The Mueller Report thread

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(05-10-2020, 10:02 AM)GMDino Wrote: I'm no lawyer.  I try to read and follow the people who understand the law around such things.  But the DOJ saying (now) that "oops...never mind" is a one shot deal that won;'t work for me or bfine or Benton if the FBI decides to asks a question they already know the answer too and we lie without a lawyer present.  Especially if it is about a law we broke.

That's the corruption. 

There is not "the corruption" like it's at one place in the process. Rather there are successive waves of corruption here, permeating multiple departments and offices and becoming more organized and efficient.

It starts with Flynn's lying to the Trump campaign (perhaps) about taking foreign money, and then colluding with the Russians (likely with Trump's go ahead) to undermine the sanctions Obama set on them for election interference.

Then come his denials to the FBI

and Trump's efforts to get Comey to "go easy" on Flynn, "a good guy,"

followed by Comey's firing (for continuing to investigate the president).

The FBI has Flynn's cooperation and a plea deal, but then a new set of defense Lawyers from Trump's administration shows up and, given the protection of the president and DOJ, an entirely new and unprecedented possibility opens up--dismissal of all charges to which the defendant has admitted guilt, a guilt already established by evidence.

Tactics already developed to neutralize Steele Dossier FISA warrants and the Impeachment case are quickly applied--Deep-state FBI "malfeasance" discovered by the new actors in the DOJ ambiguates (allegedly) the whole process. Bold. They beat impeachment. They can do this too.

And Flynn joins the growing legion of unrepentant law-breakers and war criminals delivered from the law. Roger is next, or in line, at least.

The DOJ under Barr is exploiting a kind of power impossible when, under previous administrations, it was held by those who ran it to be an autonomous unit of the Exec, and a president could not count on control of the Senate to protect him from any discovery of high crimes. Barr and his minions are learning from their successes, deploying ever more effectively the deep-state narrative to undo legal process, defending friends and undermining "enemies" of the president, including whistle blowers.

For Trump's base, each failed or overturned conviction confirms and extends the deep state coup narrative, and solidifies the support needed for continued work around and above the law.

Can the usual "whatabouts" equivocate or dismiss what is happening here?  Bobby and Hoover? Fast and furious?