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Adam Schiff To Mueller: You’re Letting Trump Off The Hook! "It's a Mistake!"
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| 03/12/2019
| Ed Morrissey
Posted on 03/12/2019 8:53:12 AM PDT by SeekAndFind
How would Adam Schiff know? Robert Mueller may soon bring his special-counsel probe to a close, and it appears that the end will come without Donald Trump getting interrogated in person — either in a deposition or in a grand-jury proceeding. The House Intelligence Committee chair told Chuck Todd on yesterday’s Meet the Press that Mueller’s making a mistake in letting Trump off the hook with only written responses:
CHUCK TODD:You know, it looks like, we don’t know this for sure. But it looks like Robert Mueller’s going to complete his investigation without subpoenaing the president before the grand jury or coming up with a way to have him interviewed before the grand jury. President Clinton went before Ken Starr’s grand jury. In hind– If indeed Mr. Mueller decides not to issue that subpoena or figure out how to get the president in front of that grand jury, is that going to have been a mistake considering we have so many questions about who — whose testimony should you believe: Michael Cohen’s or Donald Trump’s?
REP. ADAM SCHIFF:Yes, I think it is a mistake. And I’ve said all along that I don’t think Bob Mueller should rely on written answers. When you get written answers from a witness, it’s really the lawyers’ answers as much as the client’s answer. And here you need to be able to ask follow-up questions in real time. But I think the constraint that Bob Mueller’s operating under is he had an acting attorney general who was appointed because he would be hostile to a subpoena on the president. And now he has a permanent attorney general who was chosen for the same hostility to his investigation, who would likely oppose that step. I also think that the special counsel feels some time pressure to conclude his work. And knowing that the White House would drag out a fight over the subpoena, that may be an issue as well. But I do think ultimately it’s a mistake because probably the best way to get the truth would be to put the president under oath. Because as he’s made plain in the past, he feels it’s perfectly fine to lie to the public. After all, he has said, “It’s not like I’m talking before a magistrate.” Well, maybe he should talk before a magistrate.
The special counsel has made it clear that he doesn’t face any time pressure. He’s been on the job 22 months, picking up the remains of a counterintelligence investigation that started nearly three years ago. There is no limiting statute on the length of Mueller’s investigation, and no real political limit either. Attorney General William Barr and Trump himself have the authority to end the investigation, but it would be political suicide to fire Mueller, and both know it.
A more likely explanation for Mueller’s lack of insistence on in-person interrogation is that his investigation has produced no public evidence of a foundation for it. Mueller has filed a lot of indictments, but none that relate to collusion with Russian intelligence on their efforts to influence the 2016 election. Maybe Mueller has more that has yet to have been made public, but one would have expected to see such evidence reflected in indictments of others involved in such collusion. Without any such evidence, the fight over a grand jury subpoena would almost certainly be a loser; a court is not going to grant roving prosecutors subpoena power over presidents simply for fishing expeditions.
It sounds as if Schiff is starting to believe that Mueller won’t have much to deliver in his final report to Barr. Speaking of which, ABC News reports today that senior Justice officials are already setting expectations about how the report will be handled:
Two senior Justice Department officials are privately dismissing claims by House Democrats that refusing to share special counsel Robert Mueller’s final report and other investigative materials with Congress would amount to a “double standard.”
The circumstances that led the Justice Department to disclose investigative information in other recent, high-profile cases now being cited by Democrats are “just not the same” as the circumstances surrounding the Mueller probe, one senior department official insisted to ABC News, speaking on the condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak publicly about it.
That official and another high-ranking Justice Department insider both pointed to what they see as one big difference: former FBI director James Comey.
House Democrats will cry foul after seeing the DoJ release over 800,000 pages of documents to Congress from the Hillary Clinton e-mail probe. That was done, ABC’s sources say, because the DoJ concluded that Comey “had in effect waived that privilege” with his public pronouncements about what the investigation found. Since that time, Justice officials have repeatedly reiterated normal policy on dealing with information on unindicted Americans, most recently by Rod Rosenstein two weeks ago today.
If Mueller follows the statute and DoJ protocols, though, it’s likely to be a moot point. If Mueller isn’t putting collusion into indictments, it won’t be in the final report either. That leaves Trump off the hook, as Schiff fears, and Democrats holding the bag after two years of promoting the investigation as the end of the Trump presidency.
