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Notes on the Mueller Report, Update #1: "The Special Counsel Investigation"
In which I address a little-noticed section of the Mueller Report in which Mueller addresses the question of what happened to the counterintelligence components of the probe. lawfareblog.com/notes-mueller-…
Also, how many "angry Democrats" really worked for Mueller?
And what precisely did Mueller's jurisdiction cover?
And yes, I know. I'm only on page 13....
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Benjamin Wittes
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The big picture on Rod is extremely complicated. He played a thoroughly dishonorable role in the Comey firing. He then appointed Mueller. He protected Mueller from Congress. He also played both sides of the fence with respect to Trump. He gave far too much information to Congress
...on pending matters. He threw career public servants under the bus. He also defended Mueller at great personal risk. He has not always told the truth. He cared way too much about not being fired. There is no simple assessment of his performance.
Do I admire him? Not a bit.
Do I think his tenure has been touched by anything like principle? Nope.
Do I think he made an important contribution? Yes.
Has he achieved any kind of redemption? Not my department.
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Benjamin Wittes
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The fundamental problem with Rod Rosenstein in one quotation. If you're not willing to go go out with a tweet, you are already negotiating away your integrity.
washingtonpost.com/world/national…
Ask yourself this question: Would you want to be in a foxhole with someone afraid to be fired in a tweet?
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Benjamin Wittes
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What a better place Congress would be if more members wrote thoughtful serious policy threads like this!
@Malinowski mentions in it the idea of modeling reporting requirements for campaigns on the "suspicious activity reporting" requirements for banks. I floated this idea the other day at Brookings.
@matthew_j_kahn and I are currently working to develop it and will write up some thoughts for @lawfareblog on it soon.
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Matt Zapotosky
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Mueller report sent to attorney general, signaling his Russia investigation has ended. Our story, and I'll thread some notes... wapo.st/2HPDdES?tid=ss…
A special counsel security officer delivered the report to the Deputy Attorney General's office this afternoon. Within minutes, it was given to the AG. At about 4:35, Brian Rabbitt, AG Bill Barr's chief of staff, called Emmet Flood, a White House lawyer, to notify him.
At 5 p.m., Assistant Attorney General Stephen Boyd gave a letter from Barr addressed to the heads of the House and Senate Judiciary Committees, telling them that Mueller had "concluded his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and related matters."
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Zarina Zabrisky
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💥💥💥#Mueller: #Russians leaked files to "discredit"? #Concord & #Kavanaugh connection, A thread. 👇
theguardian.com/us-news/2019/j…
1. Note the date: the confidential files with evidence were leaked in October 2018.
2. The Twitter account has been removed. It's old news. There is nothing discrediting to Mueller's investigation in the fact that the Russians stole the files. If anything, it confirms that, yes, Russians hack.
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Stoicjustice
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@Jim_Jordan Any #Trump sycophant, alleged pedophile protector, trying to besmirch this hero, while his own children will have to suffer from the decisions made for the country, is sad. Why wouldn't the #GOP make it an open door session if they had nothing to hide? Your reign ends soon.
@Jim_Jordan As time passes, more comes to light, with the Steele dossier, Trumps alleged involvement in Epstein child sex ring where Secretary Acosta stopped the FBI investigation before more suspects could be arrested, and money laundering campaign contributions from Russian operatives.
@Jim_Jordan Plus your support for a theocratic monarchy that really acts like a ruthless inhumane dictator & desire to sell American technology to them when it could then be used to kill our own troops or handed over to Russia is genuinely INSANE. Who is dishonorable, spineless sycophantic?
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Conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi in plea negotiations with Mueller, which could shed light on whether Trump or his advisers were linked to WikiLeaks’ release of hacked Democratic emails in 2016 washingtonpost.com/politics/stone…
"Word is friend in embassy plans 2 more dumps. One shortly after I'm back. 2nd in Oct. Impact planned to be very damaging."

Corsi informed Stone about the planned WikiLeaks Dem email releases 2 months in advance.

And Mueller has the exchange. nbcnews.com/politics/justi…
"Stone responded, "Get to (Assange) [a]t Ecuadorian Embassy in London and get the pending (WikiLeaks) emails."

Corsi passed the request along to conservative author Ted Malloch in London"
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Cyrus Toulabi
@CyrusToulabi
#CORRECTION: Maria Butina was NOT CHARGED BY MUELLER.

The investigation and charges were brought by DOJ officials, not related to the Special Counsel.

The Washington Post has reported this correctly in the past.
The Washington Post knows this...

"The case, which is not part of the special counsel investigation into Russian interference..."
washingtonpost.com/local/public-s…
#UPDATE: Looks like the @WashingtonPost has updated their headline to reflect the fact that Butina was NOT charged by the Special Counsel.

(Only if you click the link...not yet in the preview on Twitter.)

washingtonpost.com/local/public-s…
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NotMyPresident
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MEMBERS OF TEAM #MUELLER
1.Zainab Ahmed
Ahmed is an expert in prosecuting terrorism and organized crime, Zainab Ahmad previously served as an assistant US attorney for the Eastern District of New York. She joined #TeamMueller in the summer of 2017.
1a)Ahmad has worked on the case of Flynn: She was one of two prosecutors who signed Flynn’s charging documents and was also in court for Flynn’s guilty plea in December 2017.

#MuellerTime
#TeamMueller
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