Friday, March 22, 2019 and the early part of Saturday.
THE RUSSIAN INVESTIGATION
Mueller Report Submitted
- Mueller report sent to attorney general, signaling his Russia investigation has ended
- Breaking: Robert Mueller has completed his report
- Mueller Delivers Report on Russia Investigation to Attorney General
- Letter from U.S. attorney general to lawmakers on Mueller report
Dear Chairman Graham, Chairman Nadler, Ranking Member Feinstein, and Ranking Member Collins:
I write to notify you pursuant to 28 C.F.R. 600.9(a)(3) that Special Counsel Robert S. Mueller III has concluded his investigation of Russian interference in the 2016 election and related matters. In addition to this notification, the Special Counsel regulations require that I provide you with “a description and explanation of instances (if any) in which the Attorney General” or acting Attorney General “concluded that a proposed action by a Special Counsel was so inappropriate or unwarranted under established Departmental practices that it should not be pursued.” 28 C.F.R. 600.9(a)(3). There were no such instances during the Special Counsel’s investigation.
The Special Counsel has submitted to me today a “confidential report explaining the prosecution or delineation decisions” he has reached, as required by 28 C.F.R. 600.8(c). I am reviewing the report and anticipate that I may be in a position to advise you of the Special Counsel’s principal conclusions as soon as this weekend.
Separately, I intend to consult with Deputy Attorney General Rosenstein and Special Counsel Mueller to determine what other information from the report can be released to Congress and the public consistent with the law, including the Special Counsel regulations, and the Department’s long-standing practices and policies. I remain committed to as much transparency as possible, and I will keep you informed as to the status of my review.
Finally, the Special Counsel regulations provide that “the Attorney General may determine that public release of” this notification “would be in the public interest.” I have so determined, and I will disclose this letter to the public after delivering it to you.
Sincerely,
William P. Barr
Attorney General
- ‘If you took it all in in one day, it would kill you’: What Mueller’s investigation has already revealed
- A key Mueller question is answered: The Justice Department didn’t block any investigations
- Mueller has “more indictments coming,” John Dean speculates
- Mueller Has Delivered His Final Report, Here’s What We Know
- Review | Every report on past presidential scandal was a warning. Why didn’t we listen?
- Robert Mueller has ‘more indictments coming’ and ‘there’ll be a general conspiracy indictment,’ says former watergate counsel John Dean
- We Already Know There Was Collusion
- With Mueller’s work concluded, what will the people be told?
- Rick Wilson: D.C is full of chatter that Mueller is wrapping it today, that the report will exonerate Trump, and that no one else is getting indicted. Not one of the reports comes from Mueller. Not. One. He. Does. Not. Leak. Getting played by the Trump WH/DOJ is a bad look.
- Tea Pain: FUN FACT: Any rumor you hear sayin’ no more indictments didn’t come from the Special Counsel’s office and is 100% on message with what the White House is pushin’.
- Tom Jones: 1 MSM reporters have repeatably been fooled over the last month by dunces like Matt Schlapp & Trump. MSM should do some self reflection & reverse engineer their phony leads to figure out who played them & how. It clearly benefits team Trump/Putin to say Mueller is wrapping up. THREAD
- Greg Olear: This. He’s right. Mueller doesn’t speak, leaving the airwaves open for Trumpist spin. When indictments fly and the report comes out, and the good guys can actually speak, everything will change in a hurry.
- Countercheckist: I see the despair trolls are hard at work today. Their Chicken Little routine of: – Rosenstein can’t be trusted! – Mueller can’t be trusted! – They won’t prosecute anyone! – Mueller will be fired! – Putin conquered the DOJ! … has never once proven accurate. Relax, patriots. 🙂
- Tea Pain: Tea’d bet a six-pack of Milla Light that Mueller has weeks and weeks of work ahead and this “Mueller Report any moment” mania was spawned from Trump loyalists in key positions leakin’ to the press. This is designed to create “Mueller Fatigue” and lack of trust in the press.
- Andrew Laufer, ESQ: Been seeing much despair and deza floating around twitter lately which also seems somewhat coordinated. Don’t listen to it. Believe that our country will repel this chekist inspired plague of corruption. The WH is under an FBI counterintelligence investigation. POTUS is a 1/. THREAD
- Natasha Bertrand: 🤔as we await Mueller’s report: A lawyer for Andrew Miller, the longtime Roger Stone associate, tells me today that Mueller’s office still wants Miller to testify before the grand jury. (Miller has been fighting the subpoena since last summer.). As for Jerome Corsi, who was apparently given a draft indictment by Mueller’s office late last year—he tells me he hasn’t heard from the Mueller team since November.