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To: SeekAndFind
Hey adam ... is that the advice you gave comey about hillary ?
Didn't think so
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posted on
03/12/2019 8:54:20 AM PDT
by
knarf
(I say things that are true. I have no proof, but they're true)
To: SeekAndFind
If Mueller isnt putting collusion into indictments, it wont be in the final report either. But what does it matter? Collusion isn't a crime.
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posted on
03/12/2019 8:55:15 AM PDT
by
ClearCase_guy
(If White Privilege is real, why did Elizabeth Warren lie about being an Indian?)
To: knarf
Didn’t Schiff coach Cohen?
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posted on
03/12/2019 8:55:41 AM PDT
by
Jaded
(Pope Francis? Not really a fan... miss the last guy who recognized how Islam spread... the sword.ag)
To: SeekAndFind
Plant a gun and some drugs on him, Adam.
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posted on
03/12/2019 8:55:53 AM PDT
by
o-n-money
To: All; SeekAndFind
The case for Russia collusion
against the Democrats
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posted on
03/12/2019 8:56:24 AM PDT
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: SeekAndFind
Robert Mueller may soon bring his special-counsel probe to a closeI've been hearing this for 6 months.
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posted on
03/12/2019 8:57:55 AM PDT
by
1Old Pro
To: SeekAndFind
Schitt thinks actual evidence is unnecessary.
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posted on
03/12/2019 8:58:06 AM PDT
by
E. Pluribus Unum
(Capitalism produces EVERYTHING Socialists/Communists/Democratic-Socialists wish to "redistribute.")
To: ClearCase_guy
But what does it matter? Collusion isn't a crime. It can be.
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The story of Muellers involvement with the Clintons and the now infamous sale of uranium to Russia goes back to 2006
This startling discovery came earlier this year showing that Hillary Clintons State Department began a process to turn over another portion of that uranium to the Russians in 2009
The Obama Administrations Uranium One Scandal | Secretary of State Clinton with President Obama at a Cabinet meeting in 2012
A valid question is why did Obama and Clinton agree to provide this uranium, delivered by Mueller, to Russia in the first place?
And why the highly suspicious demand that the delivery take place on the Moscow airport tarmac?
The man who smuggled the uranium out of Russia in the 2006, Oleg Vladimirovich Khintsagov, was apprehended by authorities carrying 100 grams of highly enriched uranium tucked into a plastic bag in his tattered leather coat. A sample of the uranium captured during that sting operation was provided to the Russians who analyzed it and determined that it was indeed HEU.
The Russians did not ask for the uranium back, in fact the Russians worked hard to deny that the uranium came from Russia.
However, in 2009, the Obama Administration, led by Hillary Clinton, hand delivered HEU to Russia, even though Russia had already been given a sample.
There was no scientific reason to take the sample to them, so what other reason could there have been?
This delivery is especially pertinent since Mueller is leading this massive collusion investigation.
Why was this hidden from the public and Congress?
Why was the FBI informant on the case which involved the Clintons given a gag-order preventing him from speaking about it?
http://www.thelibertybeacon.com/robert-mueller-took-uranium-to-russians-on-tarmac-in-2009/
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Hillary Clinton & Robert Mueller Linked in Russian Uranium Exchange
American Liberty PAC ^ | Jun 20, 2017 | Kirk Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton facilitated a uranium exchange with Russian law enforcement by former FBI Director (and current chief Deep State inquisitor) Robert Mueller.
The exchange was exposed via a recent Wikileaks publication of a secret cable between Hillarys State Department and the Russian embassy.
Hillary sent Mueller to Moscow with orders to turn over a 10 gram sample of highly enriched uranium (HEU) which was obtained during a shadowy 2006 nuclear sting operation conducted in the Georgian Republic.
The ostensible reason for the transfer was to engender further trust between Russian and American law enforcement in the area of nuclear materials and to learn more about how to trace nuclear materials.
But when it comes to Hillary and Russian uranium interests, the shady Uranium One deal cannot pass unnoted.
There still has been no real investigation into how Hillary gave permission for a Russian company to acquire a quarter of the North American uranium reserves after Russian interests poured hundreds of millions into the Clinton Foundation and gave Bill Clinton six figure speaking fees.
