James Comey

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May 22, 2018 20:02:27 GMT -6 trumped said:

Take an hour a day and listen to Dan Bongino. He ties all these actors together on a daily basis. You really need a fucking flow chart to keep all these criminals straight. It's as inbred as an Arkansas BBQ.

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insider.foxnews.com/2018/05/22/robert-mueller-probe-unconstitutional-mark-levin-says-trump-russia-collusion-case

Levin said the attorneys in the case before an Alexandria, Va. federal judge are simultaneously considered “Special Assistant U.S. Attorneys.”

He said that therefore, their direct supervisor — Mueller — should be lawfully considered a “roving” U.S. Attorney.

He said the Constitution designates the president as the person who must nominate all “principal officers” — including U.S. attorneys and cabinet members.

But, Mueller was appointed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein and was not confirmed by the Senate, as anyone working as a U.S. attorney should be by law, according to Levin.

Levin said that the scenario therefore “violates the Constitution [via] the Appointments Clause” in Article II.
“Rosenstein usurped the authority of the president of the United States to nominate whoever he wants as a prosecutor,” Levin said.

“Mr. Mueller is serving unconstitutionally in violation of the Appointments Clause of the U.S. Constitution because of the way Rod Rosenstein appointed him.”

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dailycaller.com/2018/05/22/fbi-agents-congress-subpoenas/

Sources tell The Daily Caller several FBI agents want congressional subpoenas to testify about the agency’s problems.
The sources claim there is a demand within the agency to prosecute former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe. They also say the bureau has become totally politicized.
The subpoenas are desired by the FBI agents because it requires Congress to pay for their legal fees and protects them from agency retribution.
Many agents in the FBI want Congress to subpoena them so they can reveal problems caused by former FBI Director James Comey and former Deputy FBI Director Andrew McCabe, three people in direct contact with active field agents tell TheDC.

“There are agents all over this country who love the bureau and are sickened by [James] Comey’s behavior and [Andrew] McCabe and [Eric] Holder and [Loretta] Lynch and the thugs like [John] Brennan–who despise the fact that the bureau was used as a tool of political intelligence by the Obama administration thugs,” former federal prosecutor Joe DiGenova told The Daily Caller Tuesday. “They are just waiting for a chance to come forward and testify.”

Ahead of the release of the Department of Justice (DOJ) inspector general report on how the FBI handled the Clinton email investigation, TheDC spoke with DiGenova, a former Trump official who maintained contact with rank and file FBI agents and a counter-intelligence consultant who conducted an interview with an active special agent of the FBI’s Washington Field Office (WFO).

TheDC independently confirmed the veracity of the consultant’s position and access, and reviewed detailed transcripts of his Q&A with the special agent, who requested the arrangement due to internal dragnets and fear of vicious retribution.

These agents prefer to be subpoenaed to becoming an official government whistleblower, since they fear political and professional backlash, the former Trump administration official explained to TheDC.

The subpoena is preferred, he said, “because when you are subpoenaed, Congress then pays…for your legal counsel and the subpoena protects [the agent] from any organizational retaliation…. they are on their own as whistleblowers, they get no legal protection and there will be organizational retaliation against them.”

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thefederalist.com/2018/05/23/time-admit-russia-investigation-illegitimate-start/

It’s Time To Admit The Russia Investigation Was Illegitimate From The Start

While claims that the FBI properly inquired of connections between the Trump campaign and Russia were valid to a point, that point has long since passed.
By Margot Cleveland

In the last week, as revelation upon revelation hit that Obama administration officials and career employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) spied on the Donald Trump campaign in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, the mainstream media, the Left, and Never Trump Republicans have fallen back on three ready responses.

A solid plurality of this contingent continue to avert their eyes from the facts and dismiss the claims of misconduct as peddled by tinfoil-hat conspiracy theorists. There is not much you can say to this faction, because they refuse to consider the proof.


