Posted on 03/12/2018 3:51:12 PM PDT by PJ-Comix
Special counsel Robert Mueller and his prosecutors have invoked an unusual conspiracy to defraud the government charge to ensnare a Russian cyber network and could use the same legal strategy to go after President Trump and his associates, even if the conspiracy is not linked to a criminal act.
Although the president constantly denies any wrongdoing, Mr. Muellers 10-month long investigation has become the heart of the Trump-Russian election meddling saga, dominating headlines and leaving the White House tangled in conflict and controversy as additional charges have also been filed against four of his close associates with further indictments likely.
Last month, Mr. Mueller, a Republican and former FBI director indicted 13 Russian nationals connected to the Internet Research Agency (IRA) Russian troll farm, accusing the IRA of interfering in the 2016 U.S. presidential election by spreading fake news stories through U.S. social media. The same approach was employed in securing a plea deal last month with Rick Gates, the aide for former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort.
What has attracted attention in legal circles is the underlying legal theory behind the indictments, accusing the Russians of essentially committing a crime by preventing agencies of the U.S. government from carrying out the duties. Mr. Mueller appears to be leveraging the theory into a powerful instrument with respect to both foreign and domestic actors, according to a recent article on Lawfare, a national security blog by the Lawfare Institute and Brookings Institution.
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He lost all of his integrity when he hired all Democrat/Clinton supporters.
... one, maybe two platoons of patriotic Marines.
Whoa!
I don’t think these are righteous charges! I think the feds pull this crap all the time, and on a lot more routine matters.
It’s up there with FBI FD-302 forms as legal abuse. It’s just in no way unusual.
HOW MUCH HAS THIS ALL COST THE TAXPAYER???????>
I think Mueller is nuts or obsessed.
Time to shut this so called “Republican “ and his deep state investigation down.
Now.
5.56mm
Next on the list... Failure to come to a complete stop at a stop sign. Rolling stops WILL be prosecuted!
“Investigation “ equals witch hunt.
5.56mm
Clinton may want to confer with Mueller on this one. According to this legal theory, the conspiracy doesn’t need to have led to any specific crime, merely the frustration of regulation. So even if it weren’t specifically criminal to use an alias, the fact that the use of aliases circumvented FOIA and congressional oversight of the State and Justice Departments, Clinton, Holder, Comey, Yates, Lynch, et al, can still do hard time.
Hey Munster Mueller, HOW MANY PAYCHECKS WAS HUMA ABEDIN COLLECTING AT THE SAME TIME, EH?
The definition of hypocrisy.
Mueller is engaging, and has engaged in conspiracy to defraud the government of the United States...
Gotta get Rosenslime first before you can get Herr Mueller.
Well, once the Intel Committee releases its finding, shouldn’t there be some ‘sturm und drang’ for Mueller to give it up? As a minimum, the republicans should hit the mics declaring the special council to stop its witch hunt.
It’s time he gets his Pink Slip
He is the male equivalent of impeach 45. They are all trying to hold and stay out of jail but we will get you
Trump needs to declare Mueller’s investigation as insurrection against the American people and the US Constitution.
And when Mueller calls for his fat-ass, potato chip-eating, 60 IQ, affirmative action, 400-lb slobs to revolt, we can all enjoy a big laugh.
Manafort, Gates, the Podestas, et al., might have conspired to violate tax laws by hiding money from the grasp of the IRS in 2013 or whenever. Whether they actually did or not, at least that makes sense as a concept.
But what part of Russian troll farm operations, or even the disproved claims of hacking the DNC’s email server, had anything to do with “defrauding the US government”? They might have fooled some individuals, but unless Mueller considers “the Hillary campaign” to be the US government, how was the US government targeted? The US government suffered no harm, and has no standing to intervene. If Hillary Clinton has evidence that certain Russian blog comments and internet ads cost her the election, she should sue them and prove her case in court. Mueller knows these cases are not going to be defended. Any good defense attorney would have the charges dismissed as inapplicable rubbish.
Mueller needs to be indicted for hiring dem-biased lawyers/attorneys in order to keep the totally fake Trump/Russia narrative alive.
Mueller knows full well there was no Trump/Russia collusion.
Mueller knows full well HRC/DNC paid for the fake dossier.
Mueller knows there was a Dem/Intel conspiracy to try to stop Trump winning the presidency and, later, to deligitimize his presidency.
indict Mueller now.
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