At the very least, this exchange raises serious questions about the ability of Robert Mueller to do his job as special prosecutor on the Russian collusion charges since he already has connections to major figures in Russian law enforcement.
(Excerpt) Read more at americanlibertypac.com ...
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Special Counsel Mueller Literally Handed Uranium to the Russians!
IWB ^ | Mark Angelides We all know that the Russian Collusion investigation is nothing but a game to try and distract the population from actually caring about the day to day running of the country, but the charade has gone too far and some serious questions need to be asked; most especially of Special Counsel Robert Mueller.
WikiLeaks has put out a document that details then FBI Director Muellers itinerary on his visit to Russia to deliver 10 grams of Enriched Uranium.
One more time for those who missed it
Mueller hand delivered Highly Enriched Uranium to the Russian government!
(Excerpt) Read more at investmentwatchblog.com ...
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Gohmert: Mueller Covering Involvement In Clinton-Uranium Deal While Trying To Have A Coup Against Trump
Posted By Ian Schwartz
June 9, 2018
Rep. Louie Gohmert (R-Texas) said Saturday special counsel Robert Mueller is trying to cover up his involvement with the Uranium One deal that benefited the Clintons while trying to have a coup against the president.
REP. LOUIE GOHMERT (R-TX): Robert Mueller has done more damage during his 12 years as FBI director than any other probably all directors put together...
He has wasted money right and left.
Amazingly, hes hired people like [Andrew] Weissmann that worked with him and [Rod] Rosenstein in investigating the Russian illegal efforts to obtain our uranium which they quashed information in order to allow the sale to go through so that Hillary could get the $145 million for her foundation.
So it is really outrageous. Hes covering for himself at the same time hes trying to have a coup against the president.
https://www.realclearpolitics.com/video/2018/06/09/gohmert_mueller_covering_involvement_in_clinton-uranium_deal_while_trying_to_have_a_coup_against_trump.html
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posted on
03/12/2019 8:58:20 AM PDT
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: SeekAndFind
The mistake was putting Schiff in Congress.
To: ClearCase_guy
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posted on
03/12/2019 8:59:19 AM PDT
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: SeekAndFind
Hey, little A Damn Schitt....what were you doing at that hotel in West Hollywood?
Maybe someone should investigate HIM!
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posted on
03/12/2019 8:59:49 AM PDT
by
july4thfreedomfoundation
(President Trump is right! The media IS the enemy of the people!)
To: ClearCase_guy
FBI uncovered Russian bribery plot before Obama administration approved controversial nuclear deal with Moscow
John Solomon and Alison Spann
Oct 17, 2017
Before the Obama administration approved a controversial deal in 2010 giving Moscow control of a large swath of American uranium, the FBI had gathered substantial evidence that Russian nuclear industry officials were engaged in bribery, kickbacks, extortion and money laundering designed to grow Vladimir Putins atomic energy business inside the United States, according to government documents and interviews.
Federal agents used a confidential U.S. witness working inside the Russian nuclear industry to gather extensive financial records, make secret recordings and intercept emails as early as 2009 that showed Moscow had compromised an American uranium trucking firm with bribes and kickbacks in violation of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act, FBI and court documents show.
They also obtained an eyewitness account backed by documents indicating Russian nuclear officials had routed millions of dollars to the U.S. designed to benefit former President Bill Clintons charitable foundation during the time Secretary of State Hillary Clinton served on a government body that provided a favorable decision to Moscow, sources told The Hill.
The racketeering scheme was conducted with the consent of higher level officials in Russia who shared the proceeds from the kickbacks, one agent declared in an affidavit years later.
Rather than bring immediate charges in 2010, however, the Department of Justice (DOJ) continued investigating the matter for nearly four more years, essentially leaving the American public and Congress in the dark about Russian nuclear corruption on U.S. soil during a period when the Obama administration made two major decisions benefiting Putins commercial nuclear ambitions. ...
http://thehill.com/policy/national-security/355749-fbi-uncovered-russian-bribery-plot-before-obama-administration
Intermediary Who Facilitated Corrupt Payments to a Russian Nuclear Energy Official Sentenced for Money Laundering Conspiracy
A New Jersey businessman was sentenced to a year and one day in prison for Conspiracy to Commit Money Laundering in connection with his role in arranging corrupt payments to influence the awarding of contracts with the Russian state-owned nuclear energy corporation.