A second—and more extreme group—believes Trump conspired with the Russians to steal the election from Hillary Clinton. There is not much you can say to this bunch either, because they are tinfoil-hat conspiracy theorists.

But the final group sees things differently. While they don’t necessarily believe Trump was treasonous, they argue that the FBI and other intelligence-gathering agencies rightly targeted the Trump campaign. With Russian-leaning Paul Manafort and Carter Page involved in the campaign, and Trump trolling Hillary with praise for Vladimir Putin, the government could not just ignore the risk, they posit. And there was no impropriety in doing so.

I Was Once In Group Three, Too
For two years, I teetered between that third contingent and utter disinterest. But then we learned that the DOJ intentionally failed to inform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court that the Democratic National Committee had paid for the Christopher Steele dossier. That unverified and mainly false dossier formed a significant part of the government’s application for a wiretap for former Trump aide Page.

This admission changed everything for me: I had spent nearly 25 years reviewing challenges to warrants based on claims of withheld (or false) evidence. However, unlike the typical criminal case in which a defendant later has access to the warrant application, in the case of a FISA court order, the target cannot view the information the government used to obtain a wiretap, making FISA court proceedings ripe for abuse.

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www.nationalreview.com/2018/05/trump-russia-investigation-obama-administration-origins/

The Real Origination Story of the Trump-Russia Investigation
......

The Trump-Russia investigation did not originate with Carter Page or George Papadopoulos. It originated with the Obama administration.
Exactly when is the “late Spring”?

Of all the questions that have been asked about what we’ve called the “Origination Story” of the Trump-Russia investigation, that may be the most important one. It may be the one that tells us when the Obama administration first formed the Trump-Russia “collusion” narrative.

See, it has always been suspicious that the anonymous current and former government officials who leak classified information to their media friends have been unable to coordinate their spin on the start of “Crossfire Hurricane” — the name the FBI eventually gave its Trump-Russia investigation.

The Original Origination Story: Carter Page

First, they told us it was an early July 2016 trip to Moscow by Carter Page, an obscure Trump-campaign adviser.

As we’ve observed, that story became untenable once a connection emerged between the Bureau’s concerns about Page and the Steele dossier. The dossier, compiled by former British spy Christopher Steele, portrayed Page’s Moscow trip as seminal to a Trump-Russia conspiracy to hack Democratic email accounts and steal the election from Hillary Clinton.

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I seriously can't be the only one contemplating declaring myself an enemy of the state and joining a militia at this point, can I?

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Ex-CIA Operative and Democrat, Bryan Dean Wright

twitter.com/BryanDeanWright

[oilsooner]

May 23, 2018 8:36:02 GMT -6 soonernvolved said:

thefederalist.com/2018/05/23/time-admit-russia-investigation-illegitimate-start/

It’s Time To Admit The Russia Investigation Was Illegitimate From The Start

While claims that the FBI properly inquired of connections between the Trump campaign and Russia were valid to a point, that point has long since passed.
By Margot Cleveland

In the last week, as revelation upon revelation hit that Obama administration officials and career employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) spied on the Donald Trump campaign in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, the mainstream media, the Left, and Never Trump Republicans have fallen back on three ready responses.

A solid plurality of this contingent continue to avert their eyes from the facts and dismiss the claims of misconduct as peddled by tinfoil-hat conspiracy theorists. There is not much you can say to this faction, because they refuse to consider the proof.


A second—and more extreme group—believes Trump conspired with the Russians to steal the election from Hillary Clinton. There is not much you can say to this bunch either, because they are tinfoil-hat conspiracy theorists.

But the final group sees things differently. While they don’t necessarily believe Trump was treasonous, they argue that the FBI and other intelligence-gathering agencies rightly targeted the Trump campaign. With Russian-leaning Paul Manafort and Carter Page involved in the campaign, and Trump trolling Hillary with praise for Vladimir Putin, the government could not just ignore the risk, they posit. And there was no impropriety in doing so.

