TPM - Marshall "Thoughts on What To Expect Tomorrow"

[NRaleighLiberal]

http://talkingpointsmemo.com/edblog/thoughts-on-what-to-expect-tomorrow

By JOSH MARSHALL Published OCTOBER 29, 2017 7:09 PM

In advance of whatever awaits us tomorrow from the Mueller probe, I want to share a few thoughts about what might be coming. I will discuss them seriatim.

1. I don’t know who will be indicted tomorrow or what they will be indicted for. I don’t think anyone writing about this does.

2. I would not expect a big fish or a crime that goes to the heart of whether Americans colluded with Russia to turn the 2016 election. Something more marginal or secondary seems more likely, probably with the aim of gaining cooperation in pursuing the bigger question of collusion. But the Mueller probe has been very leak free. We really have little clear understanding of what is going on inside the probe.

3. Let me reemphasize that last point. It is hard to overstate how locked down the Mueller probe has been. We have inferred outlines of it from interviews conducted, documents requested, grand juries impanelled. When an investigation reaches a certain momentum certain actions become difficult to keep secret because defense attorneys become involved. They are not barred from talking to reporters the way the prosecution side is. There are far fewer leaks than past probes. We can’t rule out big surprises because we don’t know very much.

snip - more to read at the link - he makes a total of 5 points. read it all.

[PoliticAverse]

1. I expect a kerfuffle. n/t

[emulatorloo]

2. Kick and Rec, good article. Needs to be on the Greatest Page

[bluepen]

3. Summary: he does not know anything more than any other pundit.