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1/ The @washingtonpost has a good, comprehensive article on how the Mueller investigation ended up unable to prove Trump/Russia conspiracy theories. It shows how sweeping an investigation it was, yet still camp up empty on this washingtonpost.com/politics/insid…
2/ Reading this account, one almost starts to feel sorry for the Mueller team, who began believing they'd find a conspiracy. They ended with one last desperate hope: the crazed, elderly conspiracy theorist Jerome Corsi. They threatened him with prosecution & still came up empty. 
3/ The WP article also shows the massive, fatal flaw at the heart of the conspiracy theories, first pointed out by @Isikoff on MSNBC. Roger Stone was desperately trying to find out what WL had *weeks* before they published: proving there was no sweeping Trump/Russia conspiracy.
4/ One common theme implicitly embedded in many of these articles is disturbing and should not go unrebutted: that using encryption technology is a sign of wrongdoing. People use encryption to preserve privacy & combat NSA mass surveillance. It's not a indicator of guilt.
5/ The media's bizarre self-celebration rests on the fact that CIA or Dem politicians (Schiff) leaked to them facts about meetings that they dutifully & accurately published. Yes, those meetings were real, but the media fraud was the sinister meaning given
6/ Everyone knows the scandal's key was the claim that Trump election-conspired with Russia and that he and his key associates were Russian assets. The Mueller Report found none of that. The media's belief that they can avoid embarrassment by feigning vindication is embarrassing.
Attention should also be paid to the victims of these sweeping, resource-unlimited investigations & conspirarcy frenzies. @RealSLokhova was depicted as a Russian whore, spy & "honey trap" who tricked Flynn into treason using sex: all fictitious. bbc.com/news/magazine-…
The @guardian's behavior in this saga was often shameful largely due to the incomparably reckless @lukeharding1968, who profited massively by claiming he had proof of collusion. Way beyond the "Manafort/Assange" hoax, look what they did to @RealSLokhova theguardian.com/us-news/2017/m…
There were so many times to see the conspiracy was false. Morell & Clapper both said early on there was no evidence. The Stone indictment proved they had no idea what WL had. @aaronjmate interviewed @lukeharding1968 about his "COLLUSION" book & he couldn't identify any evidence.
But people believe what they want to be true. The partisan bubbles of cable news & especially social media ensure dissent is excluded and pleasing falsehoods are affirmed. That's why, even now, after the Mueller Report found nothing that was claimed, cheering & arrogance endures.
In her NYT column, @michelleinbklyn candidly "admits to having watched this [video] over and over again." She calls it "brilliant" as "wish fulfillment." It's worth watching to recall the expectations deliberately cultivated about the outcome of Mueller nytimes.com/2019/04/19/opi…
