Politics First Charges filed in Mueller Investigation

Deep?

You're kidding.

 

I repeat. Deep? You're kidding.

Trump was walking around the white house yesterday saying, "who is this guy?" That's according to Gloria Borger of CNN.

I don't think he met him more than once, and that was a photo op.

 

I only repeated what Borger said.

I agree that the media is delusional most of the time.

 

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/30/trump-mueller-inside-white-house-244345

Special counsel Robert Mueller's first charges in his sprawling Russia investigation were a one-two blow that partially caught the White House off guard but also offered a measure of relief, according to several of President Donald Trump’s aides, advisers, lawyers and others close to the case.

The indictments of former campaign officials Paul Manafort and Rick Gates didn't mention Trump or the campaign. And George Papadopoulos, who cut a plea deal, was a low-level adviser who had long separated from Trump's orbit and was unknown to many senior officials.

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Still, several White House officials, speaking privately to describe internal meetings, said there wasn't "as much of a freakout as you might think," in the words of one.

Trump, who has obsessed about Mueller’s probe, asked a number of people on Monday whether the charges were within the special counsel’s mandate — and how he should respond, according to one senior official and one adviser. He has kept close tabs on the investigation, several friends and aides said, asking for frequent updates on who was testifying and how the White House is responding.

While he hasn't lost his cool as frequently in recent months, he continues to complain about the probe, asking why the congressional probes continue and occasionally blasting Attorney General Jeff Sessions for recusing himself from the federal Russia investigation, the friends and aides said.

While Trump has complained about the investigation, his lawyers have convinced him that Mueller currently poses little threat to him — and will ultimately vindicate him. Ty Cobb, one of Trump’s personal attorneys, has urged the White House to give over all documents quickly and try to wrap up the interviews by the end of this year.

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The Papadopoulos news, however, was unexpected inside the White House. Several senior White House officials and campaign aides said they knew little about him and had spent the morning trying to sift through old campaign emails to see if they'd had contact with him, if they were on calls with him and what exactly his role was.

"I have no idea who that guy is," one former senior campaign official said. "Or if he was listening to anyone or just going rogue."

 

Supports what Borger said:

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Trump had previously called Papadopoulos an "excellent guy" during a March 2016 meeting with The Washington Post editorial board and was with him in a small national security meeting that Trump posted about on Twitter.

But several advisers said Monday that Trump had no idea who Papadopoulos was and simply praised him because he needed people surrounding him that sounded intelligent.

"Have no idea how he got on Trump list. Did not and would not have suggested it. All the campaigns were rushing to have a panel of foreign affairs advisers. He was one of many for Carson. Not a heavyweight," Bennett said.

 

https://www.politico.com/story/2017/10/30/tony-podesta-mueller-power-broker-244341

The sudden fall of Washington's ultimate power broker
Tony Podesta personified D.C. influence and wealth for decades. Then along came Robert Mueller.

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Podesta announced Monday that he would be stepping down from the firm he founded in 1988 with his brother, John Podesta, amid reports that special counsel Robert Mueller could bring criminal charges against him and his firm. Mueller’s team is investigating work that Podesta did on behalf of Paul Manafort for a Ukrainian nonprofit.

Podesta’s move came the same day that former Donald Trump campaign aides Manafort and Rick Gates were indicted on multiple charges, including money laundering and operating as unregistered agents of the government of Ukraine. The Podesta Group was not named directly in the indictment, but it was one of two firms mentioned but not identified by name.

 

I don't get all the hate over this. This is exactly what most of us have been wanting. People are going to go to jail over Hillary's emails.

This is the exact type of compromise that General Kelly was just talking about.

https://www.cnbc.com/2017/10/30/john-kelly-a-lack-of-ability-to-compromise-led-to-the-civil-war.html

 

Papadopoulos exposed as Hillary plant!

Breaking News!

Papadopoulos exposed as Hillary plant!

Papadopoulos did Model UN. A well known liberal breeding and recruiting ground.

Game over.