“Not big crimes” – many, many investigations!

 

 

IMPEACHMENT

Mueller to Flynn

Mueller's office has responded to claims by Gen. Flynn's lawyers that the FBI might have tricked him into lying to them. Basically, prosecutors say that by the time agents talked to him, he'd been lying to everybody for two weeks. pic.twitter.com/ytpwZqhzFY

— Brad Heath (@bradheath) December 14, 2018

Inauguration grift – Incest Barbie, Gates

NEW: Trump's inaugural committee, which is now under criminal investigation, paid the Trump Organization for rooms, meals & event space at the company’s DC hotel, according to interviews, internal emails & receipts reviewed by WNYC and ProPublica. https://t.co/WphFssPx3Q

— Caroline Orr Bueno, Ph.D (@RVAwonk) December 14, 2018

Manafort

While Paul Manafort was the subject of a federal criminal investigation, he advised the Trump Administration to publicly attack the FBI, to falsely allege that Ukraine colluded with the DNC, and to attack Hillary Clinton and the Steele dossier, per @vox.https://t.co/yQHM6wHEub

— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) December 14, 2018

After months of reporting, we have an answer: some of the money went to the Trump Organization. Ivanka Trump personally connected inauguration planners with her family’s DC hotel. We know, because we have emails. https://t.co/vAD0DDoZSa

— Ilya Marritz (@ilyamarritz) December 14, 2018

mystery

DC court clears out entire floor for grand jury hearing in mysterious Mueller case https://t.co/AQXNiJBFAx

— Morgan Fairchild (@morgfair) December 14, 2018

Putin

Did Putin buy Donald Trump? https://t.co/hvbs1dwfRH

— Investigate Russia (@InvestigateRU) December 14, 2018

who is investigated

Entities under criminal investigation:

1. The Trump campaign
2. The Trump transition
3. The Trump inauguration
4. The Trump administration
5. The Trump Organization
6. The Trump Foundation https://t.co/DpDm64H6A5

— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) December 13, 2018

CNN

https://twitter.com/Kris_Sacrebleu/status/1073669320352223232

20 Senators?

Susan is right, and people who think 20 Republican senators would never ever turn on Trump are wrong https://t.co/RRMHNothkl

— John Harwood (@JohnJHarwood) December 14, 2018

Middle East bribes

Federal prosecutors are examining whether foreigners from Middle Eastern nations illegally funneled donations to President Trump’s inaugural committee and a pro-Trump super PAC in hopes of buying influence over American policy. https://t.co/mnjn9l6HRb

— Julia Davis (@JuliaDavisNews) December 14, 2018

it might be the main thing

The framers were smart when they wrote a ban on any President taking money or things of value from foreign governments. For the first time we have a President violating this law. It’s not a small thing. It might very well be the main thing.

— Brian Schatz (@brianschatz) December 13, 2018

Innauguration grift investigation – from Cohen papers

https://twitter.com/KT_So_It_Goes/status/1073330637837361152

what AMI paid to bury

https://twitter.com/RonanFarrow/status/1073376718902214661

Cohen – not the villain

EXCLUSIVE: "I will not be the villain of his story," Michael Cohen tells @ABC News' @GStephanopoulos, saying that Pres. Trump knew it was wrong to make hush-money payments during 2016 presidential campaign.

Watch the exclusive interview only on @GMA. https://t.co/84huhn7jOE pic.twitter.com/PS0WZJNfpF

— ABC News (@ABC) December 14, 2018

transcript

Michael Cohen talks to George Stephanopoulos: TRANSCRIPT – ABC News https://t.co/5g6mIOgzhz

— Rick Klein (@rickklein) December 14, 2018

campaign finance take – dangerous

George T. Conway III, Trevor Potter and Neal Katyal write for The Post: "Trump’s claim that he didn’t violate campaign finance law is weak — and dangerous" https://t.co/EIHhy0CSvi

— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) December 14, 2018

best hot take

https://twitter.com/MollyJongFast/status/1073564304610349057

the Dossier

https://twitter.com/benjaminwittes/status/1073564271093657600

Nixon comment

It’s wrong to judge Steele point-for-point. It is raw intelligence without analysis, which is meant to put you onto something. It did so. In that game success is six or seven of ten.

— Richard M. Nixon (@dick_nixon) December 14, 2018

historic

https://twitter.com/TrisResists/status/1071828199540211713

Marc Ellias on Edwards case

https://twitter.com/marceelias/status/993269458448896000

Manafort

ALSO OF INTEREST TO PROSECUTORS: After MANAFORT was fired from the TRUMP campaign, TOM BARRACK worked to help him rebuild his finances. The pair took a Mediterranean cruise, during which they met Qatari billionaire Hamad bin Jassim bin Jaber Al Thani. https://t.co/GTyr3IDIQf

— Kenneth P. Vogel (@kenvogel) December 14, 2018

KLAN 🍊

yesterday

Trump: Day 692
-Inaugural Fund Under Investigation
-Butina Pleads Guilty 2 Conspiracy
-Senate Limits War Powers in Yemen
-US Budget Deficit 4 Nov was $205B
-Considers Kushner for Chief of Staff
-Adderall Use Accusation Surfaces
-Plans 16 Day Break at Mar-a-Lago pic.twitter.com/gLdmrhpQT6

