Thread by @jedshug

This is criminal. Soon after July 22 WikiLeaks release, Trump told Gates ”more releases of damaging information would be coming.” Put it in context of June Trump Tower meeting w/Russian spy (coinciding w/Trump speech on big Hillary news), and July 27 “Russia if you’re listening.”

https://twitter.com/ParkerMolloy/status/1118966074228260864

2/ On the one hand, I understand why SCO did not declare this criminal in its report. Its standard was proof "beyond a reasonable doubt." But I think it surpasses the prepoderance/probable cause threshold, all taken together, for a number of crimes...

3/ But I understand the problem of reasonable doubt here. Did Trump know from Assange’s public bragging? Or from inside info from Roger Stone? Is that redacted here?
And why is this buried in Vol 2 on obstruction, in the background section? Not in Vol 1 on Russia contact?

4/ What is the evidence that Assange was bragging about more WikiLeaks after June 22/before June 27? That would be Trump’s defense. But otherwise, this was solicitation of felony campaign donation, ConFraudUS 371, misprision, and state crime of soliciting stolen goods/hacking.

5/ I’ll be on @CBC NewsNow at 8:15 ET to discuss Mueller Report.
Also,
H/t @EricColumbus @McDeereUSA

6/ “After the July 22, 2016 release of stolen DNC emails by [WikiLeaks], a senior Trump Campaign official was directed to contact Stone about any additional releases and what other damaging information [Wiki] had regarding the Clinton Campaign.” -Stone indictment
H/t @sarahposner

7/ It’s possible this passage from Vol 2, p. 18 (under redaction b/c of Stone ongoing case) answers the question raised by the Stone indictment about who directed a sr campaign official to contact Stone about WikiLeaks.
(@emptywheel wisely says it looks like Trump here)...

8/ A conspiracy does not require direct contact. Trump officials did not need direct contact with Russian spies to commit crimes - though the report shows Manafort and Gates directly sharing internal polling for months with Kilimnik, whom they knew was a Russian spy...

9/ And “coordination” legally does not require an agreement.
See this thread from @ThePaulSRyan:

https://twitter.com/thepaulsryan/status/1118919386298036224?s=21

10/ Note how redacted Volume 1 was on these core questions Trump campaign, Wikileaks contacts, and disseminating hacked material as part of Russian conspiracy:

11/ And more redactions. This entire core question is redacted related to Trump campaign contacts with Stone and WikiLeaks, Vol 1, p. 51 to 57. Some pages are totally blacked out: