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Feds invade office of Donald Trump’s former longtime tax attorney

Earlier today, Robert Mueller revealed that he was on the move when he had Michael Cohen go into court and expose that Donald Trump was trying to build Trump Tower Moscow during the election. Then, in what may or may not be a coincidence, authorities raided the headquarters of Deutsche Bank, which is Trump’s favorite money laundering bank. Now there’s another major Trump-related development.

The Feds have invaded the office of Chicago Alderman Edward Burke, ordered everyone out, and placed brown paper over the doors, according to a tweet from Chicago Sun-Times City Hall reporter Fran Spielman. Here’s the thing about Burke. He’s not just an Alderman for the city of Chicago. He also runs a law firm that did tax work for Donald Trump for twelve years, only to sever the relationship a few months ago. So what’s going on here?

The raid strongly suggests that Burke is being criminally investigated by the Feds. There are any number of potential reason for such an investigation, ranging from Burke’s political activities, to his various law firm clients. But when you factor in that Burke did tax work for Trump, and he’s being raided on the same day that Trump’s money guy Micheal Cohen is incriminating Trump, and on the same day Trump’s favorite money laundering bank is being raided for money laundering, is this all one big coincidence? - Palmer Report

I'm breathing a sigh of relief, mainly about the raids. This means federal investigators will have to sift through tons of records, which I'm hoping will take up to a month. Just in time for Nancy Pelosi and the Dems to take control of one branch of the government and for another reason.

I'm hoping Mueller can put off any final report until 2019.

[saidsimplesimon]

1. So many to indict, so much time

I hope the train wreck plays out over the 2 years remaining before the next chance to send his enablers home.

[gratuitous]

2. Lots of stuff to be caught up on

And with the holidays coming and the end of the year, it's just too much stuff to get to all of it. Mueller can spend however long he wants with the highly plausible excuse that there's a lot of work to be done just back-filling what his office already knows about. That can happen as fast or as slow as Mueller wants or needs it to be. And 2019 is less than five weeks away.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. federal prison overcrowding

I want to see so many convictions they have to shuffle prisoners around in Federal prisons.

[leftieNanner]

5. Why don't we put them all in those vile tent cities in Texas

where they are currently holding 2,500 Central American teenagers. Especially during the hot summer. Let the kids out and stuff the Trump Monsters in.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

6. or Arpaio's tent prisons in AZ

[leftieNanner]

7. Oooh yeah!

And make them wear pink underwear (didn't Arpaio do that?)

My brother in law had pink underwear when he met my sister, but that was because he washed his tightie whities with a red t-shirt.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. As per my Chi-Town neighbor who

seems to be well connected,you ain't seen nothing yet. This one will lead to several Person's headed for the State Crow Bar Hotel. Much like a couple of former Illinois Govs.