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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsDonald will be filling his knickers with Mueller's latest team addition!
The BEST, the BRIGHTEST and the MOTIVATED are joining Team Mueller!!
This A+ group will be in the history books and studied and analyzed forever.
Check out the photo of this man at the link! 'Don the Con' won't be trying any intimidating, bully bullshit with this guy! Corruption is his SPECIALTY!
New York Prosecutor Joining Special Counsel Muellers Team
Assistant U.S. Attorney Andrew Goldstein of the Southern District of New York will join Muellers team.
Goldstein was former U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara's top public corruption prosecutor.
He's known for multiple successful prosecutions of New York lawmakers on corruption charges. He's also highly regarded in the Southern District and across Justice for those prosecutions, his thoroughness in investigations, and high level of success.
http://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/new-york-prosecutor-joining-special-counsel-mueller-s-team-n778791
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Squinch
(51,007 posts)PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Squinch
(51,007 posts)shraby
(21,946 posts)Get real.
Squinch
(51,007 posts)pangaia
(24,324 posts)Squinch
(51,007 posts)Because she called something an issue rather than an investigation, or some such idiocy.
I would bet my paycheck that he says, "No problem," to the fact that Russia rigged the election, and in the same breath talks about how patriotic he is.
They're all as dumb as a bag of hammers.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)Things are happening so fast, I don't dare blink.
Squinch
(51,007 posts)SergeStorms
(19,204 posts)Trump's words after the (s)election was over. He called voting, and I'm paraphrasing here....." American's most cherished tradition".....blah, blah, blah.....some other bullshit. I nearly had a stroke after he said that. If it's so fucking "cherished", why doesn't he investigate the Russian's interference with it? Because it benefited HIM, that's why. And it will benefit the GOP in the mid-terms, and it would benefit HIM again in 2020 (please, he CAN'T last that long!).
So, to sum it up, voting is a "cherished tradition" as long as voter interference and election fraud benefit HIM! If it benefited his opponent, or even resulted in a level playing field, voter fraud and election interference would be another of his "top priorities" and the twitter world would be aflame from Donnie Darko's tempestuous fingers.
I remember a time when we had SANE Presidents in this country. It seems like such a long time ago. Every day with Trump in power seems like a year.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)Brother Buzz
(36,463 posts)I miss having the MIR Team inside skinny.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)C Moon
(12,221 posts)Maraya1969
(22,497 posts)with that and that post on this forum????
NRaleighLiberal
(60,019 posts)just a regular old troll!
BannonsLiver
(16,448 posts)Gives us any indication as to where they are in the process. Seems like they might not be as far along as it seems, or they are encountering so much criminal activity they are hiring as they go.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Maybe as they see where it's going, he's hiring specialists for every avenue.
I can imagine they are lining up 100's deep for the career-making honor of being on the team that will fight for justice and for our Country. It will be their finest hour!
Godspeed good ladies and gentlemen!
Amaryllis
(9,525 posts)and deep the web goes.
flibbitygiblets
(7,220 posts)Speaking of which, has anyone seen him in public lately? I hope they have him tucked away safely where no one can pull a Russian hit on him.
onetexan
(13,058 posts)to put away the treasonous bastards roaming the halls of our governmental offices. Mueller seems to be lining up good people. Why he won't hire Preet Bharara is my question (or why Preet wouldn't accept maybe?).
Egnever
(21,506 posts)I am quite sure his firing is part of the obstruction investigation.
onetexan
(13,058 posts)I didn't think of it that way. thanks!
Doitnow
(1,103 posts)Juliusseizure
(562 posts)Hiring a lead corruption prosecutor is a sign there's solid evidence for a Russian money laundering/fraud type crime.
I would think Mueller would prefer nailing down clearcut, less attention raising criminal charges like illegal financial transactions that are more straightforward to prove if he can first.
Trump was desperate for money and is a known fraud - Trump Univ. was an easy case to win. It wasn't even accredited.
Takket
(21,625 posts)every day this investigation takes is another day trump defiles the office and brings us closer to ruin.......... i know this is complicated but the house is already on fire and we are waiting for the trucks to arrive before the roof collapses
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Squinch
(51,007 posts)shraby
(21,946 posts)Better check your favorites.
INdemo
(6,994 posts)avenues to fire Mueller. Lets see what Rod Rosenstein is really made of ..
ancianita
(36,133 posts)INdemo
(6,994 posts)will use every damn excuse they can and all for the 36%.
Dark n Stormy Knight
(9,771 posts)Who's going to prosecute him?
ancianita
(36,133 posts)it's too damned late.