I Was Once In Group Three, Too
For two years, I teetered between that third contingent and utter disinterest. But then we learned that the DOJ intentionally failed to inform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court that the Democratic National Committee had paid for the Christopher Steele dossier. That unverified and mainly false dossier formed a significant part of the government’s application for a wiretap for former Trump aide Page.

This admission changed everything for me: I had spent nearly 25 years reviewing challenges to warrants based on claims of withheld (or false) evidence. However, unlike the typical criminal case in which a defendant later has access to the warrant application, in the case of a FISA court order, the target cannot view the information the government used to obtain a wiretap, making FISA court proceedings ripe for abuse.

I say the Congress and WH should demand Mueller produce proof of Trump Russia collusion to win the election by the end of the week, at least to an impartial third party of some type (maybe a foreign govt...Switzerland?).  If Mueller cannot do that, he is to wrap up what hes working on by the end of the month, and we start a special council into the Obama Admins actions relating to the Trump Campaign beginning in 2015.  An IG is not good enough bc no subpoena nor prosecutorial powers.  

Brass tacks, its put up or shut up time for Mueller.  Hes had over a year, and the country is splitting apart over this issue.  I cant see how any person who actually loves this country could see the continuation of this council, in secret, to be a good thing for our country.  Not given what we know today. 

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Hey, James Comey is finally talking about spys:

[oilsooner]

Thats the thing...Comey knows the truth. He knows if he did something illegal, or completely by the book. He claims he did it by the book (in his book). If thats true, prove it to us. He can do that right now. Today. Why wont he?? If hes in the right, and we are liars who believe liars, why not show us the truth?? You have it right now. Show it to us. Or, can't you, because you're the liar, backed by those who will believe anything??  You've already been proven a liar several times over, and the simplest conclusion is often the right one.  

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May 23, 2018 9:19:11 GMT -6 oilsooner said:

May 23, 2018 8:36:02 GMT -6 soonernvolved said:

thefederalist.com/2018/05/23/time-admit-russia-investigation-illegitimate-start/

It’s Time To Admit The Russia Investigation Was Illegitimate From The Start

While claims that the FBI properly inquired of connections between the Trump campaign and Russia were valid to a point, that point has long since passed.
By Margot Cleveland

In the last week, as revelation upon revelation hit that Obama administration officials and career employees of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), Central Intelligence Agency (CIA), and U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) spied on the Donald Trump campaign in the run-up to the 2016 presidential election, the mainstream media, the Left, and Never Trump Republicans have fallen back on three ready responses.

A solid plurality of this contingent continue to avert their eyes from the facts and dismiss the claims of misconduct as peddled by tinfoil-hat conspiracy theorists. There is not much you can say to this faction, because they refuse to consider the proof.


A second—and more extreme group—believes Trump conspired with the Russians to steal the election from Hillary Clinton. There is not much you can say to this bunch either, because they are tinfoil-hat conspiracy theorists.

But the final group sees things differently. While they don’t necessarily believe Trump was treasonous, they argue that the FBI and other intelligence-gathering agencies rightly targeted the Trump campaign. With Russian-leaning Paul Manafort and Carter Page involved in the campaign, and Trump trolling Hillary with praise for Vladimir Putin, the government could not just ignore the risk, they posit. And there was no impropriety in doing so.

I Was Once In Group Three, Too
For two years, I teetered between that third contingent and utter disinterest. But then we learned that the DOJ intentionally failed to inform the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act court that the Democratic National Committee had paid for the Christopher Steele dossier. That unverified and mainly false dossier formed a significant part of the government’s application for a wiretap for former Trump aide Page.

This admission changed everything for me: I had spent nearly 25 years reviewing challenges to warrants based on claims of withheld (or false) evidence. However, unlike the typical criminal case in which a defendant later has access to the warrant application, in the case of a FISA court order, the target cannot view the information the government used to obtain a wiretap, making FISA court proceedings ripe for abuse.

