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Mar 11, 2019 14 tweets 5 min read Read on X
Mueller is tasked with investigating foreign interference and any conspiracy to influence the 2016 election.

Will Trump be indicted or named? We don’t know.

Even if he’s not, here are 10 other investigations by 9 different entities that may expose additional crimes
Investigation 1

Violation of campaign finance laws being investigated by the
Southern District Of New York

After all, Michael Cohen plead guilty to an indictment naming Individual-1.

vox.com/2019/2/27/1824…
Investigation 2
Irregular spending by Trump’s inaugural committee
(SD of NY)

Trump raised a record $107 million for his inauguration.

Prosecutors are investigating allegedly booking rooms at the Trump Hotel at inflated prices, mail and wire fraud, and money laundering
Investigation 3
Unregistered foreign lobbying (SDNY investigation)

Danger for Trump: The case shows the pro-Russian tilt of his campaign manager and his allegedly illegal operations
Investigation 4
Irregular super PAC finances

Danger for Trump: The case shows how those close to Trump misused campaign money and facilitated improper access to the president by foreign influencers from Ukraine and Russia from the very beginning.

nytimes.com/2018/12/13/us/…
Investigation 5
Allegedly illegal operations by the Donald J. Trump Foundation

This case is especially damaging for the president. Fmr. NY AG Underwood said the Trump Foundation functioned as “a checkbook to serve Mr. Trump’s business and political interests”
Investigation 6
Allegations of tax fraud and tax evasion by the Trump family

Evidence of systemic tax evasion could strike a major blow to Trump’s credibility.

nytimes.com/interactive/20…
Investigation 7
United States v. Maria Butina

Butina plead guilty to conspiring with a Russian government official and an American to infiltrate Republican political groups like the NRA to influence American politics.

She’s cooperating with prosecutors.

thehill.com/regulation/cou…
Investigation 8
Russian disinformation campaign, Project Lakhta

Used social media to interfere in the 2016 presidential and 2018 midterm elections, worked to “sow discord in the U.S. political system and to undermine faith in our democratic institutions”
Investigation 9
Improper Turkish influence inside Trump’s campaign and administration

Michael Flynn and his business partner Bijan Kian allegedly served as unregistered lobbyists for Turkish interests.

Flynn is cooperating with Mueller and will testify against Kian.
Investigation 10
Alleged violations of the U.S. Constitution’s emoluments clause (MD and DC AGs)

The Washington Post reported that Saudi lobbyists had paid for an estimated 500 nights in Trump’s D.C. hotel so veterans could lobby against a bill the Saudi government opposed.
H/t to @brjodonnell at foreignpolicy.com for putting all this together

foreignpolicy.com/2019/03/08/all…
P.S. this doesn’t include all of the House investigations going on either.
Oh look! Here’s a new one!!

Investigation 11

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