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We are in a Constitutional Crisis right now.

The President is under a criminal obstruction of justice probe for trying to halt the #TrumpRussia investigation.

Congress is harassing the Deputy AG overseeing the investigation.

Trump faces a grand jury subpoena.
Trump's allies in the House GOP Freedom Caucus are calling impeachment of Deputy AG Rosenstein the "last resort.

There's a 0% chance that charge earns 2/3rds of Senators.

There's a 100% chance it would be a political sham.

washingtonpost.com/politics/trump…
Deputy AG Rosenstein was forced to respond and did at a @Newseum event.

"The Department of Justice will not be extorted."

bloomberg.com/news/articles/…
Now, Trump faces a grand jury subpoena, which has hung over his presidency for the last two months.

Bill Clinton was subpoenaed but chose to negotiate an interview with his lawyer present (which usually isn't allowed in a grand jury). He got impeached.

washingtonpost.com/politics/muell…
As @JoyceWhiteVance explained, Mueller wouldn't pursue a #TrumpRussia grand jury subpoena against the President without consulting with the Acting Attorney General, i.e. Rosenstein.

Meanwhile, Senate Republicans sent a shot across the bow last week in favor of Mueller, but as my report notes, it's a long shot to become law.

washingtonpress.com/2018/04/26/sen…
So we have one branch of the Congress and the President politically teamed up against the Department of Justice and FBI.
The #DworkinReport on the terrible situation in DC.

soundcloud.com/dworkinreport/…
If you have to say it...
Senate Minority leader @SenSchumer had to call out Trump for brewing this constitutional crisis.

Democratic @RepJerryNadler put his finger on the pulse of the Republican Party's big red #TrumpRussia obstruction of justice machine here.

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#THREAD

Yesterday's indictment is a major signal that we're nearing the end of the #TrumpRussia prologue.

I interviewed @Mimirocah1 about the story which she said indicates that "prosecutors are putting the pieces together."

I agree.

Here's my $0.02.

washingtonpress.com/2019/01/08/a-m…
Why is Natalia Veselnitskaya's link to the Kremlin so important?

1 - SDNY provides Mueller with apolitical evidence sent from the target that predates all investigations.
2 - Proves Don Jr. met a Kremlin Agent
3 - Burns the Russian prosecution against @Billbrowder

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Natalia Veselnitskaya had been working on the Prevezon case for years, but in 2014 she involved herself drafting of the official response to the DoJ's invocation of a treaty for legal assistance.

She sent the evidence that she worked with the Kremlin to SDNY prosecutors.

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I gotta say, @RepCohen has a point! Just look at the top news results for him, it's all Breitbart, Daily Caller and National Review.
Here's Rep. Steve Cohen's (D-TN) generic google search result toppers.
Here are Cohen's Google News results. MSNBC is buried way down under the fold, even though it's relatively brand new, no thumbnail photo, but the Breitbart White Nationalist propaganda website writes a daily hit piece, so they're at the top of everything.
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***THREAD***

Let me explain the former #Republican Congressman Curt Weldon whom I explained to @MuellerSheWrote that Special Counsel Mueller is now investigating as part of the #TrumpRussia probe as the author of the "back channel peace plan."

#Listen: itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mue…
FYI: The New York Times broke the story about a secret, back-channel peace plan from Ukrainian lawmaker Andrii Artemenko to Felix Sater to Michael Cohen and thereon being delivered to Gen. Flynn the NSA at the White House early in the Trump Administration

nytimes.com/2017/02/19/us/…
Curt Weldon wrote that Ukrainian-Russian "peace plan" with a Manafort-connected Ukrainian oligarch Alexander Rovt, for the war in which Putin is an aggressor in Feb. 2016 and @patrickLSimpson published it as a byproduct of our #GrandOldPutinParty series. thesternfacts.com/curt-weldon-ae…
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@mbyrnes37 @emptywheel Brian Benczkowski was appointed Head of the DoJ Criminal division by R' votes only. He would replace Rosenstine if Trump fired him.

