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Silverglate: How Robert Mueller Tried To Entrap Me
WGBH News ^ | October 17, 2017 | Harvey Silverglate

Posted on 10/20/2017 2:45:02 PM PDT by Cheerio

Is special counsel Robert S. Mueller III, appointed in mid-May to lead the investigation into suspected ties between Donald Trump’s campaign and various shady (aren’t they all?) Russian officials, the choirboy that he’s being touted to be, or is he more akin to a modern-day Tomas de Torquemada, the Castilian Dominican friar who was the first Grand Inquisitor in the 15th Century Spanish Inquisition?

Given the rampant media partisanship since the election, one would think that Mueller’s appointment would lend credibility to the hunt for violations of law by candidate, now President Trump and his minions.

But I have known Mueller during key moments of his career as a federal prosecutor. My experience has taught me to approach whatever he does in the Trump investigation with a requisite degree of skepticism or, at the very least, extreme caution.

When Mueller was the acting United States Attorney in Boston, I was defense counsel in a federal criminal case in which a rather odd fellow contacted me to tell me that he had information that could assist my client. He asked to see me, and I agreed to meet. He walked into my office wearing a striking, flowing white gauze-like shirt and sat down across from me at the conference table. He was prepared, he said, to give me an affidavit to the effect that certain real estate owned by my client was purchased with lawful currency rather than, as Mueller’s office was claiming, the proceeds of illegal drug activities.

(Excerpt) Read more at news.wgbh.org ...


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Crime/Corruption; Government
KEYWORDS: mueller; silverglate

1 posted on 10/20/2017 2:45:02 PM PDT by Cheerio
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To: Cheerio

I wonder if the lady Russian lawyer was wired in the meeting with Trump Jr?


2 posted on 10/20/2017 2:54:07 PM PDT by Parley Baer
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To: Cheerio
Given the rampant media partisanship since the election....

Since the election? The MSM has been the de facto propaganda arm of the Democrat party for decades.

3 posted on 10/20/2017 2:55:28 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Cheerio

A long but very good read. Rest assured, Bobby “Inspector Javier” Mueller will indict somebody for something.


4 posted on 10/20/2017 3:04:34 PM PDT by colorado tanker
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To: colorado tanker

Mueller should be in prison for covering up the Uranium One crimes involving the Clinton Crime Syndicate and Russia.


5 posted on 10/20/2017 3:16:25 PM PDT by Mr. Mojo
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To: Cheerio

Good article. Anther good one on the lead prosecutor that Mueller hired is:

http://thehill.com/opinion/white-house/356253-judging-by-muellers-staffing-choices-he-may-not-be-very-interested-in

The lead prosecutor, Andrew Weissmann, has a history of having many of his convictions overturned.


6 posted on 10/20/2017 3:18:05 PM PDT by Vic S
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To: Cheerio

bookmark


7 posted on 10/20/2017 3:32:07 PM PDT by dadfly
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To: Cheerio

Also this..

“Mueller taps .. his long-time friend and former counsel, Andrew Weissmann.”

“Time after time, courts have reversed Weissmann’s most touted “victories” for his tactics. This is hardly the stuff of a hero in the law.”

Read the article all the accounts of Weissmann abusing his power, lying, making stuff up, having things thrown out, reversals, etc.

It would make hillary proud.

As a matter of fact, I see very little difference in Weissmann and hillary. Mueller brings him in though.

Weissmann is hillary
hillary is Weissmann

A couple of examples:

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“The Complete Humiliation Of The Enron [Weissman] Task Force”
http://www.businessinsider.com/the-complete-and-utter-humiliation-of-the-enron-task-force-2009-10

“who resigned as director of the Task Force this past week amidst widespread allegations of prosecutorial misconduct.”

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“Andersen Lawyer Accuses Prosecutors [Weissman] of Misconduct”
http://www.nytimes.com/2002/05/10/business/andersen-lawyer-accuses-prosecutors-of-misconduct.html

“accused prosecutors [Weissman] today of trying to intimidate at least three witnesses”


8 posted on 10/20/2017 3:41:44 PM PDT by ForYourChildren (Christian Education [ RomanRoadsMedia.com - Classical Christian Approach to Homeschool ])
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To: Vic S
But Mueller’s demonstrated zeal and ample resources virtually assure that indictments will come, even in the absence of actual crimes rather than behavior that is simply “politics as usual”. If Mueller claims that Trump or members of his entourage committed crimes, it doesn’t mean that it’s necessarily so. We should take Mueller and his prosecutorial team with a grain of salt. But a grain of salt seems an outmoded concept in an age when both sides – Trump and his critics – seem impervious to inconvenient facts. The most appropriate slogan for all the combatants on both sides of the Trump wars (including, alas, the reporters and their editors) might well be: “Don’t confuse me with the facts; my mind is made up.”
9 posted on 10/20/2017 3:43:00 PM PDT by Robert A Cook PE (I can only donate monthly, but socialists' ABBCNNBCBS continue to lie every day!)
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To: Mr. Mojo

Yes, he should be in prison. In 69 McDonald was my MD at the 6th Special Forces Group Dispensary. I vividly recall one AM SGM Charlie Ferguson had every NCO in formation, and; he said-” Sir, How about inspecting these men with me and look for one with scratches etc.” Supposedly McDonald’s wife had scratched the guy. We found no scratch marks. I later was like McDonald’s shadow as I watched him at the main O club get a haircut to going back to the Moon Hall room he had after the murders on post. IMHO Jeffery McDonald murdered NO ONE.


10 posted on 10/20/2017 3:43:57 PM PDT by Lumper20
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To: Lumper20

Wasn’t there a couple who were on drugs that he passed on his way home, coming from area of McDonald’s home? I vaguely remember something like that, as I read his account of the murders.


11 posted on 10/20/2017 3:51:08 PM PDT by Ambrosia
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To: Mr. Mojo

Mueller participated in that horror, by taking the Uranium sample to Russia.


12 posted on 10/20/2017 3:52:38 PM PDT by Ambrosia
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To: Ambrosia

That was not the initial story. We were looking for a GI at first. Then the story you heard was later. McDonald lived on post at Ft. Bragg.


13 posted on 10/20/2017 4:03:03 PM PDT by Lumper20
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To: colorado tanker
Mueller will indict somebody for something.

I think that is a given. He needs to be fired by TRUMP and let the leftist howl.
14 posted on 10/20/2017 5:25:01 PM PDT by Cheerio (#44, The unknown President)
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To: Cheerio

Ping for morning read. Thank you!


15 posted on 10/20/2017 6:36:48 PM PDT by SueRae (An administration like no other.)
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To: Lumper20

Yes, I remember he lived on military base... So you think it was a GI, who murdered his family? Was the story I read legit, or not?


16 posted on 10/20/2017 7:13:43 PM PDT by Ambrosia
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To: Cheerio

Mueller is tainted by the Uranium One/Russia scandal. If he were ethical, he would recuse himself. He is not ethical.


17 posted on 10/20/2017 9:22:12 PM PDT by kevao (Biblical Jesus: Give your money to the poor. Socialist Jesus: Give your neighbor's money to the poor)
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