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SCOOP: Desperate to keep his job in Sep 2018, Rod Rosenstein assured Trump he was on his team and would make sure Trump was treated fairly. “I give the [Mueller] investigation credibility. I can land the plane.”
by @mattzap @jdawsey1 @DevlinBarrett #Maddow wapo.st/2UXCPvN?tid=ss…
To keep his job, the deputy AG worked to mollify an often angry Trump. Rosenstein’s actions are under renewed scrutiny, as he played a key role in releasing Mueller’s findings in a way even some of his supporters say was overly favorable to Trump.
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“I can land the plane.”
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Then-FBI Director @Comey on Trump's nomination of Rod Rosenstein as DAG: “I have some concerns. He’s good, he’s solid but he’s also a survivor and you don’t survive that long without making some compromises and I’m concerned about that.”
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Polly Sigh
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Trump's lawyers claim that the Congressional subpoenas issued to Deutsche Bank seeking info about Trump's criminal activity are an invasion of privacy. LOL.
NEW: Trump, his children; Don, Jr., Eric, and Ivanka; and Trump Org sue Deutsche Bank and Capital One to block the banks from turning over the Trumps financial records to Congress.
Via @CristinaAlesci cnn.it/2V2cP2a
Per @desiderioDC @politico: “Deutsche Bank informed Plaintiffs that, absent a court order, they intend to begin production of documents in response to the subpoena on May 6.” !!!!!!
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Polly Sigh
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Two Mueller prosecutors told DOJ officials they concluded last year they had enough evidence to seek federal criminal charges against Trump for obstruction over his pressuring of Comey to shut down the Flynn probe.

Enter, Bill Barr.
by @murraywaas #Maddow nybooks.com/daily/2019/04/…
Had it not been for the unique nature of the case—the investigation of a sitting president, and one who tried to thwart and even close down the SC's investigation—the 2 Mueller prosecutors would have advocated that Trump face criminal charges.
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Two Mueller prosecutors say they had enough evidence to seek criminal obstruction charges against Trump over his pressuring of Comey to end the Flynn probe ––> Recall, Trump spent the past 2 years targeting every key witness of that incident.
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Polly Sigh
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NEW: Maria Butina has been sentenced to 18 months in prison for conspiring to act as an agent for the Russian government in the United States. Butina will get credit for the 9 months she's already served.

Blow by blow of the full hearing in this THREAD by @ZoeTillman -->
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NEW: Maria Butina, who admitted to conspiring to act as a covert Russian agent by charming GOP & NRA leaders and who went out with Trump campaign official JD Gordon during the campaign, was sentenced to 18 months in federal prison.
by @woodruffbets #Maddow bit.ly/2Lf90SC
Trump campaign's national security director, JD Gordon, and admitted Russian agent Maria Butina exchanged several emails in Sep & Oct 2016, culminating in an invitation from Gordon to attend a Styx concert in DC and his birthday party in late Oct.
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Putin's Clown Prince
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I wrote this the day #Barr put out his 4 pages. At the time I considered it a "batso crazy conspiracy theory", like for a movie script. Every day which has passed since, has validated it more and more. I don't think Mueller was in on the joke, but it's now clear #Rosenstein was.
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#AmericansForImpeachment “Then he talked about Mueller’s investigation of Russia’s interference in the election and told the president he would make sure Trump was treated fairly. “I give the investigation credibility. I can land the plane.” washingtonpost.com/world/national…
"She was mystified that he would sign on to Barr’s decision. His name is included in the letter, and he stood by his side at the press conference, so somehow he got on board with that decision, It seems really strange to me.”
I wrote what is above the day Barr put out his 4 pages. At the time I considered it a "batso crazy conspiracy theory" like a movie script. Every day which has passed since has validated it more and more. I don't think Mueller was in on the joke, but it's now clear Rosenstein was.
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Lola Netty
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[Pg 11] Previously CLAS 'scope' > [Rod Rosenstein] to [MUELLER]
The scope memo [highlighted w/in Mueller report] confirms the dossier was the tool used by [RR] to justify Special Counsel & was the primary vehicle to which [RR] tasked MUELLER.

scribd.com/document/40672…
If dossier was known to be unverified & fake, how then was an investigation started to begin with?
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Was investigation kept ongoing to retain #BLOCKADE to essentially restrict POTUS from unmasking & informing the public as to #TRUTH abt what really happened?

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Caroline Orr
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Attorney General Barr made the case against charging Trump with obstruction before he was nominated as AG. His hasty decision to let Trump off the hook doesn't exonerate Trump -- it casts a cloud of doubt over his presidency.

My latest, for @BylineTimes:
bylinetimes.com/2019/03/24/bre…
Both Barr & Rosenstein had compelling reasons to recuse themselves from the obstruction case. Barr had already attacked the case; Rosenstein's conduct was part of the case.

But instead, they took it upon themselves to go *beyond* Mueller's findings.
bylinetimes.com/2019/03/24/bre…
Within 48 hours of receiving the report, Trump’s hand-picked attorney general, Barr, and deputy attorney general, Rod Rosenstein, let Trump off on obstruction charges — something that Mueller wasn’t ready to do after 22 months of reviewing the evidence.
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Loki Sullivan ⭐️⭐️⭐️
@LokiSullivan
Rod Rosenstein is Trump’s inside man!

I been saying this for a long time. He’s on Trump’s Team.

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Trump Team would of never let him stay so long if he was the enemy.

Why does Rod and Trump always meet in a SCIF?

#BREAKING #AmericaFirst #Trump @realDonaldTrump #MAGA #DrainTheSwamp #QAnon #TheGreatAwakening #MilitaryTribunals #Disclosure #TrustThePlan #Jan2019
Now that Rosenstein is stepping down, look for the FISA Declass soon!

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