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Mueller's breadcrumbs suggest he has the goods (Barf Alert!)
Axios ^ | December 3, 2018 | Garrett M. Graff

Posted on 12/03/2018 12:36:50 PM PST by BurgessKoch

Everyone's waiting for the "Mueller Report." But it turns out that special counsel Robert Mueller is writing a "report" in real time, before our eyes, through his cinematic indictments and plea agreements, Garrett M. Graff reports for Axios.

The big picture: One of the least-noticed elements of the special counsel's approach is that all along, he has been making his case bit by bit, in public, since his very first court filing. With his major court filings so far, Mueller has already written more than 290 pages of the "Mueller Report." And there are still lots of loose ends in those documents — breadcrumbs Mueller is apparently leaving for later.

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KEYWORDS: jamescomey; lisapage; peterstrzok; robertmueller; u1; u1coverup
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Perhaps the best example is Mueller's oddly specific reference to the Russian hackers targeting Hillary Clinton "for the first time" after candidate Trump's still-unexplained "Russia, if you're listening" comment on July 27, 2016.

Trump said: "I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 [Clinton] emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press." (He also said: "I have nothing to do with Russia.") A Mueller indictment in July said that the next day, "the Conspirators ... attempted after hours to spear-phish for the first time email accounts at a domain hosted by a third-party provider and used by Clinton’s personal office." That shows Mueller has access to much more intelligence than is publicly known. Remember, these are Russian government employees. So Mueller has remarkable and thus far unexplained visibility. By making such detailed filings, Mueller is actually increasing his burden of proof — suggesting a supreme confidence that he has the goods.

And by making so much public as he goes along, Mueller is also insuring against his probe being shut down or otherwise curtailed by the White House. Some of his deeply detailed filings raise questions that suggest more is coming:

In a February indictment of officials of the Russian troll factory, he announced that three Internet Research Agency employees traveled to the U.S. in 2014. He indicted two of them, but left unindicted someone from the IRA who evidently traveled to Atlanta as part of the operation for four days in 2014. Mueller makes clear in the indictment that he knows the precise IRA official to whom this unnamed male traveler filed his Atlanta expenses after the trip. The information could have come from U.S. intelligence or another country. But Mueller leaves the impression he may have a cooperator inside the troll factory.

1 posted on 12/03/2018 12:36:50 PM PST by BurgessKoch
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To: BurgessKoch

Cue the “trump is finished!” video


2 posted on 12/03/2018 12:38:25 PM PST by PGR88
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To: BurgessKoch

“Remember, these are Russian government employees. So Mueller has remarkable and thus far unexplained visibility”

The answer is clear — Mueller must be colluding with the Russians to take down Trump. We need a special prosecuter to look into this, to explore every one of Mueller’s associates, to look into his finances, so we can find this connection that allows him to have “unexplained visibility”.


3 posted on 12/03/2018 12:40:08 PM PST by CharlesWayneCT
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To: BurgessKoch

No one here wants to stop a Russia probe, just that Mueller stops interfering in the start of a Russia probe on Obama/Hillary via this nonsensiscal cross examination of obscure local Trump lawyers


4 posted on 12/03/2018 12:40:32 PM PST by JudgemAll (Democrats Fed. job-security Whorocracy & hate:hypocrites must be gay like us or be tested/crucified)
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To: BurgessKoch

I get spear-phished several times a week. I’m don’t take the bait.


5 posted on 12/03/2018 12:42:40 PM PST by Gahanna Bob
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To: BurgessKoch

What kind of dog dump article is this? Nothing here is new. Just a bunch of worthless nonsense


6 posted on 12/03/2018 12:42:53 PM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: BurgessKoch

what exactly does a Russian Troll Factory look like? Are these the factories that makes those naked, white haired, bug eyed plastic dolls?


7 posted on 12/03/2018 12:42:57 PM PST by rwoodward ("god, guns and more ammo")
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To: BurgessKoch

when this guy finally files his report, the vox guys, PMSnbc mob (horny mika and happy lesbian included), nbc news, clinton news network, & etc., & etc., are going to go out of business.

they’ve done nothing but wildly and hysterically speculate about who’s going to jail since this sucker was appointed.


8 posted on 12/03/2018 12:45:34 PM PST by JohnBrowdie
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To: BurgessKoch

If Mueller interrogates Trump associates long enough, they will contradict themselves in an indictable way.

Oh wow!

So guilty!


9 posted on 12/03/2018 12:46:35 PM PST by Uncle Miltie (XY)
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To: All

It would be wiser to believe that those breadcrumbs mean that Mueller is a sloppy eater and his sandwich is quite stale.


10 posted on 12/03/2018 12:46:51 PM PST by LegendHasIt
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To: BurgessKoch

11 posted on 12/03/2018 12:47:30 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: Uncle Miltie

Don’t talk to the cops


12 posted on 12/03/2018 12:48:12 PM PST by Trump.Deplorable
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To: BurgessKoch
One of the least-noticed elements of the special counsel's approach is that all along, he has been making his case bit by bit, in public, since his very first court filing.

I've noticed, and what I've noticed is he has no case whatsoever.

13 posted on 12/03/2018 12:48:25 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: Trump.Deplorable

he Russian troll factory...

Well there ya have it, unbiased again :)

Mueller WILL find a reason to indict. You can indict a ham sandwich if you want to bad enough.

And if you get a DC court you might get a conviction.

Lots here keep putting their heads in the ground and when they finally pop out and see impeachment proceedings or worse, they will say “ON NO!”

I don’t know what the answer is but making believe 20 hard left lawyers can’t find a crime SOMEWHERE inside a 12 billion dollar empire are lying to themselves.


14 posted on 12/03/2018 12:49:10 PM PST by dp0622 (The Left should know if.. Trump is kicked out of office, it is WAR!)
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To: Eddie01

I wouldn’t trust that kid to drive an UBER, much less provide insight to a witch hunt.


15 posted on 12/03/2018 12:49:38 PM PST by 1Old Pro
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To: BurgessKoch
"It's Derick Zoolander's Magnum!"


16 posted on 12/03/2018 12:50:43 PM PST by Eddie01
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To: BurgessKoch

Trump said: “I hope you’re able to find the 30,000 [Clinton] emails that are missing. I think you will probably be rewarded mightily by our press.” (He also said: “I have nothing to do with Russia.”) A Mueller indictment in July said that the next day, “the Conspirators ... attempted after hours to spear-phish for the first time email accounts at a domain hosted by a third-party provider and used by Clinton’s personal office.”

Because it would make perfect sense for Trump to command his minions in the Kremlin to launch a phishing attack when Trump is giving a campaign speech at a rally attended by tens of thousands.


17 posted on 12/03/2018 12:50:43 PM PST by Flick Lives
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To: BurgessKoch

What does “hacking Hillary” mean? because at the time of Trump’s statement she had deleted her emails and destroyed her server. It didn’t exist. That was the whole point of saying maybe Russia can find them. There was nothing to hack.


18 posted on 12/03/2018 12:51:16 PM PST by Williams (Stop Tolerating The Intolerant.)
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To: BurgessKoch

“Has the goods” must be the latest NPC slogan. I keep seeing it. Who speaks like that except in a 1940’s film noir detective story.


19 posted on 12/03/2018 12:52:40 PM PST by Flick Lives
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To: Eddie01

What are that thing’s preferred pronouns?


20 posted on 12/03/2018 12:54:07 PM PST by Verginius Rufus
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