- PostimusMaximus: Congrats to all the journalists out there who only took about 4 months of saying it was ‘this friday” every friday to finally be correct.
- Angry Staffer: Well, here we go. Mueller’s report is in. Guys — a point of order: just because Barr has the report doesn’t mean there are no more indictments coming. Mueller had to submit a report of who he charged and why, and who he didn’t charge and why. Some of those he charged could very well still be under seal. Congress may get the report as soon as tomorrow. I trust Adam Schiff to get the whole truth out of the report. He has the means to force a briefing on the material, particularly the counterintelligence portion of the investigation.
- Adrienne Cobb: Keep in mind it’s likely to take at least a week for Barr to review the report
- Scott Stedman: Word of caution: Could be days or weeks before congress sees the report. But word is that Barr has the report.
- Justin Fishel: Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s much-anticipated report — the product of nearly two years of investigation — has now been handed to the Justice Department for Attorney General Bill Barr’s review, and Congress has been notified of the transfer, a DOJ spokeswoman just announced.
- Louise Mensch: Once again Twitter seems to be all out of big-boy pants. #MuellerReport It’s all going to work out fine, except for the traitors. Mini-thread.
- ThreadReader for Louise
- Mueller report sent to attorney general, signaling his Russia investigation has ended
- PostimusMaximus: I’m gonna try to relax for a bit, but a few last things : – We don’t know what’s in the report. – No indictments from Mueller does not mean no wrongdoing occurred, and it also doesn’t mean SDNY or someone won’t indict for other crimes – Lots and lots of loose ends to cover. Mueller’s job was to do Mueller’s job. It wasn’t his job to do SDNY’s job, or to do Congress’s job. I’m looking forward to some Mueller open Congressional hearings though.
- Louise Mensch: Yes, I see people quoting the ‘senior DoJ source’ that there are “no further indictments”. What I think it means is that all the indictments already exist under seal, which is what I reported. It could also mean ‘because Mueller has referred them elsewhere’. Or, it’s just wrong. And, it’s possible that all my sources are wrong and nobody else, not Jerome Corsi, not anybody else whomsoever, is going to be indicted. And if that is the case, I will stay on here and take all the kicking everybody can give me. But I don’t believe it. At all.
- John Schindler: I told you this day was coming. In March, even. So did Brennan and Cockburn. Today, DoJ announced they have received Mueller’s SCO report. When, exactly? 🙂 We’re dissecting all this over at @thespybrief. Cheers to Team Mueller for almost 2 years of hard work for our country.
- Dan Rather: In other news… Oh, never mind, Just kidding. I’m waiting with the rest of you.
- Tea Pain: Mueller forwarded evidence to 11 other investigations, many leadin’ to indictments such as Butina and Cohen, so why are folks jumpin’ outta windows because his office didn’t issue conspiracy indictments? This ain’t the end of Trump’s troubles. It’s just the beginnin’.
The Mueller Report has been delivered. That is all we know with certainty. Everything else is either speculation, disinformation (deza), or a mix of the two. That especially includes the self-congratulatory reports that Mueller did not find evidence of collusion or will not bring any more charges. Like I mentioned yesterday (Daily Check-In 03/21/2019), Mueller’s team doesn’t say shit. I saw a lot of trolls coming out of the woodwork celebrating this like they just won the lottery. The exact same thing happened with the Nunes Memo, the House Report, and every other piece that was ripped to pieces. Hell, it was the same people that are celebrating now that did it then. At this point, they’ve moved the goalposts so far back that anything that doesn’t include a perp walk out of the Oval Office as a victory.
By the way, that unnamed source close to the investigation that was the primary source for the stories saying that there would be no more indictments came from Trump’s team. Probably Rudy Giuliani himself.
Mueller’s Report will likely contain his actions, his findings, why he did what he did and didn’t do what he didn’t do, why he charged who he charged and why he didn’t charge who he didn’t charge. This is where the spin will come in. I fully expect Team Trump to celebrate things like “We didn’t prosecute Person X” while ignoring the second half of the sentence “because we referred their multiple investigations to other jurisdictions.” If you want to know where those jurisdictions are, look at The Justice League and see where those attorneys came from. Many of them have returned to their home offices, like Zainab Ahmed to the Eastern District of New York. Odds are those attorneys are waiting for the signal to push forward on their cases.
