How the Mueller Investigation Could Play Out for Trump

[sggatecl]

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/01/17/us/politics/giuliani-collusion.html


Giuliani is saying that he never said there was no collusion from the campaign, just no collusion from Trump.

He is the king of goal post relocation.

 

[tigermud]

I’m sure none of those cnn and msnbc polls showing Hillary winning by double digits were rigged naaaw and what the hell does any of that have to do with Russia collusion

 

[sggatecl]

I?m sure none of those cnn and msnbc polls showing Hillary winning by double digits were rigged naaaw and what the hell does any of that have to do with Russia collusion

It's a WSJ report. Nothing to do with The Mueller. Why does that matter?

 

[JScottWriter]

So the latest news is that Trump instructed Cohen to lie to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow project. The report says there are texts, emails and interviews with Trump Organization members. The report came from BuzzFeed, will wait to see if other news outlets confirm the story.

 

[sggatecl]

So the latest news is that Trump instructed Cohen to lie to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow project. The report says there are texts, emails and interviews with Trump Organization members. The report came from BuzzFeed, will wait to see if other news outlets confirm the story.

No collusion! You're collusion!

 

[Gulo Blue]

So the latest news is that Trump instructed Cohen to lie to Congress about the Trump Tower Moscow project. The report says there are texts, emails and interviews with Trump Organization members. The report came from BuzzFeed, will wait to see if other news outlets confirm the story.

So that would be clear cut obstruction of justice, right?


https://www.buzzfeednews.com/articl...scow-tower-mueller-investigation?ref=hpsplash


It says they found out about it from other interviews, texts, and emails and Cohen confirmed it. They specify where they have 2 sources for 1 part of the story, but not the rest of it. Good point to wait for other reports.

 

[Gulo Blue]

Hang on, I missed that Cohen was working the Moscow tower deal with the assistance of a US Intelligence asset.

 

[Gulo Blue]

I don't see anyone else confirming the story yet.


edit: 14 hours and nobody is backing up Buzzfeed. They've been developing some credibility. It would be a huge hit if this turned out to be wrong.

 

[tigermud]

The Washington Post is set to publish a false story claiming that Jerome Corsi was hired by Infowars at the behest of Roger Stone as part of a “hush money” operation and that this is a line of inquiry for the Mueller investigation into Russian collusion.

Corsi is under investigation for information alleging that he possessed advance knowledge that WikiLeaks had hacked the emails of John Podesta and passed this information on to Stone.

In an email sent yesterday to lawyer Marc Randazza, the Washington Post’s Rosalind Helderman states, “I’ve been able to confirm that Robert Mueller’s investigators have been asking witnesses about the financial relationship between Infowars and Jerome Corsi and Roger Stone’s role in helping Corsi get his Infowars job.”
Asking why Infowars hired Corsi, Helderman states, “Mueller seems to be exploring that the job was hush money in some way.”

Corsi was hired by Infowars in January 2017 to set up a Washington bureau. His contract renewed in January 2018 but then the relationship was ended in June 2018. Corsi was paid routine 6 months severance pay.
Corsi was hired at a time when the Wikileaks-Roger Stone claims were not even being circulated. Corsi was fired because of his failure to adequately establish a Washington bureau, his failure to maintain White House press credentials, and his generally poor work performance.

Infowars hiring Corsi had nothing whatsoever to do with Wikileaks or any kind of “hush money” operation, which is an absurd claim. He was hired to establish a DC presence for Infowars. This took place almost two years before Corsi was subpoenaed to testify in the Special Counsel investigation.

This false report shows the lengths the media and the Mueller investigation is prepared to go to in order to frame Roger Stone and Alex Jones.

The Washington Post is trying to spin standard severance pay as proof of some sort of ‘collusion’ – with no evidence whatsoever to back it up.