— Alamo_On_The_Rise 🫡 🇺🇲 (@AlamoOnTheRise) December 14, 2018

the pageant stories verified

https://twitter.com/SFGayMom/status/1073286046345977856

proof of knowledge

He knew. He followed and commented on the John Edwards case. pic.twitter.com/Vbi2YSEakC

— Vivian is VIVACIOUS10 in threads (@ViviVacca) December 14, 2018

Trump Organization

"There are no norms in the Trump organization. It is basically a 30 year criminal conspiracy…. They violated every norm and maybe violated federal law in the process"- @stengel w/ @NicolleDWallace pic.twitter.com/bCWFQTc5Y1

— Deadline White House (@DeadlineWH) December 13, 2018

trouble

https://twitter.com/Redpainter1/status/1073368960085704709

COS Jared

D E S P E R A T E

Also, can Jared Kushner be @POTUS Chief of Staff if he can't get beyond a medium level security clearance?

And one more question. Do we want a Chief of Staff who is in the pocket of Saudi Arabia? https://t.co/HJi2ec5fuR

— Ted Lieu (@tedlieu) December 13, 2018

Christie

Jared campaigning for the CoS job to prevent Christie from getting it would be the most Jared thing ever. https://t.co/LBaiNsozcH

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 14, 2018

and eventually

https://twitter.com/bendreyfuss/status/1073643371128913921

evil! To Immigrants

The Trump gov't put out a call, asking legal immigrants to sponsor some of the 1,000's of kids in cages. Desperate to help, 170 kind ppl stepped up, hoping to finally free the kid from captivity.

Turns out, it was a sting operation. Then came the arrests.https://t.co/UCGPs0duad pic.twitter.com/kdCl3LRBlP

— Suave Hellion (@HeWhoLovesWords) December 12, 2018

REPUBLICANS

seeds of its own corruption

https://twitter.com/JeffreyGoldberg/status/1073556193447157760

Inhofe

https://twitter.com/LorenRaeDeJ/status/1073032764088348677

,😱: Not a big crime!

“Nobody got killed, nobody got robbed… This was not a big crime,” Giuliani told The Daily Beast, re alleged violations of campaign finance law. https://t.co/LmLziJM6ab

— Sam Stein (@samstein) December 14, 2018

loyalty

The dance of delay, deny, and ignore will only get Hill Republicans so far. My column this week has a few reasons why the expectation of blind fealty to Trump might be wrong… https://t.co/cGnBuSkWnF

— Susan Glasser (@sbg1) December 14, 2018

“you can’t follow all the rules”

Remind me. Isn't Rudy Giuliani supposed to be helping Trump stay out of prison? https://t.co/KA2REO8oIF

— emptywheel (@emptywheel) December 14, 2018

MEDIA

NYT wonders how we missed stuff

Almost 18 months ago, The Investigative Fund published its pathbreaking analysis of far-right terror with Reveal from The Center for Investigative Reporting — which mainstream media largely ignored. As they ignored our work on this for years… https://t.co/LmWFVLpfNm

— Joe Conason (@JoeConason) December 14, 2018

CBS – MeToo – Dushku

“My story is true and it’s really affected me, and I can’t talk about it," Eliza Dushku told investigators about the harassment she experienced on CBS's "Bull." CBS ultimately paid her $9.5 million in a secret settlement that required her to stay silent. https://t.co/Ib7XdelfRJ

— Rachel C. Abrams (@RachelAbramsNY) December 14, 2018

Clinton Foundation hearing

There was another Oversight hearing on Hillary Clinton today, this one on the Clinton Foundation. Looks like public interest was… less than overwhelming. https://t.co/jV5zchZbew pic.twitter.com/vtjcjhWx2J

— David Weigel (@daveweigel) December 13, 2018

and more

LEFTOVERS

.👓 empty

How much did Sanders Empty Rhetoric deliver?

Why did he vote for the CFMA… the bill that causes the crash and had Harris cleaning up a mess he made?

No Hillary to hide behind now. pic.twitter.com/4N1tt6Z82s

— Won’t kiss your ass for a 2024 vote (@reesetheone1) December 12, 2018

M Tracy

This tweet aged marvelously. pic.twitter.com/6loHDI8RpP

— Imani Gandy (Orca’s Version) ⚓️ (@AngryBlackLady) December 13, 2018

Glenn steps in

https://twitter.com/owillis/status/1073592192256626688

and

TFW you do not support Trump and are all about holding the powerful accountable. pic.twitter.com/jop76oRDtj

— Centrism Fan Acct 🔹 (@Wilson__Valdez) December 14, 2018

US

Pelosi!

💁‍♀️💁‍♀️💁‍♀️ https://t.co/Yr30pJ2Tzv

— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) December 13, 2018

also

Yep. https://t.co/lyTD517pza

— Nancy Pelosi (@TeamPelosi) December 13, 2018

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