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In reply to the discussion: Here's what will happen on DU when the Mueller report is released [View all]The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,691 posts)People in general are disposed to believe what they want to believe, and if known facts don't support their suppositions there's a tendency to assume facts not in evidence and spin a more acceptable theory from them.
But I have no doubt that Mueller has found all manner of creepy-crawlies under the rocks he's turned over, but we don't know - yet - exactly what they are. It is possible he won't find the smoking gun - the hard, incontrovertible evidence that Trump himself was part of the conspiracy by the Russians to influence the election. That could be because Trump doesn't use email and tends to speak in the "code" Cohen described: he doesn't tell you directly what to do; he just states what he wants to be true and you go ahead and see that it becomes true.
But I got to thinking about Watergate, which I am old enough to remember very well and which had me glued to the tv for hours. They never found proof that Nixon ordered, approved, or even knew about the break-in beforehand, although a lot of people thought he did. What he got busted for was the cover-up - in particular, the "smoking gun" tape showed conclusively that he conspired after the fact to have the FBI stop the investigation.
I expect that Mueller has solid evidence of a conspiracy to influence the election. Who, exactly, are the provable, indictable participants, apart from the already-indicted, remain unknown to us for now. But Trump, like Nixon, will be busted, somehow, for the cover-up, that is, obstruction of justice. And SDNY and other jurisdictions are quite likely to nail him and his sleazy family for financial crimes. I have no pet theories but I'm confident that "a cavalcade of corruption" will be discovered. I may be surprised but I don't think I'll be disappointed.