The idea that Alex Jones and his father, Dr. David Jones, would be engaged in such a scheme is completely ludicrous.
The witch hunt against prominent Trump supporters in the media is intensifying, with attempts to entrap innocent people becoming routine. Many have buckled under the pressure, but Jones and Stone refuse to back down.
The move represents a huge inquisition and an effort to set up and persecute any prominent supporter of Trump or anyone in his orbit in anticipation of impeaching Trump himself.


Comment by Roger Stone;

Jerry Corsi’s claim that he provided a memo to me regarding the Podesta brothers business dealings as part of a “cover-up “is both categorically false and ludicrous not to mention illogical. Cover up for what? Corsi claim that he told me that John Podesta’s emails had been stolen is without foundation or corroboration.
My tweet regarding the Podesta brothers of Aug 21 was not controversial for six weeks after I posted it and is based on information regarding their Russian business dealings from all public sources. Exactly what act did I need to cover up?

It should be noted that Dr. Corsi denies having any communication or contact with the WikiLeaks or Julian Assange whatsoever.

This is certainly reflected in the fact that all of Dr. Corsi‘s prognostications regarding the WikiLeaks disclosures to me turned out to be incorrect.

Corsi’s claim that I knew about the NBC/Billy Bush tape in advance and directed him to do anything about it is yet another lie without a shred of evidence or corroboration to prove this baseless charge.
I did recommend him for his position at InfoWars where he served as Washington bureau chief until he was fired after a drunken meltdown in a Washington DC restaurant. I also recommended him for various freelance writing gigs because he is both an excellent writer and researcher.

I assisted him because he was constantly whining about being broke. The claim that any of my recommendations were arrangements for “hush money “is both ridiculous and false. I had no need of any such arrangement nor the ability to deliver employment to him for anything other than actual work performed.

Any inquiry regarding Corsi’s compensation from Infowars should be directed to them as I am myself an independent contractor and as such am not privy to that information.

The deep state seeks to fabricate some misdeed by the Trump campaign that is sold as Russian collusion. That way they can remove both Donald Trump and vice President Mike Pence paving the way for Nancy Pelosi to become president. Pelosi will then appoint Hillary Clinton to the vacant Vice Presidency after which Pelosi would resign as president allowing Hillary to take the White House which alluded her grasp in 2016.
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https://www.infowars.com/exclusive-...-inquisition-to-frame-roger-stone-alex-jones/

 

[tigermud]

The BuzzFeed reporter who wrote the story about President Trump allegedly ordering Michael Cohen to lie about plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow admitted on CNN today that he hasn’t seen any evidence to corroborate it.

https://www.infowars.com/buzzfeed-r...n-any-evidence-to-validate-trump-tower-story/


Issues w/ story:
1) No documentary evidence for supposed directive is provided
2) BuzzFeed sources are all 100% anonymous
3) Michael Cohen is a serial liar
4) It is not illegal to do business in Russia
5) Moscow Trump Tower project never got off the ground


https://twitter.com/JordanSchachtel...n-any-evidence-to-validate-trump-tower-story/

 

[Gulo Blue]

The BuzzFeed reporter who wrote the story about President Trump allegedly ordering Michael Cohen to lie about plans to build a Trump Tower in Moscow admitted on CNN today that he hasn?t seen any evidence to corroborate it.

https://www.infowars.com/buzzfeed-r...n-any-evidence-to-validate-trump-tower-story/


Issues w/ story:
1) No documentary evidence for supposed directive is provided
2) BuzzFeed sources are all 100% anonymous
3) Michael Cohen is a serial liar
4) It is not illegal to do business in Russia
5) Moscow Trump Tower project never got off the ground


https://twitter.com/JordanSchachtel...n-any-evidence-to-validate-trump-tower-story/

The story isn't toast yet. It depends on whether or not the unnamed sources are reliable. Not any of the points raised here.