Benczkowski could fire Mueller and end all the work Mueller's people were doing. A Constitutional Crisis yes.
States AGs are not under the DoJ.
@mbyrnes37 @emptywheel State charges against Trump and his crime family can not be pardoned. NY and NJ have enough to bring Trump & Co. down.

Mueller is always 10 steps ahead of Trump and his Three Stooges Legal Team.
I'm sure Mueller saw this coming when Benczkowski was appointed to DoJ.
@mbyrnes37 @emptywheel The rush to confirm Kavanaugh is connected to #TrumpRussia

Getting Kavanaugh on the Supreme Court has been the GOP endgame for a long time.

I started posting this thread right after the Nunes recording came out.
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💣Deluge💣

Memo, memo McCabe wrote a memo, too.

Cohen is so fuqqed-even shredded docs collected for reassembly!

Mueller’s O of J case is YUGE!

Gowdy totally refutes Trump’s ‘spying’ narrative

GJ indicts Weinstein on rape, criminal sexual act charges

Pompeo & Lavrov chat.🤔
💣Deluge2💣

Fed’s salivating over the huge trove of items released by the SM.

⚠️#OpStormy?🤔

Tapes, tapes, tapes!

Cohen hand delivered Artemenko’s proposal re Ukraine to Trump day b/4 Seychelles meet.

Taxi King rewarded w/ better deal re fruits if Cohen raid.
💣Deluge3💣

🔥Giuliani law firms connected to super PAC linked to CAnalytica.

🔥Senate Intel set to grill Stone

🔥Scalise Speaker? Nope! SIGINTfuqqed!

🔥Warner: Senate Intel Inv. winding down by EOY?

🔥Trump Super PAC Took Illegal Donation From Private Prison Company
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Thread: Three things I know, and one theory. Folks, I have no inside info about the Mueller investigation & wouldn’t reveal it if I did. But here are three things I know for sure: One is Wray, Rosenstein AND Mueller are all in sync on responses to Trump’s unlawful demands. 1/
Two, I'm sure Rosenstein, Wray & Mueller, more than anyone, know Trump’s conduct poses a clear danger to our entire system of government. Three, I'm 100% certain that Wray & Rosenstein write down everything Trump says to them, in meetings or phone calls. So, then, what is 2/
The Theory? I do not think it’s insignificant that Flynn’s sentencing status hearing was delayed only 60 days, instead of the usual 90. Why do I say that? Remember, it's not Flynn’s actual *sentencing date*; it's the *sentencing status date.* So here, Flynn & the Gov't have to 3/
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THREAD: One year ago today, Trump-appointee Deputy A.G. Rod Rosenstein assigned lifelong Republican and decorated combat veteran Robert Mueller as special counsel to investigate the Russian attack on our democracy.

The progress the investigation has made proves it must continue.
In just one year, the investigation has moved faster and made more progress than similar past investigations. It is finding crimes. It is opening even more troubling questions than those we had when the investigation began. Nearly every day, new damning evidence is revealed.
Meanwhile, the White House continues to argue that the probe should end and Trump is screaming "WITCH HUNT" on Twitter. That's absurd.

Rather than cooperating with the investigation, Trump and his team are doubling down on a massive cover-up. That's not how innocent people act.
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💣BOOM💣

Trump gave “firm instructions” in March 2016 to WH Counsel Don McGahn👉🏼stop Jeff Sessions from recusing from FBI/DOJ’s #TrumpRussia🇷🇺investigation‼️ 1/

#ObstructionOfJustice

nytimes.com/2018/01/04/us/…
McGahn *carried out* Trump’s orders👉🏼lobbied Sessions to remain in charge of the inquiry.🤨

Meaning: McGahn OBSTRUCTED justice, too‼️ 2/
The @nytimes cited *TWO people with knowledge of the episode* (NOT just the investigation), so this is VERY solid info.🤔 3/

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"The Brexit referendum was the petri dish for the Trump campaign": the links between Team Trump, Leave & the Kremlin thetimes.co.uk/article/reveal…
"House Intel is investigating whether #CambridgeAnalytica played a part in promoting fake Russian messages ... inquiries have been fruitful"
Neil Kent, former convener of Cambridge Intelligence Seminar, which was accused of Kremlin links, speaking at strongly pro-Russian forum
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