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MelissaB

(16,420 posts)
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 03:50 PM Nov 2018

Team Mueller is Holding 'Dozens of Sealed Indictments,' According to Intel Source

Team Mueller is Holding ‘Dozens of Sealed Indictments,’ According to Intel Source

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Indictments of Stone, a friend of the president since the 1970s, or worse Trump’s son and namesake, seem certain to push the White House into greater paroxysms of rage. What might happen then is anybody’s guess. Trump’s desperation to shut down the Mueller inquiry before it cuts very close to home is therefore understandable.

It’s also a fool’s errand. In truth, it’s far too late to shut the Special Counsel down altogether. Mueller and his staff, veterans of Beltway wars, were not surprised by this week’s events. They were prepared. Any efforts by Acting AG Whitaker to block indictments will go public quickly and throw Washington into deep crisis. For Trump, there are no exits or off-ramps left.

When Mueller informs the public of more indictments is an open question. That they are coming, however, is not. And there are lots of them. The Special Counsel has been at work for almost 18 months now. An Intelligence Community official who assisted the Special Counsel’s investigation told me this week that Team Mueller is holding “dozens of sealed indictments” of people associated with the president, his 2015-16 campaign, and his administration. “Nobody who’s close to the Russians is getting out of this,” said the IC official. When will those indictments start being unsealed? Watch this space.

https://observer.com/2018/11/mueller-holding-dozens-sealed-indictments-intel-source/
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Team Mueller is Holding 'Dozens of Sealed Indictments,' According to Intel Source (Original Post) MelissaB Nov 2018 OP
Is Louise Mensch the source??? Bleacher Creature Nov 2018 #1
Looks like John Schindler riverwalker Nov 2018 #5
She randomly liked one of my tweets yesterday NewJeffCT Nov 2018 #8
Illuminati. I'll stop there. OnDoutside Nov 2018 #11
her own profile describes her as a "textbook succubus" NewJeffCT Nov 2018 #15
Well done ! OnDoutside Nov 2018 #17
Hey Trump, you've got to ask yourself one question C_U_L8R Nov 2018 #2
Time is running out.. Fuzzpope Nov 2018 #3
Let a thousand indictments be unsealed! Cirque du So-What Nov 2018 #4
IC refers to what? triron Nov 2018 #6
Intelligence Community. NT SDJay Nov 2018 #7
trump, his adult "children", Pence, Stone, Ryan, McConnell and more GOPigs trueblue2007 Nov 2018 #9
Ths looks to be from one of the many twitter posters brettdale Nov 2018 #10
Are these the "mass arrests" Trump fans keep hollering about? Initech Nov 2018 #12
I honestly think this is the real reason why Trump hasn't gotten rid of Mueller yet. Downtown Hound Nov 2018 #13
At this point why keep them sealed? Buckeyeblue Nov 2018 #14
We can't know....we don't know what Mueller knows and don't know where the probe stands. tableturner Nov 2018 #19
I agree. We don't know what he has. yonder Nov 2018 #21
Because one case builds on another. This is like a mob prosecution, and indicting some people pnwmom Nov 2018 #20
please, isssue them onethatcares Nov 2018 #16
Do you think Mueller has a sealed indictment on Whitaker? poli-junkie Nov 2018 #18
I knew it ZeroSomeBrains Nov 2018 #22
This is the sweetest read of my day! and starts my weekend spectacularly! liberalla Nov 2018 #23
Gen Michael Hayden responds to article: MelissaB Nov 2018 #24

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
8. She randomly liked one of my tweets yesterday
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 04:09 PM
Nov 2018

My senator, Richard Blumenthal, had posted something about Jim Acosta and I had replied that since it's obvious the video the WH shared was doctored and they knew it, it seems like Acosta could have a good case for libel.

Neither one of us follow the other.

NewJeffCT

(56,828 posts)
15. her own profile describes her as a "textbook succubus"
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 04:30 PM
Nov 2018

Though, i had thought that was my ex-wife... I had done a double-take when I saw her name like my response to Blumenthal.



I had a good day yesterday with big names like my tweets - Mark Hamill of Star Wars, Marina Sirtis (Deanna Troi from Star Trek: The Next Generation), Mensch and one of my resistance crushes Asha Rangappa.

brettdale

(12,380 posts)
10. Ths looks to be from one of the many twitter posters
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 04:12 PM
Nov 2018

You know on Thursday they post, "something big tomorrow, I have a source, Don Jr in cuffs"

Downtown Hound

(12,618 posts)
13. I honestly think this is the real reason why Trump hasn't gotten rid of Mueller yet.
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 04:25 PM
Nov 2018

Trump knows that the minute he makes a move on him, the indictments come out. So he resorted instead to attacking the investigation itself and riling up his moronic cult followers into believing that it was all a witch hunt.

Buckeyeblue

(5,499 posts)
14. At this point why keep them sealed?
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 04:30 PM
Nov 2018

I'm not a big fan of many prosecutorial tactics, such as over charging. Don't get me wrong, I will be cheering on the indictments of all of the people listed, especially Stone and Junior. But if you have the indictments, arrest the people who are indicted and let's get to trial. Seems like keeping them sealed would run counter to a fair and speedy trial.

tableturner

(1,682 posts)
19. We can't know....we don't know what Mueller knows and don't know where the probe stands.
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 04:49 PM
Nov 2018

We have no actual information with which to draw any conclusions.

However, I am confident that Mueller, Rosenstein, and the presiding judges concluded a long time ago that the investigation would most likely be ended, or at least impeded. They know what they are doing. They were ready.

pnwmom

(108,977 posts)
20. Because one case builds on another. This is like a mob prosecution, and indicting some people
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 06:28 PM
Nov 2018

publicly could jeopardize future prosecutions.

poli-junkie

(1,002 posts)
18. Do you think Mueller has a sealed indictment on Whitaker?
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 04:41 PM
Nov 2018

I mean, given the fact Whitaker has been the WH mole all this time, don't you Mueller is aware of what Whitaker's been doing for the last 2 years??!!

ZeroSomeBrains

(638 posts)
22. I knew it
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 06:35 PM
Nov 2018

Mueller probably wants Whiteakkker to do something stupid like fire him. It'll make more interesting hearings when the Dems take control in January, he can get hired right away by the New York AG and he just releases the sealed indictments out the door. Checkmate.

liberalla

(9,243 posts)
23. This is the sweetest read of my day! and starts my weekend spectacularly!
Fri Nov 9, 2018, 09:02 PM
Nov 2018

"Nobody's who's close to the Russians is getting out of this"

Yes yes YES!



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