The Mueller Report thread

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(03-25-2019, 04:48 PM)hollodero Wrote: I also do not really think that the media told us he was a Russian agent. They seemed careful to stop short of that. That is no defense for still implying conclusions that weren't to conclude - or inviting guest after guest ho made those implications with grinning hosts.

Agree. I don't recall anyone in any MSM outlet telling us Trump was a Russian agent. If one or two outlier commentators did, that hardly=THE MEDIA TOLD US.

I did see the MSM presenting a lot of concerning information and discussing the implications thereof. 

An example of the former would be Trump's efforts to block our own intel agencies from following his private discussions with Putin, along with his inability to criticize Putin publicly and to publicly favor the world of Putin over his own intel, and, of course, to deny that there was Russian interference in the election.  Not to mention inviting the Russians into the Oval Office unescorted by our intel services and telling them that he had ended an investigation into his collusion by firing Comey.

Regarding the aforementioned implications, one option was always that Trump could be an "unwitting" agent or dupe of Putin, easily played by the former KGB agent given Trump's needy psychological profile. Another was that Trump could be compromised in some way by Putin. Still another was that Trump was in some way still legally entangled with Russian oligarchs and hoping still to build Trump Tower Moscow. I do think Right Wing media (Hannity) as opposed to exploring these options, and the concerns which made them reasonable, said the MSM was accusing Trump of being a "witting" agent of Putin to unelect him and deny the will of the voters.

I don't see how the Mueller report has closed off any of these disturbing options. Would anyone say that if Mueller couldn't find compromat, there could be none? So good for the free press. They were doing what they were supposed to do. 

All the Mueller report establishes is that our intel services don't, after this investigation, have proof that, amidst the myriad contacts between Russians and the Trump administration, some "agreement" was made to collude--or at least not enough evidence to reach the level of indictment.

Everyone still has questions, e.g., about the height of the legal bar required here if meeting with Russians to get dirt on Hillary or passing campaign polling to Russians doesn't count.  Some Republicans now want to see the FISA warrants which lead to the wiretapping of administration officials who were speaking to Russians.