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Faith 
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Message 16 of 68 (867681)
12-01-2019 11:22 AM
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12-01-2019 8:26 AM


No they did not have good cause. It was all a setup Writing on borrowee laptop, more later
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Message 17 of 68 (867685)
12-01-2019 12:05 PM
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12-01-2019 11:22 AM


Don't bother unless you have facts.
Which you never do.

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Message 18 of 68 (867690)
12-01-2019 1:26 PM
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12-01-2019 8:26 AM


It seems that Mueller could not find evidence of collusion because the Trump campaign was incompetent, not because they didn't want to.
But Mueller did find a very large number of instances of collusion between the Trump campaign and Russia and he reported on them in some detail.
Mueller never stated that he didn't find evidence of collusion. Instead, he could not find sufficient evidence of conspiracy to be able to bring an indictment.
In the summary for Volume I, Mueller explained this in some detail. There are no laws against collusion nor is there even a proper legal definition, but rather there are laws and legal definitions for conspiracy. Therefore Mueller chose to concentrate on investigating conspiracy and not collusion.
Now, while you cannot prosecute someone criminally for collusion, you can base articles of impeachment on collusion with a hostile foreign power. I'm not sure whether you can count the instances of collusion during the campaign, but there's little doubt that Trump's collusion with Russia has continued and still continues.

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Message 19 of 68 (867691)
12-01-2019 1:29 PM
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12-01-2019 11:22 AM


No they did not have good cause. It was all a setup Writing on borrowee laptop, more later
What nonsense.
The Mueller report documented numerous cases of Russian interference.
And documented several cases of questionable actions by Trump/minions.
And documented several cases of obstruction of justice.
These are facts that you can confirm by reading the report (and not some biased filtered version).
quote:
Mueller Report Download Options
Download the Full Original PDF
The original report is published at https://www.justice.gov/storage/report.pdf.
It is 448 pages, 139mb and contains both volumes, all as images(Not searchable).
Download Individual Chapters
We have split and re-merged each chapter individually for convenience.
This is great for mobile devices and users who want to focus on a small piece of the total report.
Volume I
  • Russian Active Measures Social Media Campaign
    • Structure of the Internet Research Agency [ View Online] [ Download]
    • Funding and Oversight from Concord and Prigozhin [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The IRA Targets U.S. Elections [ View Online] [ Download]
  • Russian Hacking and Dumping Operations
    • GRU Hacking Directed at the Clinton Campaign [ View Online] [ Download]
    • Dissemination of the Hacked Materials [ View Online] [ Download]
    • Additional GRU Cyber Operations [ View Online] [ Download]
  • Trump Campaign and the Dissemination of Hacked Materials [ View Online] [ Download]
  • Russian Government Links to and Contacts With the Trump Campaign
    • Campaign Period [ View Online] [ Download]
    • Post-Election and Transition-Period Contacts [ View Online] [ Download]
  • Prosecution and Declination Decisions
    • Russian "Active Measures" Social Media Campaign [ View Online] [ Download]
    • Russian Hacking and Dumping Operations [ View Online] [ Download]
    • Russian Government Outreach and Contacts [ View Online] [ Download]
Volume II
  • Background Legal and Evidentiary Principles
    • Legal Framework of Obstruction of Justice [ View Online] [ Download]
      Investigative and Evidentiary Considerations [ View Online] [ Download]
  • Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation
    • The Campaign's Response to Reports About Russian Support for Trump [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President's Conduct Concerning the Investigation of Michael Flynn [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President's Reaction to Public Confirmation of the FBI's Russia Investigation [ View Online] [ Download]
    • Events Leading Up To and Surrounding the Termination of FBI Directory Comey [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President's Efforts to Remove the Special Counsel [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President's Efforts to Curtail the Special Counsel Investigation [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President's Efforts to Prevent Disclosure of Emails About the June 9, 2016 Meeting Between Russians and Senior Campaign Officials [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President's Further Efforts to Have the Attorney General Take Over the Investigation [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President Orders McGahn to Deny that the President Tried to Fire the Special Counsel [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President's Conduct Towards Flynn, Manafort, [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President's Conduct Involving Michael Cohen [ View Online] [ Download]
    • Overarching Factual Issues [ View Online] [ Download]
  • Legal Defenses to the Application of the Obstruction-of-Justice Statues to the President
    • Statutory Defenses to the Application of Obstruction-of-Justice Provisions to the Conduct Under Investigation [ View Online] [ Download]
    • Constitutional Defenses to Applying Obstruction-of-Justice Statutes to Presidential Conduct [ View Online] [ Download]
  • Conclusion

Note: Each Chapter and subchapter can be individually downloaded or viewed online if you go to the volume links.
Facts, not conspiracy theory fantasy pushed by GOP apologists and deniers.
Read them, heed them, as you wish, but don't ignore them or dismiss them or you lose the argument.
Enjoy
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Message 20 of 68 (867725)
12-02-2019 11:13 AM
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11-30-2019 2:37 PM


Faith writes:
ringo writes:
And you're very good at hate.
Not as good as you and all the other lefties
But I like you, despite your stupid ideas, and you hate me.
And as I've told you before, in some ways I'm probably more conservative than you are. You have no clue what a "leftie" is.

