NYT Op-Ed: Mueller already has evidence of Trump 'conspiracy to mislead...about Russia

[DonViejo]

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New York Times: Mueller already has evidence of Trump ‘conspiracy to mislead federal officials’ about Russia

DAVID 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 Mueller’s 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.”

Giving false statements to the media is not a crime. But lying to federal authorities can land people in jail.

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: “There’s 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. Trump’s 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. Trump’s inner circle to mislead federal officials,” Goodman notes. “That’s where the stakes could not be much higher for the White House. Not only is it a crime to lie to federal authorities; it’s 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]

1. Whot???!

[brooklynite]

2. Let's be clear, this is an OP-ED and NOT an "editorial".

[frazzled]

4. I wanted to make this same point, and it's an important one

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]

3. I am absolutely loving these daytime Trump Russia news drops!

[triron]

5. Perhaps WashPo will take notice.

Rachel may comment?

[ffr]

6. Phucking hurry up with the arrests! The USD is in trouble and so too will be our economy

The US dollar "has weakened against every Group-of-10 peer since President Donald Trump’s inauguration." - Bloomberg

[PatSeg]

7. No puppet. No puppet. Youre the puppet.

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]

8. Kick and Rec

The drums are rolling!

[L. Coyote]

9. YUUUUGE D'oh! This is an incredibly obvious pattern. Sessions' perjury a perfect example.

Sessions just had to spit out that talking point even though the question wasn't asked, it was so rehearsed.

Link to tweet

[Oneironaut]

10. Unfortunately, the original piece is only analysis.

It’s an opinion piece saying what could be true.

[TygrBright]

11. Please change the post title. This is a Raw Story article

...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]

12. Feel free to let them know...

[e-mail]

[TygrBright]

15. I apologize for not being clear.

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]

13. And the kicker is....

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]

14. I'd have thought this was pretty evident.

Legal niceties been holding them back from saying it?

[NCTraveler]

16. I have a feeling this isnt being read.

It’s not a very good OpEd. This is how Fox News produces pieces. RS commenting on an opinion piece.

[Botany]

17. Trump w/NBC's Lester Holt .... count the lies

https://www.democraticunderground.com/1017476723