Why? Because all the other seven lawyer investigators who're in place aren't going anywhere,
AND they've got their hands on the entire FBI -- the entire FBI -- all of whom are sworn to uphold the Constitution just as Congress is sworn to -- for evidence-intelligence-classified information gathering,
AND any new prosecutor cannot suppress any evidence brought forward;
AND SCOTUS cannot suppress evidence or misrule against any case supported by a preponderance of it, either.
Finally, if the military itself sees this government -- through politically expedient decisions -- do all the things you think they might do, which it will judge as endangerment to the security of the country through dysfunctional and unethical, political firings and hirings -- obstruction of justice, plain and simple -- it will step in. Don't think it can't happen just because it hasn't happened yet.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)You seem very well informed. Do you have a legal background, may I ask?
Also, I notice you have a wonderful quote from Chief Seattle. Do you live in Washington State?
ancianita
(36,133 posts)literature.
Enoki33
(1,587 posts)hesitate one moment to fire Mueller and Rosenstein if ruin is facing him squarely. Could be one of the reasons he is continually shoring up his base. He could potentially call for civil unrest. The more you see of trump the more reasons you have to question where his allegiance lies. He is the embodiment of evil.
ancianita
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go down if he does, and they're all frozen, right now, into "respecting the process."
Trump calls for disruption all the time. Even his own followers are using him as the new standard of what not to do.
Embodiment of evil or not, it's good for Americans to know how those embodiments work, in both our domestic leadership and in foreign leadership -- no more cartoon boogey man caricatures can scare them when they see them up front and start to get woke about the dangers 45 types pose to their well being.
The Dow Jones is down lately. Even the rich are concerned about the Kochs' narrative for governing.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)I think he's hearing all kinds of advice, pros and cons. He not rational or sane so who knows.
What does a mortally wounded rat do when he's backed into a corner? I guess we're going to find out.
MiddleClass
(888 posts)This is getting better.
FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)In fairness I believe Mueller's first instinct *isn't* revenge, he wants to get to the bottom of the crimes committed.
But if he can do that and get revenge for Bharara & Comey at the same time, it will be even sweeter.
robbob
(3,538 posts)Along the lines of "I could care less" vs "I couldn't care less"?
😁
A-Schwarzenegger
(15,596 posts)is a stronger way of saying "I don't give a fuck"
than "I don't give a fuck." "I give a fuck" is so strong
with not giving a fuck that it doesn't even
need the don't.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)People who have had issues with Trump isn't the sort of thing most of us would find acceptable if they were investigating a Democrat.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)hughee99
(16,113 posts)As long as you "know", before the investigation, that the person is guilty?
lunatica
(53,410 posts)Just because he's investigating the Russia connection and all it's ramifications after every single intelligence agency has said it happened does not make him biased.
Obviously there has to be something to investigate. He has a history of being quite professional. He isn't known for making things up because he's already made up his mind.
As for me. I believe that dozens of intelligence agency's (without a single one forthcoming with any news to the contrary, by the way) may warrant an investigation. I don't believe the CIA is faultless, nor is the FBI, but there is no historical evidence that they collude on anything.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)who may also have some conflicts with Trump. Rather than expressing any concern for that conflict, the poster I was replying to seemed to think that this was not only fine, but an opportunity for revenge.
Simply put, if they found a bunch of people who had issues with the Clintons, or personally worked for people who had issues with the Clintons in the past, how would you have felt about those people being on the email/server investigation?
lunatica
(53,410 posts)As have the Obamas. The situation is very different with Trump. Clinton was guilty of filandering yet that was used as an excuse to continue to "investigate" non-stop. Hilary has never been found guilty of anything at all other than using a private server. Yet she continues to be investigated year after year after year.
There is no similarity in their situation compared to trump's situation. He deserves to be investigated as much as he insisted on investigating the birther accusations against President Obama. It's not very useful to think both sides are equal. There is no equivalency. No one, not even Trump could have possibly believed that Obama was not a US citizen. Yet he went ahead and did it anyway. I don't see how anyone can defend him.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)personal biases for or against the target. It shouldn't matter if you like the target of the investigation, if you don't like them, if they've been persecuted for decades, if no one has ever heard of them before, if they're accused of stealing a stick of gum or if they're accused of stealing an election. That's what I believe. It sounds like you and I disagree.
pangaia
(24,324 posts)NastyRiffraff
(12,448 posts)I'm re-reading "All the President's Men" after 40+ years. It took awhile but they got Nixon. Dump's crimes are far worse than Nixon's, and his were very very bad. Mueller and his team will get the Swamp Things too.
saidsimplesimon
(7,888 posts)is qualified for the job. It must drive rumpublicans crazy with envy.
