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Mueller Probe Into U.A.E. Influence Broadens
Wall Street Journal ^ | 3 April 2018 | Byron Tau, Rebecca Ballhaus and Aruna Viswanatha

Posted on 04/03/2018 10:25:00 AM PDT by Magnatron

Special counsel Robert Mueller has asked questions about the work of a private consulting firm that has undertaken projects for the United Arab Emirates, according to people familiar with the investigation, suggesting his probe is looking more deeply at foreign influence in Washington.

The questions by Mr. Mueller’s team concern a private consulting firm, Wikistrat, as well as two of its co-founders, Joel Zamel and Daniel Green.

Wikistrat—which was founded in Israel in 2010 and today is based in Washington, D. C.—bills itself as a crowdsourced consulting firm that draws on a large network of experts to help analyze geopolitical problems on behalf of corporate clients and governments.

Marc Mukasey, a lawyer for Messrs. Zamel and Green and Wikistrat, said that his clients aren’t a focus of the probe.

(Excerpt) Read more at wsj.com ...


TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: mueller
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To: Col Frank Slade

What about Mexican collusion?


21 posted on 04/03/2018 11:02:43 AM PDT by Hotlanta Mike ("You can avoid reality, but you can't avoid the consequences of avoiding reality.")
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To: Magnatron

Yet he still can’t find Hillary Clinton.


22 posted on 04/03/2018 11:05:03 AM PDT by Vince Ferrer
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To: Magnatron

I’d like to probe Mueller, with Negan’s Lucille.


23 posted on 04/03/2018 11:05:29 AM PDT by mass55th (Courage is being scared to death - but saddling up anyway...John Wayne)
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To: Magnatron

Fire Mueller. He is way out of bounds.


24 posted on 04/03/2018 11:05:59 AM PDT by Rapscallion (The tragedy of politics is that it can make good people hate each other.)
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To: Rapscallion

Fire Rosenstein too for being an obstacle.


25 posted on 04/03/2018 11:07:10 AM PDT by Rapscallion (The tragedy of politics is that it can make good people hate each other.)
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To: Magnatron

The ABC of Mueller and the media:
“Anybody But China”.

LOL! So transparent.


26 posted on 04/03/2018 11:10:17 AM PDT by mrsmith (Dumb sluts: Lifeblood of the Media, Backbone of the Democrat/RINO Party!)
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To: Fantasywriter

I don’t think that would cover him, specifically with the role his former Chief of Staff and Senior Council John Carlin in the Michael Flynn debacle.

But I don’t think anyone is going to push it, even if it didn’t.

I am not as down on Sessions as some people, simply because I think he made a big mistake recusing himself right off the bat, but people advising him should have helped him avoid that mistake, IMO. That was done for political reasons more than ethical ones, but it has caused damage.

Hell, I have had as much fun as anyone with the “That wouldn’t have happened if Jeff Sessions were alive” meme, but I believe he is a principled and smart guy and not in someone’s pocket, and all the damage done with his recusal makes it hard to see.

But that is just me. I understand others feel differently.


27 posted on 04/03/2018 11:10:20 AM PDT by rlmorel (Leftists: They believe in the "Invisible Hand" only when it is guided by government.)
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To: Magnatron

Muellers investigation is all about creating jobs for unemployed Clinton supporters.


28 posted on 04/03/2018 11:12:24 AM PDT by Brilliant
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To: Magnatron

You know, my neighbor has been kind of trespassing onto my property a lot lately. Could Meuller take some time to investigate what’s up with that while he’s at it?


29 posted on 04/03/2018 11:16:51 AM PDT by CharlesWayneCT
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To: Magnatron

Hey Robert..keep looking. Every place you DO look, Hillary’s name crops up.


30 posted on 04/03/2018 11:19:36 AM PDT by stylin19a (Best.Election.of.All-Times.Ever.In.The.History.Of.Ever)
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To: Magnatron

...and suspiciously, specifically, never moving in the direction of a democrat.


31 posted on 04/03/2018 11:21:57 AM PDT by fuzzylogic (welfare state = sharing consequences of poor moral choices among everybody)
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To: Col Frank Slade

Oh my God! Shock! The whole rest of the world is trying to manipulate the US and influence us to their ends. The horror.


32 posted on 04/03/2018 11:22:01 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: Magnatron

Perpetual motion!


33 posted on 04/03/2018 11:26:16 AM PDT by oxcart (Journalism [sic])
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To: marron

Look for Chinese collusion. And Saudi collusion. And Qatari collusion.

Don’t forget the Dutch. Big players in election collusion. I think they used chocolate or hot cocoa to influence the election. After spending about $42M dollars, Mueller bagged some Dutch guy for a process crime and got him 30 days in jail. Tax payer money well spent! Another $500M or so and I’m sure Mueller can find all the crimes on the planet even tangentially related to the election.


34 posted on 04/03/2018 11:35:55 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: Magnatron
Last year's Mantra: "Are you getting tired of winning yet?"

This year's Mantra: "Are you getting tired of 3D Chess yet?"

35 posted on 04/03/2018 11:38:05 AM PDT by CardCarryingMember.VastRightWC ("Blessed are the young, for they shall inherit the national debt" - Pr. Herbert Hoover)
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To: Magnatron

Going after Kushner


36 posted on 04/03/2018 11:39:07 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: Meet the New Boss

O RLY? So where is the indictment of lobbyist Tony Podesta? Wasn’t he doing basically the same kind of things Manafort and Gates were doing?

Mueller’s investigation is like a cop ticketing someone for dropping a candy wrapper on the ground while 5 feet away a robber is running out the door of a bank carrying a sack of cash.


37 posted on 04/03/2018 11:39:39 AM PDT by Flick Lives
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To: Signalman

Kushner business interests


38 posted on 04/03/2018 11:40:00 AM PDT by silverleaf (A man who kneels for the national anthem doesn't stand for much of anything)
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To: Magnatron

Didn’t Cankles get $1m from the UAE?

Mueller is looking into that!?

Nah.

5.56mm


39 posted on 04/03/2018 11:46:28 AM PDT by M Kehoe
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To: Flick Lives

You mean like this ... ?

https://youtu.be/ELCvlV6ooos?t=99


40 posted on 04/03/2018 11:51:53 AM PDT by Westbrook (Children do not divide your love, they multiply it)
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