Wow. Mike Pompeo, who was CIA director when FBI opened counterintelligence investigation into Trump in May 2017, refuses to answer questions about if he knew about it. Bizarrely, he ends his non-answer by referring further questions to Vladimir Putin.

https://twitter.com/atrupar/status/1098570590401777664

Fascinating interview of Andy McCabe by @mitchellreports. Trump knew he was a subject of the FBI investigation almost as soon as it happened. Which makes it much easier for prosecutors to establish actions Trump took thereafter were designed to obstruct the investigation.

https://twitter.com/JoyceWhiteVance/status/1098635517745422336

Dems prepare to force Trump to reveal private talks with Putin

Key chairmen met with the House general counsel in a bid to put any subpoena fight on firm legal ground.

House Democrats are taking their first real steps to force President Donald Trump to divulge information about his private conversations with Russian President Vladimir Putin, setting up an extraordinary clash with the White House over Congress’ oversight authority.

Rep. Adam Schiff, the Intelligence Committee chairman, and Rep. Eliot Engel, the Foreign Affairs Committee chairman, told POLITICO they are actively consulting with House General Counsel Douglas Letter about the best way to legally compel the Trump administration to turn over documents or other information related to the president’s one-on-one discussions with the Russian leader.

“I had a meeting with the general counsel to discuss this and determine the best way to find out what took place in those private meetings — whether it’s by seeking the interpreter’s testimony, the interpreter’s notes, or other means,” Schiff (D-Calif.) said in a brief interview.

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In particular, Democrats say they want to find out what Trump and Putin discussed during their private meeting in Helsinki last July, where Trump put himself at odds with the U.S. intelligence community and declared — while standing next to the Russian president — that the Kremlin did not interfere in the 2016 elections.

More: https://www.politico.com/story/2019/02/16/dems-trump-putin-private-talks-1173275

So, recapping:

Evidence in Stone’s case was discovered while looking at the Russians who were charged with interfering in our election.

We also know Stone was directed by a senior campaign official to contact Wikileaks.

Wikileaks = Russian Intelligence = Collusion

Checkmate.

https://twitter.com/AngrierWHStaff/status/1096524389682741248

THIS JUST IN: Senate Finance Committee launches bipartisan investigation into conservative think tank over Maria Butina meetings with senior U.S. administration officials in 2015.

Story TK
https://twitter.com/timkmak/status/1096522900599959553

Just out: Mueller says that in Russian hacker investigation, several search warrants were executed "on accounts that contained Stone’s communications with Guccifer 2.0 and with Organization 1" (WikiLeaks). Warrants discussed further in sealed addendum


"The defendant's false statements did not arise in a vacuum," Mueller team writes. Made in the course of an investigation of "possible links" between Russian individuals, WikiLeaks, and US persons (including Stone)
https://twitter.com/awprokop/status/1096522172753948672

Big scoop by @PamelaBrownCNN: Sarah Sanders has been interviewed by Mueller

https://twitter.com/yashar/status/1096503674157772800

National Enquirer Publisher Asked Justice Department for Advice on Saudi Connection

American Media inquired about having to register as foreign agent after publishing glossy magazine promoting Saudi Arabia and its new crown prince

(I'm not a member, so that all I can copy & paste...)

More: https://www.wsj.com/articles/national-enquirer-publisher-asked-justice-department-for-advice-on-saudi-connection-11549908996