I say the Congress and WH should demand Mueller produce proof of Trump Russia collusion to win the election by the end of the week, at least to an impartial third party of some type (maybe a foreign govt...Switzerland?).  If Mueller cannot do that, he is to wrap up what hes working on by the end of the month, and we start a special council into the Obama Admins actions relating to the Trump Campaign beginning in 2015.  An IG is not good enough bc no subpoena nor prosecutorial powers.  

Brass tacks, its put up or shut up time for Mueller.  Hes had over a year, and the country is splitting apart over this issue.  I cant see how any person who actually loves this country could see the continuation of this council, in secret, to be a good thing for our country.  Not given what we know today. 

We both know that won’t happen because the Democrats will fight it, because right now, Mueller has nothing. Think about it. They had a spy in his campaign, wire tapped his phones, seized his bank records, etc and still have found nothing. Heck, Mueller still hasn’t indicted Guiceffer for allegedly hacking the DNC servers,(to which no federal investigative branch ever forensically examined).

If he had anything, it would have leaked to their good friends at CNN, WaPo, NYTimes, etc. What’s really burning their biscuits is the fact that President Trump has fought them tooth and nail, along with implementing his agenda.

The public tide is turning on Mueller and his Democrat allies & they don’t like it one bit.

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These girls are a trip lol

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Reporter: (inaudible)

President Trump: Well I don’t want to get into it yet but I will tell you after we look at the proof…
Reporter: President Obama?

President Trump: Would he know? I would certainly hope not. But I think it’s going to be pretty obvious after awhile.

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Grassley said in a letter to Deputy AG Rosenstein:


www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-05-23%20CEG%20to%20DOJ%20(Redacted%20Texts).pdf

On May 1, 2018, and May 18, 2018, Committee staff reviewed in camera less redacted versions of the Strzok and Page text message productions provided to the Committee. On several occasions, my staff have requested that the Department of Justice provide the Committee with a redaction key, to no avail. Thus, the Committee is still in the dark about the justification the Department is relying upon to withhold that information from Congress. As one example of redacted material, in a text message produced to the Committee, the price of Andrew McCabe’s $70,000 conference table was redacted.

[1] In another, an official’s name was redacted in reference to a text about the Obama White House “running” an investigation, although it is unclear to which investigation they were referring.

[2]
In order to see under the redactions, Committee staff had to travel to main Justice to review a lesser redacted version. When viewing the still redacted portions in context with the unredacted material, it appeared that the redacted portions may contain relevant information relating to the Committee’s ongoing investigation into the manner in which the Department of Justice and FBI handled the Clinton and Russia investigations.[3]

Congress, and the public, have a right to know how the Department spends taxpayer money. I am unaware of any legitimate basis on which the cost of a conference table should be redacted. Embarrassment is not a good enough reason. The manner in which some redactions have been used casts doubt on whether the remaining redactions are necessary and defensible.

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May 23, 2018 11:23:21 GMT -6 soonernvolved said:

Grassley said in a letter to Deputy AG Rosenstein:


www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-05-23%20CEG%20to%20DOJ%20(Redacted%20Texts).pdf

On May 1, 2018, and May 18, 2018, Committee staff reviewed in camera less redacted versions of the Strzok and Page text message productions provided to the Committee. On several occasions, my staff have requested that the Department of Justice provide the Committee with a redaction key, to no avail. Thus, the Committee is still in the dark about the justification the Department is relying upon to withhold that information from Congress. As one example of redacted material, in a text message produced to the Committee, the price of Andrew McCabe’s $70,000 conference table was redacted.

[1] In another, an official’s name was redacted in reference to a text about the Obama White House “running” an investigation, although it is unclear to which investigation they were referring.

[2]
In order to see under the redactions, Committee staff had to travel to main Justice to review a lesser redacted version. When viewing the still redacted portions in context with the unredacted material, it appeared that the redacted portions may contain relevant information relating to the Committee’s ongoing investigation into the manner in which the Department of Justice and FBI handled the Clinton and Russia investigations.[3]

Congress, and the public, have a right to know how the Department spends taxpayer money. I am unaware of any legitimate basis on which the cost of a conference table should be redacted. Embarrassment is not a good enough reason. The manner in which some redactions have been used casts doubt on whether the remaining redactions are necessary and defensible.

