Its Official: Clinton Campaign Tied to Russian "Dossier"

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Originally Posted by finnbow

I'd say that at this point, criminal charges (and/or a plea deal) against Manafort and Flynn are virtually a slam-dunk. Charges against Kushner, Junior and Cohen are also a solid 50-50% proposition IMO. As for Trump himself, I'm uncertain as to the level of proof needed for obstruction of justice, but it's pretty clear he fired Comey to curtail the Russia investigation.

You could be right. As we learned with Scooter Libby, a Special Prosecutor will validate their existence by bringing charges, even if those charges are unrelated to the initial allegation.

Originally Posted by finnbow

As for Hillary, I'm totally OK with a real investigation into her actions, though I'm quite certain that any Congressional investigations would simply be an attempt to obfuscate and provide cover for your Dear Leader.

There you go again.

Originally Posted by finnbow

In any event, I bet Mueller is neither impressed nor influenced by GOP obfuscation going on with all this breathlessness about Hillary. I'm quite sure he'll find your silly argument non-persuasive that any criminal activity by Trump and/or his campaign first brought to light by the dossier is off-limits for further investigation.

We'll see. Frankly, if there's any evidence to suggest that this "dossier" had a role in the decision to appoint Mueller in the first place, it puts the entire investigation on shaky ground.