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1) THREAD: After a week of fevered speculation about the Mueller report, it's worth taking stock of the investigation as it stands now. There seems to be a general sense that if "Mueller doesn't nail Trump" he's "failed" in the investigation. That's not true. ...
2) If Mueller doesn't land a single additional indictment (and, to be clear, I think there will be more), he will have conducted one of most important counterintelligence investigations in US history, something that will stand with cases like Aldrich Ames or the Rosenbergs. ...
3) Moreover, he will have exposed and prosecuted what is—already—surely the most criminal and corrupt presidential campaign in modern US history, even if there is "NO COLLUSION"! Just imagine the headlines and GOP outrage that would resulted from the reverse scenario: ...
4) Following Hillary's successful presidential campaign in 2016, she fires FBI Director Jim Comey for refusing to drop an investigation of National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan, and then Dep. AG Sally Yates appoints Mueller as special counsel. And he finds over two years: ...
5) Imagine then that John Podesta [ = Manafort] is indicted for a $65 million, decade-long money laundering scheme and illegally working for the government of Ukraine, THEN re-indicted for witness tampering....
6) Imagine then that Nick Merrill [ = Papadopoulos] pleads guilty for lying to federal agents about his contacts with Russia. ...
7) Imagine that next Cheryl Mills [ = Gates] pleads guilty to participating in Podesta's scheme, and begins cooperating with Mueller. ...
8) Imagine then that Clinton national security advisor Jake Sullivan [= Flynn] pleads guilty for lying to federal agents—while working in the White House—and for being an unregistered foreign agent for the government of Turkey. ...
9) Imagine then that Huma Abedin [= Cohen] pleads guilty to tax fraud and to an illegal campaign finance scheme to cover-up a scandal in the final days of the campaign, directed by Hillary herself, ....
10) then Huma pleads guilty AGAIN to lying to Congress to cover up the Clinton Foundation's dealings with Putin. ...
11) The GOP would have been up in arms months ago—and rightly so. This kind of corruption, criminality, and foreign influence should have no place in American politics, regardless of party or candidate. ...
11) Something tells me that if the above had transpired over the last two years, Mitch McConnell might have found time for a Senate hearing or two. And that no GOP senator would be taking to the Sunday shows to downplay Mueller's probe as a "Witch Hunt." ...
12) We should not allow Trump allies to minimize, downplay, or distract from what Mueller has ALREADY found—corruption and criminality at the heart of American politics.
13) He's already led one of the most important investigations in political history—even if Mueller shuts down Tuesday and heads out golfing. /END