The big question is what happens now? Well, we wait. We wait until Barr sends his report to Congress. If his report doesn’t include the full report, expect the House Intel and House Judiciary committees to subpoena the report and Robert Mueller to testify. If it does include a copy of the report, will it be redacted or not? If so, who will see the unreacted copy?
According to rumors I’m hearing on Saturday afternoon, Barr is working with Rosenstein and Mueller today and could have something submitted tonight. This, along with what I have to say in the Coda is why I’m publishing this on a Saturday.
- Democrat compares Jared Kushner’s WhatsApp use to seeking a Russian back channel: What’s he trying to keep ‘secret’?
- Jared Kushner Using WhatsApp for White House Business Is ‘Far More Egregious’ Than Hillary Clinton’s Emails, Cyber-security Expert Says
- Opinion | So will we ‘lock up’ Ivanka and Jared for violating government email policy?
- The Crown Prince of Trumpistan Jared Kushner is even worse than you think.
- Roger Stone Is Still Doing Interviews, Takes the Opportunity to Call Another Investigation a ‘Fishing Expedition’
- Zoe Tillman: The govt and banks Paul Manafort owes money to are still negotiating how to handle the forfeiture of his assets, per new status report. This case is being handled by Mueller’s office and DOJ Criminal Division (report is signed by the Crim Division atty) This is one example of cases that came out of Mueller’s investigation where they’ve been working with other DOJ units for a while now, laying the groundwork to smoothly spin them off whenever Mueller is done (and I *do not know* when that will be) the US attorney’s office in DC. At several early hearings, the DC prosecutors, not Mueller’s lawyers, took the lead in the proceedings
- 3-22-19-Manafort-Forfeiture-Status-Report.pdf
COHEN, NEW YORK, AND THE OTHER LAWSUITS
- Trump Has Slapped His Brand On Images Of The White House To Sell At His Trump Store
- Trump profiting from presidency by selling White House-branded merchandise via his ‘Trump Store’
- Why Have So Many Trump Officials Used Private Messaging for Government Business?
TRUMP THE RUSSIAN ASSET A.K.A. INDIVIDUAL-1
- Trump abruptly reverses Treasury’s North Korea-related sanctions on Chinese shippers
- With One Reckless Tweet, Trump Just Upended His Already Incoherent North Korea Strategy
- Trump says he’s bucking Treasury, reversing NKorea sanctions
- Trump will remove new North Korea-related sanctions because he ‘likes’ Kim Jong Un
- President Trump cancels new sanctions targeting North Korea in stunning tweet that overrides his Treasury Dept.
- John Schindler: I’m definitely tired of all the #WINNING now. It’s official: USG no longer has a foreign policy system, it has Cheeto Jesus (who, btw, has no idea what he’s doing). Just like in all the other banana republics, politics is personal to the maximum leader.
- This was the last week of the Trump presidency as we know it – CNN Politics
- Trump administration losing 94 percent of lawsuits over illegal policy changes
- Trump Nominates Famous Idiot Stephen Moore to Federal Reserve Board
- Trump said America is more united than ever. A majority of Americans disagree.
- Trump warns ‘people will not stand’ for Mueller report if it portrays him badly
- President Bone Spurs Continues His Assault on Dead War Hero John McCain and Even His Base Doesn’t Like It
- Conway: Trump ‘thinks he needs to be reelected to avoid indictment’
- Donald Trump Just Picked A Laughingstock For A Huge Federal Reserve Job | Stephen Moore is a joke in the economics profession.
- Donald Trump Seems To Be Greeting Journalists With “No Collusion” Instead Of “Hello” Now
TRAITOR TOTS
CULT 45
FIGHTING BACK
CONGRESS
- Adam Schiff Threatens to Subpoena Mueller’s Evidence If Necessary
- Oversight Chair Demands Kushner’s Secret WhatsApp Messages With ‘Foreign Leaders’ | HuffPost
- Sen. Schumer warns Trump not to interfere with release of Mueller report
EMERGENCIES, SHUTDOWN & IMMIGRATION
- 9-Year-Old Girl Detained for 32 Hours by Border Patrol
- CBP Detains 9-Year-Old US Citizen For 36 Hours, Accuses Her 14-Year-Old Brother Of Sex Trafficking
- Complaint: ICE Gave Muslim Detainee Only Pork Sandwiches
- ICE frees ‘Dreamer’ flight attendant, a Texas A&M grad, who was locked up after Mexico flight
RACISM, RIGHT WING TERRORISM, & WHITE NATIONALISM
- 8chan looks like a terrorist recruiting site after the New Zealand shootings. Should the government treat it like one?
