Seth Abramson: Bloomberg's story about Mueller wrapping this up soon shouldn't be taken seriously.
Or, the many stories breathlessly reporting on the Bloomberg story.
When I heard this last night the first thing I realized is the story didn't come from Mueller's office. It came from two "officials." IOW, it's a White House leak. IOW, they think this will benefit them somehow -- just like all the other times they've leaked that the probe is about to end. (Remember when it was certain to be over by Thanksgiving, 2017?)
With the election less than 3 weeks away, they're trying to encourage their supporters, and anyone else who might be on the fence right now. And their message is: Mueller might not come up with anything; but if he does, we'll be okay as long as we hold the Senate. Because an impeachment in the House won't go anywhere if we can stop a Senate conviction.
Because they're not going to put out a story saying: PLEASE VOTE FOR A GOP SENATE or they might put DT on trial.
Seth Abramson lays it out here in detail.
https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1052572100706357249.html
10/ Each time the Republicans' anonymous (false) leaks *work*—and always for the same reason. Non-attorney/non-investigator journalists credit them, because they earn clicks and attention; attorneys and investigators not up on the Russia case credit them to avoid looking foolish.
11/ And each and every time, attorney/investigator journalists who're *knowledgeable* about the Russia probe say the *same thing*—these reports are false and come from the White House. Mueller is *not* close to finishing his work on collusion. And each time we're exactly *right*.
12/ Cohen just spent *50 hours* with federal investigators; Manafort just got a sweetheart cooperation deal; Flynn got a deal and then spent a *year* giving the feds information on collusion. There are precisely *zero* signs that Mueller has issued even *half* of his indictments.
