This is a guy with a Nixon tattoo we’re talking about here...Roger Stone:
Finally seeing the seriousness of this ? or just more pantomime.
Tip of the iceberg with that nut.Ironically Stone, who was a Nixon acolyte, is a huge believer in the assassination plot and has written books about it.
Pantomime. Crocodile tears. I sincerely hope they don’t fall for it, he realises it’s not working and just changes tack and gets angry saying things he shouldn’t which will result in more shower time in the prison.Roger Stone:
Finally seeing the seriousness of this ? or just more pantomime.
This warmed my cold heart more than it should on a cold friday morning.Roger Stone:
Finally seeing the seriousness of this ? or just more pantomime.
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Possibly they're getting cocky again. That could be from desparation too, in that they may have decided that their base will eat up anything they feed them and they're going to throw all their eggs into the basket of some kind of fake report. They'll announce their own interim findings or something and claim it's Mueller'sSomeone playing games.
On Friday, The Department of Justice announced that special counsel Robert Mueller’s full report is not going to be released next week, leaving many skeptical about when the nearly two-year investigation will come to close.
“The false alarm was just the latest in a line of imprecise and inaccurate estimates about when Mueller’s team plans to submit its report to the attorney general, and when a version of that report could be made public,” a report from The Daily Beast said.
The Beast goes on to explain that even though Mueller has been “tight-lipped” about the report, that several of Trump allies and aides have shared information with the press about when they think it is being released.
A blog for the Palmer Report echos the same sentiments that the release of the Mueller report is being taken advantage of to fuel President Donald Trump’s agenda to control the media narrative.
“This smells just like the pattern used in the past by Donald Trump of painting a narrative he wants to be true, as a way to pressure people to support his story,” the post said. “By allowing a DOJ official to tell a reporter that the report would not be submitted next week, Barr just followed in the footsteps of Andrew McCabe, before him, and Jim Comey before them. These Justice officials can’t be pushed around, and today we have some hope that William Barr is one of them.”
Even once the Mueller report is released, it still undecided how much Barr, if anything, will release to Congress and the American people.
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I don't think Americans want Mueller's sudden downpour all over them
The last sentence says it may not be released to Congress . Isn't that the express purpose of this investigation?Here’s why Trump’s team is lying about the release of the Mueller report
No, it’s an investigation by the DoJ. Of course if they tried to hide the results, congress would certainly do everything in their power to prevent that.The last sentence says it may not be released to Congress . Isn't that the express purpose of this investigation?
But what's the point of an investigation for the executive branch which is supposed to find crimes by the head of the same executive branch ? Was this the same in the Nixon case?No, it’s an investigation by the DoJ. Of course if they tried to hide the results, congress would certainly do everything in their power to prevent that.
Hadn’t actually thought of that angle.Mueller is doing completely the right thing but just staying silent.
Everything is speculation which must be tearing those who really don't want it released apart.
Manaforts wardrobe probably covered most of it...The Republicans and Trump banging on about this investigation taking too long and being a waste is so fecking (unsurprisingly) hypocritical and anger inducing after they spent years dragging out the nonsense Benghazi investigation which produced nothing when this has led to a whole bunch of indictments, charges and guilty pleas - not to mention an enormous wealth of seized assets that pay for the cost of the investigation itself several times over.
CNN ran with it as wellI was glad all the predictions of the Mueller Report coming out next week were false. Mueller will do what needs to be done.
Initially, until Nixon fired a series of people until he sound someone willing to fire the special prosecutor (Saturday Night Massacre). I can’t remember the process after that, I’d assume control stepped in to appoint the next one, but I may be wrong.But what's the point of an investigation for the executive branch which is supposed to find crimes by the head of the same executive branch ? Was this the same in the Nixon case?
And the reality is that if Stone flips, that will likely be the final piece in the Russia collusion puzzle, since Stone would be able to tell Mueller that he was in regular contact with Trump about Wikileaks dumps, so the GRU-->Wikileaks-->Stone--->Trump picture would be complete.Trump’s been in a particular frenzy over this report since Cohen flipped. Now he’s in blind panic mode in case they flip Stone. Expect him to put more pressure on Mueller to file a report and finish this investigation. Expect the new CNN Trump stooges to help it along.
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The very fact that tweet exists is a testament to the fact he also fecking sucked at that too.Might have failed at some things in life but seems to have done a cracking job of lying,Tweet
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Not a good job, just consistent. If he actually did a good job, he wouldn't have gotten caught as much.Might have failed at some things in life but seems to have done a cracking job of lying,Tweet
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Just realised that Trump is meeting with Kimmy in Vietnam on both of these days. He’s going to make a big thing out of the talks to try and distract from these hearings. He’ll be inwardly fuming though.And the House Oversight Committee on Weds 27th Feb at 10.00am
House Intelligence Committee on Thurs 28th Feb. (Closed session).
As a lawyer... every client lies. You would not believe the shit that I get lied to about because client's think they're being smart. Until it fecks them in the arse and I have to break my balls to fix it. Sometimes it cant be fixed and you need a different plan.Lying to your own lawyers has to be fecking demented.
Isn’t there also the issue where a Laywer must intervene if he knows his client is deliberately committing perjury?As a lawyer... every client lies. You would not believe the shit that I get lied to about because client's think they're being smart. Until it fecks them in the arse and I have to break my balls to fix it. Sometimes it cant be fixed and you need a different plan.
Under our solicitors (Lawyers) rule in Australia, we are meant to advise the Court yes. If for example in a murder case, a client confines that they did indeed perform the murder, then we are obliged to notify the court and advise the client to plead guilty.Isn’t there also the issue where a Laywer must intervene if he knows his client is deliberately committing perjury?
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/feb/25/paul-manafort-leniency-prisonPaul Manafort seeks leniency from judge as he faces life in prison
In a new court filing, Manafort’s attorneys painted the 69-year-old as a victim of circumstance, prosecuted by special counsel Robert Mueller only because the government could not make the case that he colluded with the Kremlin’s interference in the 2016 presidential election. They also dismissed the prosecutors’ characterization of Manafort as a hardened criminal, saying he was merely a wealthy consultant who committed “garden variety” crimes by illegally lobbying for Ukrainian interests and hiding millions from the IRS.