These fuckers are redacting shit like the price they paid for furniture, because they are "public servants" and they are ripping Pubs for overspending at the moment (rightfully so, whats wrong is wrong).  So, if they will redact small shit like pricing info, of course they are going to redact info that will throw themselves or their accomplices under the bus, to save their own ass.  

The Intelligence Community is out of control.  Period.  To hold the power they are given, they must be of the upmost integrity, and trustworthy to a fault.  That is the only way you can have these secret powers to investigate, and thus ruin people.  They have lost this integrity and respect, so they must now lose the power.  Open it all up to a third party, and lets find out whats going on.  Thats the only way to fix what has already happened, and have an actual shot at preventing it in the future.  

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May 23, 2018 11:48:29 GMT -6 oilsooner said:

May 23, 2018 11:23:21 GMT -6 soonernvolved said:

Grassley said in a letter to Deputy AG Rosenstein:


www.judiciary.senate.gov/imo/media/doc/2018-05-23%20CEG%20to%20DOJ%20(Redacted%20Texts).pdf

On May 1, 2018, and May 18, 2018, Committee staff reviewed in camera less redacted versions of the Strzok and Page text message productions provided to the Committee. On several occasions, my staff have requested that the Department of Justice provide the Committee with a redaction key, to no avail. Thus, the Committee is still in the dark about the justification the Department is relying upon to withhold that information from Congress. As one example of redacted material, in a text message produced to the Committee, the price of Andrew McCabe’s $70,000 conference table was redacted.

[1] In another, an official’s name was redacted in reference to a text about the Obama White House “running” an investigation, although it is unclear to which investigation they were referring.

[2]
In order to see under the redactions, Committee staff had to travel to main Justice to review a lesser redacted version. When viewing the still redacted portions in context with the unredacted material, it appeared that the redacted portions may contain relevant information relating to the Committee’s ongoing investigation into the manner in which the Department of Justice and FBI handled the Clinton and Russia investigations.[3]

Congress, and the public, have a right to know how the Department spends taxpayer money. I am unaware of any legitimate basis on which the cost of a conference table should be redacted. Embarrassment is not a good enough reason. The manner in which some redactions have been used casts doubt on whether the remaining redactions are necessary and defensible.

These fuckers are redacting shit like the price they paid for furniture, because they are "public servants" and they are ripping Pubs for overspending at the moment (rightfully so, whats wrong is wrong).  So, if they will redact small shit like pricing info, of course they are going to redact info that will throw themselves or their accomplices under the bus, to save their own ass.  

The Intelligence Community is out of control.  Period.  To hold the power they are given, they must be of the upmost integrity, and trustworthy to a fault.  That is the only way you can have these secret powers to investigate, and thus ruin people.  They have lost this integrity and respect, so they must now lose the power.  Open it all up to a third party, and lets find out whats going on.  Thats the only way to fix what has already happened, and have an actual shot at preventing it in the future.  

Fuck it all. The Donald needs to just declassify everything. Enough of the mamby pampy hiding behind momma's skirt. 

[trumped]

We need to “redact” some Dems come this mid term election...

And we’ll likely need a new prison to hold all these crooks once brought to justice. We can name it “Redacted Coup Fed Prison” honoring their attempts to take over our country.

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Ever notice Mueller's actions are always conveniently timed when bad news for the witch hunt and SpyGate are in the news cycle or threatening to?

He's a political operative masquerading as a prosecutor. 

thehill.com/blogs/blog-briefing-room/news/389045-mueller-tells-judge-hes-ready-to-move-ahead-with-papadopoulos

The parties respectfully request that the Court refer this case for the preparation of a presentence investigation report,” the filing from Mueller’s team reads.
The development shows that Mueller’s team could be looking to kickstart the sentencing process.