The sentence was announced by Acting Assistant Attorney General Kenneth A. Blanco, Acting U.S. Attorney Stephen M. Schenning for the District of Maryland; Special Agent in Charge Angela Sigler of the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Inspector General (DOE-OIG); and Assistant Director in Charge Andrew G. Vale of the FBIs Washington Field Office.
Boris Rubizhevsky, 67, of Closter, New Jersey was sentenced by U.S. District Judge Theodore D. Chuang to 12 months and one day in prison, followed by three years of supervised release. The defendant was also ordered to forfeit $26,500. Rubizhevsky pleaded guilty on June 15, 2015, to conspiracy to commit money laundering.
According to court documents, Rubizhevsky acted as an intermediary in connection with corrupt payments to co-conspirator Vadim Mikerin, the former director of the Pan American Department of JSC Techsnabexport (TENEX), a subsidiary of Russias State Atomic Energy Corporation and the sole supplier and exporter of Russian Federation uranium and uranium enrichment services to nuclear power companies worldwide.
According to court documents, between October 2011 and February 2013, Rubizhevsky and Mikerin agreed to conceal corrupt payments being made from the United States to overseas bank accounts for the benefit of Mikerin, including a payment to a foreign bank account located in Latvia. Rubizhevsky admitted that the conspirators used sham consulting agreements to disguise the corrupt payments.
Mikerin previously admitted that he conspired with Rubizhevsky and others to transmit more than $2 million from Maryland, and elsewhere in the United States, to offshore shell company bank accounts located in Cyprus, Latvia and Switzerland with the intent to promote violations of the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. Mikerin pleaded guilty to money laundering conspiracy in August 2015, and was sentenced in December 2015 to 48 months in prison for his role in the money laundering scheme.
The DOE-OIG and FBI investigated the case. Assistant Chiefs Christopher Cestaro and Ephraim Wernick and Trial Attorney Derek Ettinger of the Criminal Divisions Fraud Section and Assistant U.S. Attorneys David I. Salem and Michael T. Packard of the District of Maryland prosecuted the case.
https://www.justice.gov/opa/pr/intermediary-who-facilitated-corrupt-payments-russian-nuclear-energy-official-sentenced-money
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posted on
03/12/2019 8:59:55 AM PDT
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: SeekAndFind
Schiff for Brains is upset that the Mueller witch hunt has come up with nothing against Trump.
So he intends to start Congressional Hearings.
Pathetic little brown stain.
To: All
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posted on
03/12/2019 9:02:24 AM PDT
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: All
Sen. DAmato Drops Bomb: Hillary Allowed Russia to Take Ownership of US Uranium to Sell to Iran
Jim Hoft
Jul 3rd, 2016
Former Senator Al DAmato (R-NY) dropped a bomb on Sunday Morning Futures this AM. DAmato told Maria Bartiromo that Hillary allowed Russia to take ownership of US uranium so they could sell it to Iran.
Hillary made it possible for the Russians to take control of one of our huge uranium producers and allow them to own the company, export the uranium and who do they sell the uranium to? Iran!
Now if people knew that and that the foundation as a result of that got $135 million. I think people would start saying, What?
Its true.
In January 2013, Pravda celebrated the Russian atomic energy agencys purchase of the company Uranium One in Canada.
That same company, Uranium One, owned uranium concessions in the United States. Because uranium is a strategically important commodity, the Russians would need approval from the Obama administration, including Hillarys State Department, before the purchase took place.
Nine shareholders in Uranium One just happened to provide more than $145 million in donations to the Clinton Foundation in the run-up to State Department approval.
The Clintons took the cash from Uranium One officials before the deal was approved by Hillary Clintons State Department. The Clintons hid the donations which is a clear violation of the Memorandum of Understanding Hillary Clinton signed with the Obama administration wherein she promised and agreed to publicly disclose all donations during her tenure as Secreatary of State. (Via Breitbart)
The New York Times reported on the crooked deal in 2015.
As the Russians gradually assumed control of Uranium One in three separate transactions from 2009 to 2013, Canadian records show, a flow of cash made its way to the Clinton Foundation. Uranium Ones chairman used his family foundation to make four donations totaling $2.35 million. Those contributions were not publicly disclosed by the Clintons, despite an agreement Mrs. Clinton had struck with the Obama White House to publicly identify all donors. Other people with ties to the company made donations as well.
