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The links to look at for the first #indictments by #Mueller are, per source, a money-laundering link between #Manafort, #Flynn & KUSHNER.
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The link between/among these three? Trump & Russia. But the fact that the prosecutor has indeed brought indictments is itself huge.
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When I first wrote about #Flynn last year, I noted that @POTUS44 had warned Trump about him. SEVERAL TIMES. Obama's no alarmist.
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Imagine how bad it was that Obama stepped out to speak to a man, who, let's be honest, he despises & reviles TO WARN HIM about #Flynn.
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I understand that some are focused on Manafort,but Manafort has been slithering between & among governments for years with bags of cash.
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If Manafort is finally caught, so be it.But if #Flynn is talking in a deal to avoid prosecution, he will bring down Manafort AND Kushner.
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Trump & Manafort were not particularly close.But Trump & #Flynn were very very close.Trump wanted Flynn for VP.He was FORCED to fire him.
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If we see Manafort first, we see #Flynn & Kushner next. Flynn was schooling Kushner. And Kushner is Trump's son-in-law. No distancing.
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Bill Clinton was nearly impeached because of the cover-up of his relationship with Monica Lewinsky. No one else was involved but him.
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But the Watergate and Iran-Contra investigations involved many many people. 48 people in Nixon's admin were indicted. 138 in Reagan's.
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The Trump circle is smaller and tighter, but it is also directly connected to the POTUS. Trump tasked Kushner with EVERYTHING.
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And wherever #Flynn went, #Kushner went. And both were linked to Manafort. Directly, not vaguely. So this is the dominoes lined up.
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Trump spending the week blaming @HillaryClinton is exactly what we always see with him: projection. Why else revive the #SteeleDossier?
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The #GOP had the opportunity to extricate from the blatant corruption of the Trump presidency but chose not to at any point.
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So the #GOP establishment has situated itself to be inextricably tarred by Trump/Russia even more than with Watergate and Iran-Contra.
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Trump still can pardon anyone he chooses to pardon. We saw with his firing of #SallyYates & pardon of Arpaio,public opinion matters not.
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Perjury was the crime that reeled in the Watergate and Iran-Contra folks to begin with. It's likely that will be the case here as well.
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The 1st step toward revealing"collusion"will be lying under oath & obstruction of justice.Hard to believe Manafort & Flynn escape those.
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I wrote in Feb that #Flynn was the most dangerous man in any investigation for Trump. That remains true. DON'T FORGET OBAMA'S WARNING.
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Weaker links in this story like #MichaelCohen may co-operate w/#Mueller specifically to escape jail time.Flynn has most to gain by this.
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We need to wait for the charges being revealed on Monday. But Trump's rabid attacks on @HillaryClinton are a signal. Watch that.
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I've reported on a lot of grand juries over the years.They tend to err on side of NOT indicting. Put that together with Obama's warning.
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My money is on Manafort/Flynn/Kushner.
GOP should get ready w/a narrative they can take to 2018 & 2020.
I don't know WHAT that would be.
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I would like to know why #SallyYates' replacement, #DanaBoente, resigned today. He's career DOJ. There was ZERO reason for him to go.
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What we know FOR SURE is #Mueller has found at least one indictable offense. And that this is the beginning, not the end.
NOT. THE. END.
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The two names no one has heard this week have been #Flynn and #Kushner. We've heard @HillaryClinton & #SteeleDossier repeatedly.
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The effort to make #SteeleDossier TheStory has been immense.But that dossier was NEVER the story. It was just a salacious embarrassment.
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The Story is a no-knock warrant served in June on #Manafort's house & Flynn's & Kushner's refusal to speak publicly to #Mueller.
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Indictment is the beginning of an end game: a plea agreement that could, as in Watergate, lead to a resignation.
But it IS huge.
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#Mueller has had unfettered access. Rosenstein could at any time over-rule Mueller if he thinks Mueller is acting out of bounds.>
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>Remember that Rosenstein is acting AG for this case. Another career DOJ guy who has no fealty to party or Trump. Sessions is recused.
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The question I want answered is who leaked this in a Friday night news dump?Was it a member of Mueller's team?Trump's circle? A witness?
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More to come as I get more info.This is THE biggest story of the Trump presidency & it is the story they wanted to quash from day one.
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This is one of my threads on #Flynn from March.
It's also of relevant interest.
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