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dlk

(11,514 posts)
Wed Mar 6, 2019, 12:41 AM Mar 2019

John Brennan was on Lawrence Tonight & Provided Interesting Insight into the Mueller Investigation

Brennan stated he thought Mueller would hold any indictments of Trump family members until the end of the investigation because once that happens, Trump will shut everything down. Brennan also hinted the investigation might be coming to a close soon.

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StTimofEdenRoc

(445 posts)
1. I remember when he filed indictments, there was also sealed criminal indictments.
Wed Mar 6, 2019, 12:57 AM
Mar 2019

So maybe he has already?

KY_EnviroGuy

(14,488 posts)
2. That's been my suspicion all along. Mr. Mueller knows....
Wed Mar 6, 2019, 12:59 AM
Mar 2019

Trump will go ape-shit ballistic if and when one of the kids or Kushner is indicted. Faux News, right-wing talk radio and social media will follow in lockstep.

IMO, it will happen and there ain't enough popcorn in the world for that upcoming period in our history......

triron

(21,984 posts)
3. The stuff about indictments has more credibility than when it will happen.
Wed Mar 6, 2019, 01:16 AM
Mar 2019

When is 'soon'? No one knows except maybe Mueller.

Tactical Peek

(1,207 posts)
7. He said Mueller might file the big ones this Friday,
Wed Mar 6, 2019, 03:30 AM
Mar 2019

He said Mueller might file the big ones this Friday, because indictments seem to come on Fridays and the next Friday would be the Ides of March, and they would want to avoid the extra drama and so forth.

Heh.

Sherman A1

(38,958 posts)
8. That seems only logical
Wed Mar 6, 2019, 07:25 AM
Mar 2019

An investigation would work from the outside in and the bottom up. I hardly find this to be some earth shattering revelation.

Sounds simply like more noise to fill airtime between ads for drugs we never knew we needed.

hlthe2b

(102,138 posts)
9. He could lay out the "meat" of any report in those indictments AND point to a sealed indictment for
Wed Mar 6, 2019, 08:04 AM
Mar 2019

Trump--thereby getting around any efforts Barr makes to suppress any "real" report.

OnDoutside

(19,948 posts)
10. What would be a real mic drop moment, is just as Mueller enters Barr's office, the big indictments
Wed Mar 6, 2019, 01:52 PM
Mar 2019

are made public.

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