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New York Times: Mueller already has evidence of Trump conspiracy to mislead federal officials about RussiaDAVID EDWARDS
25 JAN 2018 AT 11:05 ET
In an editorial published on Thursday, New York Times contributor Ryan Goodman suggested that the Trump inner circle had already been implicated in a conspiracy to mislead federal officials about Special Counsel Robert Muellers Russia investigation.
Donald Trump and officials of the 2016 Trump campaign have established a clear pattern of lying to the media, Goodman writes. More important for the law on obstruction, they have also either approached or crossed right over the line of lying to federal authorities.
We know that to the media, since at least July 2016, Mr. Trump and campaign officials lied, repeatedly and often, about not having had contacts with Russian officials. As late as August 2017, President Trump held that line, telling The Wall Street Journal: Theres nobody on the campaign that saw anybody from Russia. We had nothing to do with Russia.
This sustained pattern of lying to the media about any Russian contacts was almost surely done by design and coordinated from within Mr. Trumps inner circle.
According to Goodman, there is reason to believe statements to federal authorities also done by design and coordinated.
If you direct your attention to the series of known cases when Trump officials have not told the truth to the F.B.I. and to Congress about Russian contacts, what emerges is a likely conspiracy on the part of Mr. Trumps inner circle to mislead federal officials, Goodman notes. Thats where the stakes could not be much higher for the White House. Not only is it a crime to lie to federal authorities; its also a crime to encourage others to do so, whether or not they follow through with crossing the line of perjury.
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https://www.rawstory.com/2018/01/new-york-times-mueller-already-evidence-trump-conspiracy-mislead-federal-officials-russia/
cilla4progress
(24,714 posts)brooklynite
(94,302 posts)frazzled
(18,402 posts)But I feared being the "scold" on this issue, which crops up so frequently. You would think that Raw Story, at least, would know--and note--the difference between a NYT editorial, written by the journalists on the Editorial Board of the paper, and an op-ed submission by a law professor on the opinions page.
It's an opinion--and a very compelling one. But it's not the paper's stated opinion ... yet.
dewsgirl
(14,961 posts)triron
(21,984 posts)Rachel may comment?
PatSeg
(47,239 posts)That was the moment when Trump left no doubt whatsoever that he had colluded with the Russians. That was the most rattled that I can recall seeing him, guilt written all over him. The more he protests, the more guilty he looks.
orangecrush
(19,384 posts)The drums are rolling!
L. Coyote
(51,129 posts)Sessions just had to spit out that talking point even though the question wasn't asked, it was so rehearsed.
Link to tweet
Oneironaut
(5,479 posts)Its an opinion piece saying what could be true.
TygrBright
(20,753 posts)...discussing a NYT opinion piece. The title gives the impression that the link will be to a NYT news article, rather than a link to Raw Story.
editorially,
Bright
DonViejo
(60,536 posts)corrections@rawstory.com
TygrBright
(20,753 posts)Please change the TITLE OF THE POST to be clear and helpful to fellow DUers.
You have that option in the General Discussion forum, where it's not mandatory to post article titles verbatim.
apologetically,
Bright
paleotn
(17,876 posts)what they were misleading federal authorities about. Massive collusion between 45 and the RNC with Russian oligarchs and a vast sea of dirty money meant to elect Rethugs. The money laundering apparatus in the US is way to valuable not to protect and can be significantly enhanced with the "right" people in elected offices across the US.
BobTheSubgenius
(11,558 posts)Legal niceties been holding them back from saying it?
NCTraveler
(30,481 posts)Its not a very good OpEd. This is how Fox News produces pieces. RS commenting on an opinion piece.