Signed Up:
Feb 18, 2019Comments: 9549 · Posts: 12626 · Topics: 250
"The investigation continued under then-Director Comey for the next seven weeks until May 9,2017, when President Trump fired Camey as FBI Director — an action which is analyzed in Volume II of the report.
On May 17, 2017, Acting Attorney General Rod Rosenstein appointed the Special Counseland authorized him to conduct the investigation that Comey had confirmed in his congressionaltestimony, as well as matters arising directly from the investigation, and any other matters withinthe scope of 28 C.F,R. g 600A(a), which generally covers efforts to interfere with or obstruct theinvestigation.
President Trump reacted negatively to the Special Counsel's appointment. He told adviser's that it was the end of his presidency, sought to have Attorney General Jefferson (JeQ) Sessions unreouse from the Russia investigation and to have the Special Counsel removed, and engaged in efforts to curtail the Special Counsel's investigation and prevent the disclosure of evidence to it,including through public and private contacts with potential witnesses"
Signed Up:
Feb 18, 2019Comments: 9549 · Posts: 12626 · Topics: 250
"Further, the Office learned that some of the individuals we' interviewed or whose conductwe investigated — including some associated with the Trump Campaign~elated relevant communications or communicated during the relevant period using applications that feature encryption oi that do not provide for long-tern retention of data or communications records. In such cases, the Office was not able to corroborate witness statements though comparison to contemporaneous communications or fully question witnesses about statements that appeared inconsistent with other known facts.
Accordingly, while this report embodies factual and legal determinations that the Office believes to be accurate and complete to the greatest extent possible, given these identified gapa,the Office cannot rule out the possibility that the unavailable information would shed additional light on (or cast in a new light) the events described in the report"
Signed Up:
Feb 18, 2019Comments: 9549 · Posts: 12626 · Topics: 250
"The Trump Campaign showed interest in the WikiLeaks releases and, in the summer and fall of 2016, REDACTED. WikiLeaks's first Clinton-related release, REDACTED, the Trump Campaign stayed in contact REDACTED about WikiLeaks's activities. The investigation was unable to resolve REDACTED WikiLcaks's release of the stolen Podesta emails on October 7,2016, the same day a video from years earlier was published of Trump using graphic language about women."
Signed Up:
Oct 17, 2013Comments: 387 · Posts: 8179 · Topics: 308
No collusion or obstruction.
The squealing is really going to start if those criminal referrals are acted on by AG Barr. They go to the heart of how this process got started.
But....
I suggest you urge your congressperson to go forward on impeachment proceedings if you really believe it is damaging. I'm sure the public in general is going to buy the bullshit.
NOT
Signed Up:
Feb 18, 2019Comments: 9549 · Posts: 12626 · Topics: 250
LOL @ most of the "contact with WikiLeaks" being redacted
Signed Up:
Feb 18, 2019Comments: 9549 · Posts: 12626 · Topics: 250
"Several hours later, WikiLeaks sent a Twitter direct message to Donald Trump Jr., "A PAC runanti-Trump site putintrump.org 'is about to launch. The PAC is a recycled pro-Iraq war PAC. We have guessed the password. It is 'putintrump,' See'About' for who is behind it. Any comments?
Several hours later, Trump Jr, emailed a variety of senior campaign staff:
Guys I got a weird Twitter DM from wikileaks. See below. I tried the password and it works and the about section they reference contains the next pic in terms of who is behind it. Not sure if this is anything but it seems like it's really wikileaks asking me as I follow them and it is a DM. Do you know the people mentioned and what the conspiracy they are looking for could be? These are just screen shots but it's a fully built out page claiming to be a PAC let me know your thought's and if we want to look into it.