 

[Gulo Blue]

One of the two reporters on the Buzzfeed article has a checkered past as a reporter. They're been good as a team on Russia/Trump matters though, breaking things that others have ultimately also run with.


https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/18/media/buzzfeed-reporter-jason-leopold/index.html

 

[tigermud]

One of the two reporters on the Buzzfeed article has a checkered past as a reporter. They're been good as a team on Russia/Trump matters though, breaking things that others have ultimately also run with.


https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/18/media/buzzfeed-reporter-jason-leopold/index.html

Breaking news
Peter Carr of special counsel office debunks buzzfeed story

Maybe it’s time for buzzfeed to be tossed into the trash heap of fake news sources

https://www.axios.com/muellers-inve...tter&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=limstream

 

[Gulo Blue]

Also this:

https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/1086425618802241536

Ronan Farrow‏@RonanFarrow

I can?t speak to Buzzfeed?s sourcing, but, for what it?s worth, I declined to run with parts of the narrative they conveyed based on a source central to the story repeatedly disputing the idea that Trump directly issued orders of that kind.

 

[Gulo Blue]

Looks bad for BuzzFeed. Here's their reply:

Ben Smith‏@BuzzFeedBen
In response to the statement tonight from the Special Counsel's spokesman: We stand by our reporting and the sources who informed it, and we urge the Special Counsel to make clear what he's disputing.

 

[sggatecl]

I can't recall The Mueller's team ever speaking up like this before concerning a report. Buzzfeed looks fucking dumb right now.

 

[Gulo Blue]

I can't recall The Mueller's team ever speaking up like this before concerning a report. Buzzfeed looks fucking dumb right now.

My suspicion is that they spoke up because dems were talking about opening an investigation. It's probably not the first wrong thing that's made the news.

 

[tigermud]

The Senate Intelligence Committee investigating “Russian collusion” has subpoenaed Jerome Corsi for emails relating to Corsi’s previous employment with Infowars.

“The committee is calling for Corsi to hand over communications, including through intermediaries, involving DCLeaks, Guccifer 2.0, WikiLeaks and any of its employees, Roger Stone, Peter Smith, Charles Johnson, the government of Ecuador, Ted Malloch, Randy Credico, Steve Bannon, Alex Jones and Henry Greenberg,” reports CNN.
As we previously reported, the Mueller investigation is looking into “hush money” payments relating to Corsi’s relationship with Roger Stone.

As we documented, this is a completely ludicrous charge with no basis in reality.
The media will now get access to Infowars emails, which will be used to spin absurd conspiracy theories about our non-existent contacts with nebulous “Russians” and Wikileaks – none of which ever occurred.

https://www.infowars.com/senate-intelligence-committee-subpoenas-alex-jones-infowars-emails/

 

[Michchamp]

The Senate Intelligence Committee investigating ?Russian collusion? has subpoenaed Jerome Corsi for emails relating to Corsi?s previous employment with Infowars.

?The committee is calling for Corsi to hand over communications, including through intermediaries, involving DCLeaks, Guccifer 2.0, WikiLeaks and any of its employees, Roger Stone, Peter Smith, Charles Johnson, the government of Ecuador, Ted Malloch, Randy Credico, Steve Bannon, Alex Jones and Henry Greenberg,? reports CNN.
As we previously reported, the Mueller investigation is looking into ?hush money? payments relating to Corsi?s relationship with Roger Stone.

As we documented, this is a completely ludicrous charge with no basis in reality.
The media will now get access to Infowars emails, which will be used to spin absurd conspiracy theories about our non-existent contacts with nebulous ?Russians? and Wikileaks ? none of which ever occurred.

https://www.infowars.com/senate-intelligence-committee-subpoenas-alex-jones-infowars-emails/

Maybe this is a ludicrous charge and maybe not, but I really don't think Infowars - the party opposing it - is going to give a fair take on it.

 

[JScottWriter]

https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/25/politics/roger-stone-arrested/index.html


Roger Stone arrested by the FBI.