Thread by @maxbergmann

Thread: This week has been a game-changer in the Russia investigation.

Before it was fairly reasonable to doubt where Mueller was headed and say maybe he won’t implicate Trump.

There’s almost no doubt anymore. This investigation will implicate Trump in conspiring w/ Russia 1/

First, w/ the Corsi draft plea we learned that Mueller has found collusion.

Stone was in “regular contact” w/ Trump and directed Corsi to get to WikiLeaks, which they knew was a Russian front. And Mueller clearly has evidence to prove they knew that. 2/

Second, the depths of the cover up effort became clear - the lies, the pardon dangles, the joint defense agreements w/ 32, the appt. of Whittaker. You don’t engage in a massive cover up if you’re innocent. Trump’s acting guilty, perhaps b/c he is. 3/

Lastly, we now know a lot more is coming. Indictments of Stone and Corsi are coming for collusion. We will learn what Manafort lied about. And we know Cohen has provided trove of info.

This isn’t just speculation relying on press reporting anymore. It’s based on Mueller. 4/

So it’s pretty clear where we are headed: a lot of very serious crimes are going to be revealed and they are almost certainly going to implicate the President.

It’s time for everyone to start preparing for that reality.

And to those in my mentions thinking this the first time I’m coming to this realization - see this from Aug 2017. We @moscow_project have been calling this since we started. americanprogressaction.org/issues/securit…

We wrote a memo @moscow_project developing this thread. Read it here: themoscowproject.org/dispatch/memo-…