Trump Jr. attached a screenshot of the "About" page for the unlaunched site PutinTrump.org. The
next day (after the website had launched publicly), Trump Jr. sent a direct message to WikiLeaks:
"Off the record, I don't know who that is but I' ll ask amund. Thanks 3"~sr
On October 3, 2016, WikiLeaks sent another direct message to Trump Jr,, asking "you
guys" to help disseminate a link alleging candidate Clinton had advocated using a drone to target Julian Assange. Trump Jr, responded that he already "had done so," and asked, "what's behind this Wednesday leak I keep reading about? WikiLeaks did not respond.
On October 12, 2016, WikiLeaks wrote again that it was "great to see you and your dad talking about our publications. Strongly suggest your dad tweets this link if he mentions uswlsearch,tk.'us~ WikiLeaks wrote that the link would help Trump in "digging through" leaked emails and stated, "we just released Podesta emails Part 4."
Two days later, Trump Jr. publicly tweeted the wlsearch.tk link."
Signed Up:
Dec 14, 2016Comments: 7399 · Posts: 18799 · Topics: 84
That sure is a sea of black. LOL
Signed Up:
Feb 18, 2019Comments: 9549 · Posts: 12626 · Topics: 250
I mean.. Whole sections dedicated to Trump Jr and Kushner in contact with Russian officials (emails and phone calls) seeking information on Clinton LOL
Signed Up:
Feb 18, 2019Comments: 9549 · Posts: 12626 · Topics: 250
BTW... In case you want to read it for yourself.
I'm only on page 130 out of 448 LOL
Signed Up:
Feb 18, 2019Comments: 9549 · Posts: 12626 · Topics: 250
"Finally, although the evidence of contacts between Campaign officials and Russia
affiliated individuals may not have been sufficient to establish or sustain criminal charges, several
U.S. persons connected to the Campaign made false, statements about those contacts and took other steps to obstruct the Office's investigation and those of Congress. This Office has therefore charged some of those individuals with making false statements and obstructing justice"
Signed Up:
Feb 18, 2019Comments: 9549 · Posts: 12626 · Topics: 250
"Fourth, if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the President clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, however, we are unable to reach that judgment. The evidence we obtained about the President's actions and intent presents difficult issues that prevent us from conclusively determining that no criminal conduct occurred. Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the President committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him"
Signed Up:
Aug 20, 2018Comments: 3863 · Posts: 2108 · Topics: 3
it's all just a big butt fuck as usual
Signed Up:
Feb 18, 2019Comments: 9549 · Posts: 12626 · Topics: 250
"We received the President's written responses in late November 2018.~ In December 2018,we informed counsel of the insufficiency of those responses in several respects.' We noted, among other things, that the President stated on more than 30 occasions that he "does not 'recall' or'remember' or have an 'independent recollection'" of information called for by the questions. Other answers were "incomplete or imprecise."7 The written responses„we informed counsel,"demonstrate the inadequacy of the written format, as we have had no opportunity to ask followup questions that would ensure complete answers and potentially refresh your client's recollection clarify the extent or nature of his lack of recollection." We again requested an in-person interview, limited to certain topics, advising the President's counsel that "[t]his is the President's opportunity to voluntarily provide us with information for us to evaluate in the context of all of the evidence we have gathered/" s The President declined."
Signed Up:
Feb 18, 2019Comments: 9549 · Posts: 12626 · Topics: 250
*Bunch of redacted stuff*
"Recognizing that the President would not be interviewed voluntarily, we considered whether to issue a subpoena for his testimony. We viewed the written answers to be inadequate.But at that point, our investigation had made significant progress and had produced substantial evidence for our report. We thus weighed the costs of potentially lengthy constitutional litigation,with resulting delay in finishing our investigation, against the anticipated benefits for our investigation and report. As explained in Volume II, Section II.B., we determined that the substantial quantity of information we had obtained &om other sources allowed us to draw relevant factual conclusions on intent and credibility, which are often inferred from circumstantial evidence and assessed without direct testimony from the subject of the investigation."
Signed Up:
Feb 18, 2019Comments: 9549 · Posts: 12626 · Topics: 250
The written answers from Trump are a must read. What a joke