Mod note: last thread got a bit off topic. Please post in here with regards to the subject at hand. Any general chat can go in the WR OT thread.
Update of the day:
Robert Mueller
indicted 13 Russian nationals on charges of conspiracy to defraud the United States, wire fraud, bank fraud, and identity theft, in connection with their interference in national elections. One of the operations ran to a cost of more than 73 million rubles (1.25 million USD) per month. Full text:
https://www.politico.com/story/2018...er-indictment-on-russian-election-case-415670
A US citizen also pleaded guilty to knowingly aiding them.
https://www.justice.gov/file/1035547/download
Major events so far:
- Manafort, Trump's campaign manager and transition committee member, indicted with Gates, a Trump staffer, on eleven counts arising from misconduct reaching into 2017 related to payments received through 2014 from the pro-russia faction of Ukraine's pre-war government. They have pleaded not guilty.
- Although Manafort is heading to trial, Gates is engaged in negotiations.
- George Papadopolous pleaded guilty to lying to federal investigators in 2017 about activities occuring 2016-17. Admits to meeting with various Russian officials regarding setting up meetings and "dirt" on Hillary while acting on behalf of the Trump campaign, something he previously denied.
- Mike Flynn, Trump's National Security Advisor, has also pleaded guilty to lying to the FBI with respect to several meetings that he had with the Russian ambassador. Flynn was allegedly involved in other business involving Turkey, but has not yet been charged with respect to that behavior.
- Steve Bannon was interviewed for roughly 20 hours by Mueller's team. Bannon has refused to answer congressional inquiries
- Sessions was privately interviewed by Mueller's team. Sessions is currently head of the DoJ.
- 13 Russian indictment for activity starting in 2014 and continuing through 2017. US citizen pleaded guilty for agreeing to help them.
Dumb Talking Points:
The office of special counsel is a separate section. The FBI has literally thousands of employees and lots of different offices and departments.
No. He said there was nothing about that in the indictment. There has already been a guilty plea with respect to at least
one American outside of the Trump campaign, and at least
one trump campaign staffer admitted to meeting with representatives of the russian government in his guilty plea and information, and lying about it.
"Now, there is no allegation in this indictment that any American was a knowing participant in this illegal activity. There is no allegation in the indictment that the charged conduct altered the outcome of the 2016 election."
Wrong. Read the indictment.
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