Posted on 10/30/2017 11:13:10 AM PDT by ColdOne
Special counsel Robert Mueller is investigating Democratic lobbyist Tony Podesta and the Podesta Group, according to an NBC News report.
Mueller, who is leading the investigation into Russia’s attempts to meddle in the U.S. presidential election, is reportedly probing the firm to determine whether it violated the Foreign Agents Registration Act (FARA) in its work for the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine (ECFMU). The nonprofit ECFMU was part of a public relations campaign run by President Trump's former campaign chairman, Paul Manafort, to bolster Ukraine’s reputation.
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This 4chan post is nonsense.
Mueller’s team of lawyers is made up of hardcore partisan Democrats. There is no way for Mueller to conduct the supposed investigation of Hillary without the partisan lawyers constantly leaking to Hillary’s defense team telling them what is going on.
As to Tony Podesta, it’s not surprising that the Special Counsel is investigating him. From reading the complaint against Manafort and Gates, investigators would have to investigate Company A and Company B (one of which appears to be the Podesta Group). That they didn’t know that they were really lobbying for a Ukrainian politician would be a tough sell.
So I can believe some kind of favorable plea deal to Podesta coming out of this at the end. But anything beyond this like Uranium One or other pay-to-play deals for the Clinton Foundation? Not with Mueller’s team of lawyers, no way.
Also the notion that Jeff Sessions is secretly running this behind the scenes is nonsense. Sessions has formally recused himself from this, has said repeatedly in interviews he knows nothing about this and is not receiving information on it, and if he were to be lying about that he could get disbarred.
My take is that things like that 4chan post are disinformation to try to get Republicans in Congress and the conservative media to back off calling for an end to the rogue Special Counsel investigation which was improperly launched and for which Mueller has some very serious conflicts.
Thanks for that. Amazing and coming true. Makes the most sense.
Trump was planning on sparing all corrupt former Presidents to save the dignity of the office. That is the sign of a good man. NO ONE SHOULD GET TO THE PRESIDENCY IF CORRUPT (only the omnipresent media gets such a dastardly deed accomplished). But once they do, our current Pres wants them spared.
And he decided to place Hillary, possibly because she was a First Lady, into that same Protected category. But she could not shut up. She kept going after him, instead of knitting for her grand babies. She ASKED FOR IT, so she is going down.
Please let it be.
Thanks will ask for it to be removed.
You could be right. I have no idea.
Very true, got to give the impression of impartiality.
If he’s doing it so he can clear the Podestas Manafort has to play along. I don’t think he will. Otherwise he would have already cut a deal. No?
Another point I find hard to believe in that 4chan post is the bit about Mueller using FBI agents he knew in the past with evidence of Hillary’s wrongdoing.
Mueller doesn’t get to pick the FBI agents assigned to the Special Counsel investigation. That would be Andrew McCabe who decides that. The same Andrew McCabe whose wife got something like $800,000 from Clinton bagman Terry McAuliffe for her run for a seat in the Virginia legislature. A ridiculous amount of money for such a small position.
McCabe should be the one investigated, not overseeing the FBI team assigned to the Special Counsel.
You have to take into account the Clintons are out of power. I’m not sure democrat lawyers wouldn’t want to make a name for themselves.
“However. He has everything to do with CLINTON/Russia 2016. “
FBN saying Podesta has stepped down so he can “focus on fighting charges”.
Is it possible some of these financial issues with Manafort implicate Podesta ?
Possibly U1 ?
Yes it is too bad he was chased off. Wonder what Jim thinks of LS leaving?
I don’t think he left, saw some posts from him earlier today.
FR probably has the highest incidence of Stockholm Syndrome ever seen before. Good stuff for a major clinical study, I’d say.
bmp
The reason that democrats investigate themselves in a case like this is so that they can control the outcome, and also make it impossible for real charges fitting of their crimes to ever be made against their players.
As far as the 4chan post...If Muller were to ever seek real justice then the truth would come out about how he covered up and was involved in crimes himself. All of the Clinton dirty lawyers he hired would also be exposed. No way he will do that. And why is Mcabe still in there? We know he is part of it himself. And he got to run the whole show after Comney was fired.
Or Manafort was sent to insure Hillary’s “preferred opponent” got through the RNC convention on top.
I say that’s bullsh*t
Move on, nothing to see here./S
but...but.... he’s only going after Trump!! This has to be Fake News! Misdirection! Distraction! Mueller is Satan!
Yup.
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