And then theres this...
Senator John Barrasso (R-WY) told Greta Van Susteren the deal Hillary approved gave Putin ownership of 20 percent of US uranium and Russia sells uranium to unfriendly countries, including Iran.
https://www.thegatewaypundit.com/2016/07/senator-damato-drops-bomb-hillary-allowed-russia-take-ownership-us-uranium-sell-iran-video/
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Obama allowing Iran to purchase uranium from Russia
Daniel Horowitz | January 10, 2017
Remember those side deals Obama forged with Iran that were not part of the text of the official treaty? Now we are finding out some of the details.
Yesterday, the Washington Free Beacon reported that Iranian officials confirmed they have received at least $10 billion in cash, commodities, and assets from Washington since 2013. And that is likely a conservative estimate.
But cash is not the only thing the Islamic Republic of Iran is receiving for gracing us with their willingness to sign onto our own capitulation.
The AP is reporting that Russia, with the support of President Obama, is shipping Iran 116 metric tons of natural uranium.
While Iranian officials have obviously declined to disclose the use of such uranium, AP notes that this is enough to enrich weapons-grade uranium for nuclear bombs:
Despite present restrictions on its enrichment program, however, the amount of natural uranium is significant should Iran decide to keep it in storage, considering its potential uses once some limits on Tehrans nuclear activities start to expire in less than a decade.
David Albright, whose Institute of Science and International Security often briefs U.S. lawmakers on Irans nuclear program, says the shipment could be enriched to enough weapons-grade uranium for more than 10 simple nuclear bombs, depending on the efficiency of the enrichment process and the design of the nuclear weapon. ...
See more at:
https://www.conservativereview.com/commentary/2017/01/obama-allowing-iran-to-purchase-uranium-from-russia-will-tillerson-reverse-course#sthash.guYPvONI.dpuf
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Aug 2015
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posted on
03/12/2019 9:02:49 AM PDT
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: All
Democrats intentionally used disinformation from Russia to attack Trump, campaign aides
By Rowan Scarborough
The Washington Times
July 11, 2017
While the mainstream news media hunts for evidence of Trump-Russia collusion, the public record shows that Democrats have willfully used Moscow disinformation to influence the presidential election against Donald Trump and attack his administration.
The disinformation came in the form of a Russian-fed dossier written by former British intelligence agent Christopher Steele. It contains a series of unverified criminal charges against Mr. Trumps campaign aides, such as coordinating Moscows hacking of Democratic Party computers.
Some Democrats have widely circulated the discredited information. Mr. Steele was paid by the Democrat-funded opposition research firm Fusion GPS with money from a Hillary Clinton backer. Fusion GPS distributed the dossier among Democrats and journalists. The information fell into the hands of the FBI, which used it in part to investigate Mr. Trumps campaign aides.
Mr. Steele makes clear that his unproven charges came almost exclusively from sources linked to the Kremlin and Russian President Vladimir Putin. He identified his sources as a senior Russian Foreign Ministry figure, a former top level Russian intelligence officer active inside the Kremlin, a senior Kremlin official and a senior Russian government official.
The same Democrats who have condemned Russias election interference via plying fake news and hacking email servers have quoted freely from the Steele anti-Trump memos derived from creatures of the Kremlin.
In other words, there is public evidence of significant, indirect collusion between Democrats and Russian disinformation, a Trump supporter said. ...
Continued at source...
http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/11/democrats-spread-false-russian-information-on-trum/
Or,
https://web.archive.org/web/20170729142038/http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2017/jul/11/democrats-spread-false-russian-information-on-trum/
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posted on
03/12/2019 9:03:30 AM PDT
by
ETL
(Obama-Hillary, REAL Russia collusion! Uranium-One Deal, Missile Defense, Iran Deal, Nukes: Click ETL)
To: SeekAndFind
Shiff is squirming. Payback is going to be a real bear.
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posted on
03/12/2019 9:05:40 AM PDT
by
bk1000
(I stand with Trump)
To: SeekAndFind
I remember this scene in “Twelve Angry Men”.
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posted on
03/12/2019 9:08:05 AM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(Dad, Send lawyers, guns and money.)
To: SeekAndFind
How would Adam Schiff know?Because Schitt is what he traffics in.
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posted on
03/12/2019 9:09:31 AM PDT
by
onedoug
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