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Seth Abramson
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Media keeps saying that a huge percentage of Democrats in D.C. and around the nation believe Mueller's testimony is going to be *electrifying*. Where are they getting their information from? It seems more than 80% of Democrats (myself included) anticipate a wash or less tomorrow.
1/ It sort of feels like American media is setting up its Thursday narrative on Tuesday by falsely saying the Democratic rank-and-file are anticipating fireworks on Wednesday—only so media can spend the day on Thursday telling the rank-and-file they got it wrong when they didn't.
2/ I suppose I feel a slightly even more personal stake in this, as I'll have to spend Thursday being told by Trump supporters that I hyped up and was hugely excited about Mueller's testimony and thereby made a fool of myself⁠—when I think and have said tomorrow won't do/be much
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Seth Abramson
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When you understand the complexity of the million-page-plus Trump-Russia case file, and you understand that Mueller was like the CEO of the investigation (and that's why he brought his deputy to Congress), you know why Trump was livid and told the GOP not to let the deputy speak.
1/ One of the Republicans' goals yesterday was to make the Trump-Russia probe sound so simple that one would think Mueller had mastered every detail of it, and that if he didn't it meant he was incompetent. It was a false and bad-faith take, so thank god media went along with it.
2/ Early on, I noted Mueller bumbled a bit with the microphone and his binder, but he got stronger as the day went on and never felt his presentation was even 5% as important as the facts of the case, which he knew more than well enough and which were, themselves, beyond belief.
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Seth Abramson
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This whole article is a profound misunderstanding of why the FBI was not able to sufficiently question Joseph Mifsud (because lies by Trumpist hero Papadopoulos allowed him to escape the country) and of his *role*, which was merely that of a noncriminal Trump-Russia intermediary.
1/ Even the role of Papadopoulos is grossly misunderstood. He wasn't a key criminal actor in the allegations Trump and his campaign face, and likely wouldn't have faced charges if he hadn't lied to the FBI. I really wish media understood the Trump-Russia case/fact-pattern better.
2/ In other words, just because Mifsud is one of 20 or so important Trump-Russia interlocutors doesn't mean he committed a crime, and the idea that him not being indicted proves (despite no evidence!) that he's a U.S. agent is offensive and every media outlet should be saying so.
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Seth Abramson
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Once a liar, always a liar, @pbump. You left out the tweets in which I did, indeed, predict what you're telling people I didn't. Try being a journalist rather than just a bump from time to time, man.
@pbump PS/ A journalist would delete his tweet when he realized it was disinformation. I'm 100% sure you won't, though—proving my point that whatever you're doing for the Post (blogging, I guess) it ain't journalism.
@pbump NOTE/ Sorry, @pbump, I forgot the other tweet you probably saw but that didn't fit your meme:
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