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The president of the United States has finished his tweet from several hours ago and is currently suggesting people who conducted the Mueller investigation were spies or treasonous. 
This tweet also fails to mention asset forfeiture proceeds from Manafort that could effectively make the investigation a much more cost-effective endeavor. As of September 2018, probe cost $25.2M. A final $ report is due in May. Manafort forfeited $25M.
We'll see how much of a wash it ends up being when the final expenditure report tells all, but that isn't a bad haul considering the corruption at play by those indicted. From May 2017 to September 30 2018, roughly 500 days, it cost 25.5M,
We know these things because SPC has provided this information to us.
While we're talking budgets, transparency and potential tax payer outrage - did you catch this story last month about the Pentagon's longstanding dark budget boondoggles by @mtaibbi? rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
While we're talking budgets, transparency and potential tax payer outrage - did you catch this story last month about the Pentagon's longstanding dark budget boondoggles by @mtaibbi? rollingstone.com/politics/polit…
EXCERPT: "The Air Force alone just awarded Deloitte up to $800 million to help the service with future “audit preparation.” The Navy countered with a $980 million audit-readiness contract spread across four companies Deloitte, Booz Allen Hamilton, Accenture and KPMG"
.@mtaibbi writes: "Taxpayers, in other words, are paying gargantuan sums to private accounting firms to write reports about how previous recommendations were ignored."