Papadopoulos pled guilty to lying to the FBI last year and has cooperated with Mueller’s team, according to court filings cited by ABC News.
He has also been free on bond since pleading guilty.

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dailycaller.com/2018/05/23/gowdy-dems-meet-trump-house-intel/

South Carolina Rep. Trey Gowdy issued a warning Wednesday to Democrats who wish to attend a Thursday meeting with President Trump and the House Intelligence Committee.

House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi and Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer sent a letter requesting that a meeting between Trump and the House Intelligence Committee be bipartisan.

Gowdy said he doesn’t care who attends the meeting, but the only thing he would ask is “if you’re going to show up, show up with an open mind and closed lips.”

“In other words, don’t leak like a sieve when we get through with the meeting,” Gowdy continued.

The South Carolina Republican said that many members of the House have already moved to impeach the president before Special Counsel Robert Mueller released any report on his investigation.

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[oilsooner]

May 22, 2018 23:58:20 GMT -6 #winning said:

May 22, 2018 20:02:27 GMT -6 trumped said:

Take an hour a day and listen to Dan Bongino. He ties all these actors together on a daily basis. You really need a fucking flow chart to keep all these criminals straight. It's as inbred as an Arkansas BBQ.

Thats the second time I've heard that today.   

I have tried hard over the last several months to not listen to political radio, but I really want to listen to this Dan Bongino podcast.  Really, the only thing keeping me away from it at this point is that I dont like podcasts.  lol  Too new age for me, I guess.  lol

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You just can’t make this stuff up:

[oilsooner]

May 23, 2018 15:29:25 GMT -6 soonernvolved said:

If true, yikes!!

Remember Obama Admin caught discussing “echo chambers.” And we already had one echo chamber as the FBI used Steele’s dossier as evidence for FISA warrant, and Steele’s interview with the press as corroborating evidence for that same warrant. Repeatedly.

Lock. Them. Up.


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Things that makes one go hmmmmm:

amp.dailycaller.com/2018/05/23/mueller-delay-russia-trial/

Special Counsel Robert Mueller asked a federal judge Tuesday to reject the four-decade-old speedy trial law in the case against 13 Russians and three Russian companies and has asked for an indefinite delay to the Russian collusion trial.

It is the second time Mueller tried to delay the trial. Judge Dabney L. Friedrich, a Trump appointee, rejected the earlier request without comment and ordered the case to go forward.

One of the Russian companies — Concord Management and Consulting — entered the U.S., hired American lawyers, and demanded a speedy trial. The Speedy Trial Act is a 44-year old federal law that dictates that a federal criminal case must begin within 70 days from the date of the indictment.

The “complexity” of the case warrants excluding the speedy trial law and delaying the trial, Mueller argued in Tuesday’s court filing.

A “district court can, on its own motion or at the request of a party, grant an excludable continuance if ‘the ends of justice served by taking such action outweigh the best interest of the public and the defendant in a speedy trial,'” Mueller wrote.

“This case also warrants a continuance and exclusion of time to accommodate the voluminous discovery at issue and to allow sufficient time for the Court to resolve certain outstanding procedural issues unique to discovery in this case,” he continued.

Former federal prosecutor and National Review Contributing Editor Andrew C. McCarthy told TheDCNF it was too late for Mueller to claim that the complexity of the case warranted a delay.

“Speedy trial rights belong to the defendant, and if the defendant pushes for a trial within the 70 days, the government has little cause to complain,” McCarthy said. “If the case was too complex, the government had the option of holding off on seeking an indictment until it was ready to proceed to trial. When a prosecutor files an indictment, it is tantamount to saying, ‘We are ready to go.'”[/i][/u]

Mueller originally filed the indictment against the Russians on Feb. 16, charging that they “engaged in a multi-year conspiracy” to interfere with the 2016 presidential election. Because none of the defendants were U.S. citizens, law experts said it appeared unlikely that the case would ever go to trial.

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[trumped]

Lololololololololololololol

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