misleads on Russian Meddling: Why 17 Intelligence Agencies Don’t Need to Agree
   
   
2. NPR - 10 Months After Election Day, Feds Tell States More About Russian Hacking
   
   
3. Washington Post - The nation’s top spies said Russia is continuing to target the U.S. political system
   
   
4. Washington Examiner - DHS official: Russians 'successfully penetrated' voter registration rolls in several states before 2016 election
   
   
5. New York Times - White House Penalizes Russians Over Election Meddling and Cyberattacks
   
   
6. New York Times - Indictment Makes Trump’s Hoax Claim Harder to Sell
   
   
7. Washington Post - America is still unprepared for a Russian attack on our elections
   
   
8. Washington Post - Trump puts the brakes on new Russian sanctions, reversing Haley’s announcement
   
   
9. New York Times - White House Has Given No Orders to Counter Russian Meddling, N.S.A. Chief Says
   
   
10. Politico - Bolton pushing to eliminate White House cyber job
    
    
11. Department of Homeland Security: United States Computer Emergency Readiness Team (US-CERT) - Russian Government Cyber Activity Targeting Energy and Other Critical Infrastructure Sectors
    
    
12. New York Times - F.B.I.’s Urgent Request: Reboot Your Router to Stop Russia-Linked Malware
    
    
13. United States Department of Justice - Justice Department Announces Actions to Disrupt Advanced Persistent Threat 28 Botnet of Infected Routers and Network Storage Devices
    
    
14. Reuters - Trump backtracks on cyber unit with Russia after harsh criticism
    
    
15. NPR - In Helsinki, Trump Appeared To Side With Russia Over U.S. Intelligence Community
    

 

Beginning on page 325 Special Counsel Mueller confirms that President Trump attempted to fire the Special Counsel. The following pages of text detail the fall-out between the President and White House Counsel Don McGahn as the President attempted to convince McGahn to lie to investigators about firing Mueller.^[1]

The President Orders McGahn to Deny that the President Tried to Fire the Special Counsel

Overview

In late January 2018, the media reported that in June 2017 the President had ordered McGahn to have the Special Counsel fired based on purported conflicts of interest but McGahn had refused, saying he would quit instead. After the story broke, the President, through his personal counsel and two aides, sought to have McGahn deny that he had been directed to remove the Special Counsel. Each time he was approached, McGahn responded that he would not refute the press accounts because they were accurate in reporting on the President's effort to have the Special Counsel removed. The President later personally met with McGahn in the Oval Office with only the Chief of Staff present and tried to get McGahn to say that the President never ordered him to fire the Special Counsel. McGahn refused and insisted his memory of the President's direction to remove the Special Counsel was accurate. In that same meeting, the President challenged McGahn for taking notes of his discussions with the President and asked why he had told Special Counsel investigators that he had been directed to have the Special Counsel removed.

This confirms the reporting of the New York Times and Washington Post: President Trump reportedly attempted to fire Special Counsel Mueller at least twice.

In June of 2017 President Trump attempted to fire Special Counsel Mueller, but was allegedly stopped by White House Counsel Don McGahn when he threatened to resign over the move.[2] In December of 2017 President Trump wanted to fire Mueller and shut down the investigation again after investigators issued subpoenas for obtaining information about the President's business dealings with Deutsche Bank.[3] Then in August 2018 President Trump went on a Twitter tirade promoting conspiracy theories while he called for Attorney General Jeff Sessions to end Special Counsel Mueller's investigation.[4][5]

According to notes written by Hunt, when Sessions told the President that a Special Counsel had been appointed, the President slumped back in his chair and said, "Oh my God. This is terrible. This is the end of my Presidency. I'm fucked." The President became angry and lambasted the Attorney General for his decision to recuse from the investigation, stating, "How could you let this happen, Jeff?" The President said the position of Attorney General was his most important appointment and that sessions had "let [him] down," contrasting him to Eric Holder and Robert Kennedy. Sessions recalled that the President said to him, "you were supposed to protect me," or words to that effect. The President returned to the consequences of the appointment and said, "Everyon tells me if you get one of these independent counsels it ruins your presidency. It takes years and years and I won't be able to do anything. This is the worst thing that ever happened to me."

1. Department of Justice - Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In the 2016 Presidential Election
   
   
2. Washington Post - Trump moved to fire Mueller in June, bringing White House counsel to the brink of leaving
   
   
3. New York Times - Trump Sought to Fire Mueller in December
   
   
4. Twitter - Donald J. Trump, This is a terrible situation and Attorney General Jeff Sessions should stop this Rigged Witch Hunt right now, before it continues to stain our country any further. Bob Mueller is totally conflicted, and his 17 Angry Democrats that are doing his dirty work are a disgrace to USA!Department of Justice - Report On The Investigation Into Russian Interference In the 2016 Presidential Election
   

 

NYT Live Analysis:

The special counsel found evidence of plenty of other crimes and made 14 referrals…to appropriate law enforcement authorities, principally other components of the Department of Justice and the FBI.

Twelve of those referrals remain secret.

 

"Sanders told the press after Comey's termination that the White House had heard from 'countless" FBI agents who had lost confidence in Comey. But the evidence does not support those claims," Mueller's report reads. "The President told Comey at their January 27 dinner that 'the people of the FBI really like [him],' no evidence suggests that the President heard otherwise before deciding to terminate Comey, and Sanders acknowledged to investigators that her comments were not founded on anything."

 

On October 30, 2016, Michael Cohen received a text from Russian businessman Giorgi Rtskhiladze that said, “Stopped flow of tapes from Russia but not sure if there’s anything else. Just so you know...” Rtskhiladze said “tapes” referred to compromising tapes of Trump rumored to be held by persons associated with the Russian real estate conglomerate Crocus Group, which had helped host the 2013 Miss Universe Pageant in Russia. Cohen said he spoke to Trump about the issue after receiving the texts from Rtskhiladze. Rtskhiladze said he was told the tapes were fake, but he did not communicate that to Cohen.

So ... he didn't collude hes just Russia's bitch cause they have "tapes"... which involve women ... in Russia... Pee tapes confirmed?