Virtually everything Mueller has filed to date has had the effect of putting information into the public’s hands.
He has been using his court filings to do info dumps of sorts.
He’s basically doing an end-around on the Attorney General’s ability to bury his findings.
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He has been using his court filings to do info dumps of sorts.
He’s basically doing an end-around on the Attorney General’s ability to bury his findings.
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Whenever Mueller files something substantive like the Manafort filing, a couple key questions to ponder:
1) Is he trying to make info public in the filing itself?
2) Does the filing put him in a position to make OTHER information public?
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1) Is he trying to make info public in the filing itself?
2) Does the filing put him in a position to make OTHER information public?
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All of his indictments to date have focused on the first of those two.
Mueller has been telling the story of a vast conspiracy in the pages of individual indictments.
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Mueller has been telling the story of a vast conspiracy in the pages of individual indictments.
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This time though, Mueller appears to have done something closer to the second of the two.
He has set up an opportunity to reveal evidence to the public through Manafort’s sentencing proceedings.
Big props to @ThatShockratees for spelling it out.
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He has set up an opportunity to reveal evidence to the public through Manafort’s sentencing proceedings.
Big props to @ThatShockratees for spelling it out.
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Bottom-line:
Anytime Mueller puts something out in the public sphere, there is a reason beyond the legal purpose itself.
There is a communication purpose.
Mueller is revealing the evidence through his documents.
He’s publishing the story in the one place Trump can’t touch.
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Anytime Mueller puts something out in the public sphere, there is a reason beyond the legal purpose itself.
There is a communication purpose.
Mueller is revealing the evidence through his documents.
He’s publishing the story in the one place Trump can’t touch.
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The guy is brilliant.
Trump has a handful of bumbling buffoons like Giuliani who collectively can’t play checkers.
Mueller is a freaking weapons-grade atomic chess player.
Love that guy. National treasure.
Can’t wait to see the next move.
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Trump has a handful of bumbling buffoons like Giuliani who collectively can’t play checkers.
Mueller is a freaking weapons-grade atomic chess player.
Love that guy. National treasure.
Can’t wait to see the next move.
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