Exclusive: Mueller refers foreign agent inquiries to New York prosecutors

CNN ^ | 31 July 2018 | Erica Orden

[Paladin2]

Reefers?

Does Bureagard know?

[Paladin2]

SDNY is a Fed operation full of Weinstein overcharger presecutors.

[Flick Lives]

SDNY is a Fed operation full of Weinstein overcharger presecutors.

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Meaning they beat their girlfriends and give them demeaning names.

[SERKIT]

I thought Tony Podesta got immunity to testify against Manafort. What changed? I think Podesta is a crook, but why the change from immunity to prosecution?

[Paladin2]

Odds are likely good.

[AndyJackson]

Potemkin prosecutions

Why does he retain the Manafort prosecution while referring the Podesta prosecution. It's a transparent cover against the charge of selective prosecution. It's glib, but thin because the question is why did you personally prosecute Manafort but give a pass to Clinton's cronies?

[SamuraiScot]

How can Mueller refer this to a STATE court?

I believe those various districts around the country (e.g., Southern District of New York) are Federal.

[Buckeye McFrog]

I’m confused as to why they have to register at all.

An anti-espionage move from the early days of the Cold War. Jimmah Carter's brother Billy got himself into trouble on this by acting as an unregistered agent for Libya.