- Counties that hosted a 2016 Trump rally saw a 226 percent increase in hate crimes
- Giuliani spreads misleading video alleging Ilhan Omar took classes in terrorism
- Hate crimes increased 226% in places Trump held a campaign rally in 2016, study claims
- Steve King Has Water Thrown At Him While Dining In Iowa, Day After Criticizing Katrina Survivors
- Why far-right attackers aren’t charged as domestic terrorists
- Trump’s rhetoric does inspire more hate crimes
#METOO & WOMEN’S RIGHTS
COLD WAR 2.0
- Dr. Dena Grayson: WOW….massive turnout in London for a march to demand a NEW #Brexit vote.🇬🇧#PutItToThePeopleMarch #PeoplesVote
- Trump’s decision on Golan Heights met with international condemnation
- Responding to Trump, France says Israeli sovereignty over Golan breaks international law
#NEVERAGAIN
- Shannon Watts: The woman who says she was the real Parkland victim: An @NRA gun saleswoman. Dana Loesch compares her CNN town hall appearance – which the @NRA hoped would boost gun sales, but ended up backfiring – to the Salem witch trials. 🤔
- Former East Pittsburgh officer found not guilty in fatal shooting of unarmed teenager
- Pennsylvania officer who fatally shot Antwon Rose in East Pittsburgh is acquitted
- Shannon Watts: Pro-tip: If you’re running for President – as a Democrat or Republican – @MomsDemand volunteers will be at every single stop you make in every single city to ask you about your gun violence prevention policies and priorities. We’re in the red shirts. 👋
FIXING THE INTERNET
THE PROPAGANDA MACHINE
- Julia Davis: Turn on #Russia’s state TV. Listen to the Russian translation of Glenn Greenwald bashing the Mueller investigation on Fox News. Ponder the meaning of life. Wait for another #IndictmentFriday
- Andrew Laufer, ESQ: Wait, @ggreenwald on Fox News bashing the Mueller investigation while being translated into Russian and broadcast on Russia’s state TV. Unpossible! Get it now, people?
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Blames Right-Wing Media For Daily Death Threats
- Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez Reminds Us the Halls of Congress Are Crawling With Fox News Grandpas
- Dan Rather Issues Chilling Warning About Fox News And Radio Moscow
- Dan Rather: Fox News ‘Closest We’ve Come to State-Run Media’
- Fox News has normalized a lie about the origins of the Russia investigation
- Fox News’ Tucker Carlson Wants To Know When Roger Stone Is Getting Pardoned
- Ocasio-Cortez blasts Fox News: Why are ‘grown men just obsessed with this 29-year-old?’
- Quillette, Ben Shapiro, and the Myth of Conservative ‘Facts’
- Trouble In Paradise? Trump Glares At Fox News’ John Roberts After McCain Questions.
WHITE HOUSE CHAOS
BOEING
- NASA rocket becomes Boeing’s latest headache as Trump demands moon mission
- Nikki Haley, who fought union effort at Boeing S.C. plant, nominated to jet maker’s board
TRADE WAR, HEALTH CARE, AND ECONOMY
- Billionaires May Pose the Single Greatest Threat to American Democracy
- Dow falls 460 points as US recession indicator flashes red
- Recording Reveals Oil Industry Execs Laughing at Trump Access
- U.S. Posts Largest-Ever Monthly Budget Deficit in February
- Wall Street wins again as Trump administration plans quiet rollback of pension protections | Lump-sum looting is coming back.
- Finland’s health-care system is ranked among the best in the world. Someone tell Nikki Haley.
- Trump’s own economists now agree: GOP tax cuts are failing to spark growth
- Why should my bad credit score impact my car insurance? Rashida Tlaib’s bill fixes that.
- Trump administration plan to offer lump-sum payout to private pension holders is a Wall Street scam: Lump-sum looting is coming back.
GOP: THE PARTY OF LINCOLN IS DEAD
- Rick Wilson: My newest piece: Profiles in Chickenshit from the Grand Old Party as Trump Spits on John McCain’s American Greatness Contains strong language for all you delicate MAGA snowflakes and your soft feels.