Thank you intelligence community, public servants and patriots one and all.
George II
(67,782 posts)Squinch
(51,007 posts)New York are tied up with Russia. It all looks more and more like a big money laundering operation.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)"This is a BIG fucking deal!" All hands are on deck!
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)..how the best, brightest, & motivated are so willing to leave lucrative private sector careers, to be part of Mueller's Team..
While the worst, inept, & corrupt are with trump..
& even funnier, all those vacancies in important positions, cuz who wants to be associated with the crazy?!?
This gives me HOPE
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)They wouldn't be signing up in droves for any investigation that doesn't have merit. For these people, FAILURE is NOT an option!
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)Thanks for this OP!
Kaleva
(36,343 posts)Mueller is hiring the best of the best while Trump is looking for any crumbs willing to work for him. And it's getting worse and worse for Trump as time goes on.
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)Patriotic REAL Americans, PROFESSIONALS, stepping up to do their Sacred Duty.
They do THEIR Thing,
Dems(in Office & Citizens!) do OURS.. being ACTIVE & VOCAL. Constantly, & any Way WE can.
trump-rusky-republikers will NOT get away with their treason & crimes.
I have been sad reading so many can't celebrate OUR INDEPENDENCE this year. I understand, but it only makes me more determined. WE have a lot to do to save Our Country, & WE CAN.
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)It IS inspiring! Shows how true it is about "birds of a feather".
Kind of like watching the archetypal battle between Good and Evil.
Actually it's not "kind of"----it is *literally* a battle between Good and Evil!
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)& I have great HOPE,
in KARMA,
Divine Timing,
& gooodness!
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)Universal Laws in action
Keep the energy on The Right Thing, earnest desire for Justice, and doing what you can--within yourself and without.
🌞🌛🌟🌻🍁🌨🌷🙏🏾
please pardon my little metaphysical jaunt, there!
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)Your "little metaphysical jaunt"!
BlancheSplanchnik
(20,219 posts)That's rare that someone even *gets* my little jaunts, let alone Likes them!
malaise
(269,157 posts)]
Rec
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)So does 'Penniless in Leavenworth '.
furtheradu
(1,865 posts)Sounds so goood to ME!
Duppers
(28,127 posts)Nothing else would hit Fatfuk in the gut quite as hard.
dem4decades
(11,304 posts)When the posse kept after them.
Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)dem4decades
(11,304 posts)I suck at the internets.
Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)It's a simple cut and paste... just like me, ha.
Anytime.
PearliePoo2
(7,768 posts)Donald will be impaled on the 'cow catcher'! Full throttle and balls to the wall!
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)I keep thinking about Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid.... With Mueller's team.
Not Ruth
(3,613 posts)FakeNoose
(32,748 posts)Ellipsis
(9,124 posts)magicarpet
(14,168 posts)..... good old boy Roy could have got tr-dumpty out of his seemingly endless legal snafus.
orangecrush
(19,617 posts)I don't think they'd be going to this much trouble to assemble a team like this unless they were completely serious about taking 45 down hard.
BainsBane
(53,066 posts)I so want Trump to go to jail.
Scarsdale
(9,426 posts)along with his entire family and advisers, too!! I still think Maleria's parents are somehow involved. Communists, who live in tRump tower, and Mar-A-Lago. They trvel with her, but are not shown on camera. Is she afraid to be alone with him? Are they there at Vlad's request, watching his "prize puppet"??
B Stieg
(2,410 posts)I believe you thinking of the old political "handlers" ("commissars" the Politburo used to assign to every military unit and/or officer to ensure ideological compliance with the state (alongside the KGB agents assigned to track and investigate every important person's movements). It's a common tactic used in authoritarian regimes, as we see in North Korea today.
Trump needs to believe he is the source of all things. Handlers would negate that narrative in his mind and would therefore seem likely he wouldn't allow.
And, as we're about to see as our president meets his boss for the first time, Vladdie does know how to "run" Trump all by himself!
RussBLib
(9,035 posts)All I see are references to people joining the investigation. We need some action before 45 does too much more damage.
Miles Archer
(18,837 posts)When they feel that they can bring charges...whether they are against Trump or members of his "administration"...that's when we'll hear.
And if, God forbid, we hear that no charges will be brought, that would be another time when we'd hear from Mueller.