- Profiles in Chickenshit From the Grand Old Party as Trump Spits on John McCain’s American Greatness
CRIME AND PUNISHMENT
- Former East Pittsburgh officer found not guilty in fatal shooting of unarmed teenager
- Pennsylvania officer who fatally shot Antwon Rose in East Pittsburgh is acquitted
- OxyContin Maker Sackler Family Sued by 500 Cities, Shunned by Tate Galleries
ENVIRONMENT & SCIENCE
- GoFundMe Bans Anti-Vaxxers Who Raise Money to Spread Misinformation
- McConnell aims to use Green New Deal to divide Democrats, but party is unifying against his show vote
- Only 12% of Republican Fox News viewers believe climate change is man-made
- Ocasio-Cortez: Green New Deal ‘narratives are manipulated’ to make us ‘give up’
ELECTIONS
- An election all about our Gilded Age levels of inequality
- Following Citizens United, foreign-owned corporations funnel millions into US elections
- Gov. Tony Evers removes Scott Walker’s appointees as legislators seek to reinstate lame-duck laws
- Wisconsin Dem governor removes 82 Scott Walker appointees added during lame-duck session
THINKING AHEAD
- CREW Calls on All 2020 Candidates to Release 10 Years of Tax Returns – CREW
- Kamala Harris pitches big increase in teacher pay
- Countercheckist: Just like the midterms; defeating tRUmp/GOP in 2020 is a national security imperative. If Democrats really want to save the Republic, they’ll focus on finding a candidate who’s electable nationwide. To change govt policies & the civic discussion, first you have to win elections.
- Shannon Watts: Pro-tip: If you’re running for President – as a Democrat or Republican – @MomsDemand volunteers will be at every single stop you make in every single city to ask you about your gun violence prevention policies and priorities. We’re in the red shirts. 👋
PROGRESS IS PROGRESS
- Poll: Younger voters want universal basic income while older ones reject it overwhelmingly
- San Antonio City Council drops Chick-fil-A from airport concession deal over anti-LGBTQ donations
- Michigan will no longer fund adoption agencies that refuse gay parents
RUMOR MILL
- John Schindler: Not a single peep out of @realDonaldTrump yet today (who usually tweets like a madman at Mar-A-Lago. Because silence when he’s been “vindicated” is totally Trump’s style. 🙂
- Ming: Ming good, just waitin… Ming thinking report so bad Barr couldn’t hold off on it…. ❤
- Andrew Laufer, ESQ: Hearing the same. Been told things are going to get very messy in DC.
- Countercheckist: Minutes after news broke of the report being delivered, the tRUmpers were celebrating “no collusion.” They haven’t read one f—king sentence of the report. Did tRUmp’s behavior starting last weekend seem like it came from someone expecting vindication? Let the process play out.
- Greg Olear: Before dawn on the East Coast, I’ve now slept on the Mueller Report news. A few thoughts: [THREAD]
- Thread by @gregolear: “Before dawn on the East Coast, I’ve now slept on the Mueller Report news. A few thoughts: [THREAD] 1/ Trump is famously a sore loser & t […]”
- Tea Pain: Still scratchin’ your noggin’ over why Mueller brought no conspiracy indictments? A tiny piece of news you may have missed tonight could unlock the mystery. Tea Pain games out “Mueller’s Final Move.”
- Post | Tea Pain USA | @TeaPainUSA | All aboard the Tea Pain Train!
- Tea Pain: BOOM! #SDNY just hired Audrey Strauss, the attorney that beat Trump’s original fixer, Roy Cohn, to lead the investigation against Trump’s inner circle. This may explain why Mueller didn’t indict Don Jr. in D.C. Tea Pain games out “Mueller’s Final Move.”
That’s it for Friday. Well, mostly. This timeline is kicking me in the teeth right now. I don’t want to go into too many details, but yesterday we discovered my dad had a stroke earlier this week. I’ll go into more details down the road, but the most “but wait, there’s more” moment of the whole thing is while I’m at the ER giving them information on his health history, I get the notification that the Mueller Report was submitted.
Are you fucking kidding me?
I make jokes about bad timing all the time, but this might actually be the most Fuck You case of bad timing I’ve ever had. I’d like to say I’m surprised, but I’d be lying.
Needless to say, things will be nuts for the foreseeable future. I’ll update when I can, but I’m being pulled in about 90 different directions. I’ll make time when I can, and I’m still in the fight. I just have to take care of getting an elderly stroke victim to stop screaming obscenities at his nurses.
Thank you, and have a good one.
“Without Journalists, it’s just propaganda.”
– Katy Tur
None of this is Normal 
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