"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you...."
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Faith 
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Message 21 of 68 (867728)
12-02-2019 11:47 AM
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12-01-2019 1:29 PM


The Mueller report documented numerous cases of Russian interference.
BUT NO INVOLVEMENT BY THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
And documented several cases of questionable actions by Trump/minions.
You START with "questionable actions" looking for evidence of actual wrongdoing that can be criminally charged. THEY FOUND NOTHING TO CHARGE HIM WITH, WHICH IN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM MEANS HE WASW FOUND "NOT GUILTY." EXONERATED. WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?
And documented several cases of obstruction of justice.
IF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE HAD BEEN FOUND THEY WOULD HAVE LISTED IT AS STARR LISTED CLINTON'S FELONIES, AS A CRIME HE COULD BE CHARGED WI6TH. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED ANY MORE TO IMPEACH HIM, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED THE BOGUS
WHISTLEBLOWER" FIASCO. THEY FOUND NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?
are facts...
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?

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Message 22 of 68 (867730)
12-02-2019 12:02 PM
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12-02-2019 11:47 AM


Faith writes:
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?
The brick keeps falling off our Caps Lock keys.

"If you can keep your head when all about you
Are losing theirs and blaming it on you...."
-- Rudyard Kipling

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Message 23 of 68 (867731)
12-02-2019 12:10 PM
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12-01-2019 12:05 PM


JonF writes:
Faith writes:
...more later
Don't bother unless you have facts.
But aren't those posts Exhibit A of the motivation behind this thread?
--Percy

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JonF
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Message 24 of 68 (867733)
12-02-2019 12:38 PM
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12-02-2019 11:47 AM


The Mueller report documented numerous cases of Russian interference.
BUT NO INVOLVEMENT BY THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
And they documented many instances of involvement by the Trump campaign. Just the table of contents takes almost three pages to list those instances. Describing those instances takes 102 pages.
You START with "questionable actions" looking for evidence of actual wrongdoing that can be criminally charged. THEY FOUND NOTHING TO CHARGE HIM WITH, WHICH IN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM MEANS HE WAS FOUND "NOT GUILTY." EXONERATED. WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?
They found insufficient evidence to charge them. Which in our legal system means they are presumed innocent but in the real world everybody knows they are guilty, It especially DOES NOT mean anyone was found "not guilty".
IF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE HAD BEEN FOUND THEY WOULD HAVE LISTED IT AS STARR LISTED CLINTON'S FELONIES, AS A CRIME HE COULD BE CHARGED WI6TH
The report did list his crtimes and pointed out that that the Congress is the place he should answer for them. Nancy Pelosi decided not to do so not because of any issues with the legal case but because public support for impeachment wasn't high enough for her.
are facts...
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?
We insist on facts rather than right-wing nutjob hallucinations.
Edited by JonF, : No reason given.

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Message 25 of 68 (867735)
12-02-2019 12:55 PM
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12-02-2019 11:47 AM


THEY FOUND NOTHING TO CHARGE HIM WITH, WHICH IN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM MEANS HE WASW FOUND "NOT GUILTY."
nope, Being found "not guilty" only happens after a trial. Being unable to charge is not the same as a finding of innocence.

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Message 26 of 68 (867737)
12-02-2019 1:38 PM
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12-02-2019 11:47 AM


Thanks for again proving my point:
Message 19: These are facts that you can confirm by reading the report (and not some biased filtered version).
(many links to different parts of the report)
Each Chapter and subchapter can be individually downloaded or viewed online if you go to the volume links.
Facts, not conspiracy theory fantasy pushed by GOP apologists and deniers.
Read them, heed them, as you wish, but don't ignore them or dismiss them or you lose the argument.
Evidently you didn't bother to read the report.
The Mueller report documented numerous cases of Russian interference.
BUT NO INVOLVEMENT BY THE TRUMP CAMPAIGN.
Wrong. Mueller said insufficient evidence of conspiracy to charge them but enough that he couldn't clear them either. He left that to congress to pursue ... which brings us to the impeachment hearings and the current discussion of whether or not to include information from the Mueller report in the charges.
See next for more.
And documented several cases of questionable actions by Trump/minions.
You START with "questionable actions" looking for evidence of actual wrongdoing that can be criminally charged. THEY FOUND NOTHING TO CHARGE HIM WITH, WHICH IN OUR LEGAL SYSTEM MEANS HE WASW FOUND "NOT GUILTY." EXONERATED. WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?
No, he was not exonerated of conspiracy, Mueller specifically said that he could NOT exonerate them.
What's wrong with us is that we look at evidence, what is actually said/written. Not what right wing echo chambers make up and say.
Here's part of the report you didn't read:
quote:
Russian Government Links to and Contacts With the Trump Campaign
Mueller Report Volume I
Pages 74 - 181 of the the Mueller Report.
Chapters

Note that that is 106 pages of documents of regarding contacts between Russia and the Trump campaign. There were a lot of them, and a lot of them were questionable for a political campaign.
For instance, Baby Don meeting with Russian in the Trump Tower and saying that if the Russians had dirt on Hillary that they were interested. Not evidence of conspiracy per se but also not exonerating him of working with the Russians to get dirt on Hillary for campaign purposes.
Kind of sounds like what he wanted from Ukraine about Biden ...
And documented several cases of obstruction of justice.
IF OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE HAD BEEN FOUND THEY WOULD HAVE LISTED IT AS STARR LISTED CLINTON'S FELONIES, AS A CRIME HE COULD BE CHARGED WI6TH. THEY WOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED ANY MORE TO IMPEACH HIM, THEY WOULDN'T HAVE NEEDED THE BOGUS
WHISTLEBLOWER" FIASCO. THEY FOUND NO OBSTRUCTION OF JUSTICE. WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?
Again they found many instances of obstruction of justice -- volume II which you haven't read is all about the instances of obstruction of justice. Mueller didn't indict him because he was operating on the understanding that he couldn't indict a sitting president, so he provided the information for the Congress to determine if there were impeachable offenses ... which again brings us to the impeachment hearings and the current discussion of whether or not to include information from the Mueller report in the charges.
Again from the Mueller report that you haven't read, as detailed in Message 19:
Message 19:
quote:
Volume II
  • Background Legal and Evidentiary Principles
    • Legal Framework of Obstruction of Justice [ View Online] [ Download]
      Investigative and Evidentiary Considerations [ View Online] [ Download]
  • Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation
    • The Campaign's Response to Reports About Russian Support for Trump [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President's Conduct Concerning the Investigation of Michael Flynn [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President's Reaction to Public Confirmation of the FBI's Russia Investigation [ View Online] [ Download]
    • Events Leading Up To and Surrounding the Termination of FBI Directory Comey [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President's Efforts to Remove the Special Counsel [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President's Efforts to Curtail the Special Counsel Investigation [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President's Efforts to Prevent Disclosure of Emails About the June 9, 2016 Meeting Between Russians and Senior Campaign Officials [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President's Further Efforts to Have the Attorney General Take Over the Investigation [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President Orders McGahn to Deny that the President Tried to Fire the Special Counsel [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President's Conduct Towards Flynn, Manafort, [ View Online] [ Download]
    • The President's Conduct Involving Michael Cohen [ View Online] [ Download]
    • Overarching Factual Issues [ View Online] [ Download]
  • Legal Defenses to the Application of the Obstruction-of-Justice Statues to the President
    • Statutory Defenses to the Application of Obstruction-of-Justice Provisions to the Conduct Under Investigation [ View Online] [ Download]
    • Constitutional Defenses to Applying Obstruction-of-Justice Statutes to Presidential Conduct [ View Online] [ Download]
  • Conclusion

Note: Each Chapter and subchapter can be individually downloaded or viewed online if you go to the volume links.
Each one of those 12 instances listed under "Factual Results of the Obstruction Investigation" are instances of obstruction of justice.
Documented just as they were for Clinton in the Starr report.
are facts...
WHAT IS THE MATTER WITH YOU PEOPLE?
What's wrong with us is that we look at the actual evidence, what is actually said/written. Not what right wing echo chambers make up and say, and certainly not what prevaricating Trump says.
Curiously, I compare Trump to Nixon ... and Trump is worse, and I compare Trump to Clinton ... and Trump is worse.
If their offenses warranted impeachment then so does Trump.
But, again, you'll deny and ignore ... because you can't handle the truth.
So Democrats are not lying about the Mueller Report -- you have been shown to be in error on this.
So no, you do not hate Democrats for lying about the Mueller Report. Facts aren't lies.
Enjoy
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Message 27 of 68 (867843)
12-03-2019 11:18 PM
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11-29-2019 5:44 PM


It's a simple question, but I remember when republicans proudly proclaimed
"Better Dead than Red"
So when did Republicans learn to hate Democrats more than Russia?
We're living in bizarr-o world right now... from the 50's to the 80's, Republicans loathed anything communistic.
But that phrase was interchangalbe depending upon the audience
So, its true that its odd how accepting the Republicans became of Russia but its also odd how vilified Russia became for Democrats.
Either way it plays into the hands of Russia... they love this divisiveness.

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Message 28 of 68 (867856)
12-04-2019 10:07 AM
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12-03-2019 11:18 PM


Hi, Hyro.
...but its also odd how vilified Russia became for Democrats.
Just wanted to add a clarification here.
It's true that in the 1930s large numbers among the Left remained enamored with the Bolshevik dictatorship far longer than they should have, but I think most in the Democratic Party were never all that fond of the Soviet Union. At most, Roosevelt understood that Nazi Germany was a greater threat to US interests than Soviet Russia.
In the 60s and 70s, the Cold War was every bit a Democratic project as it was a Republican one; it was Truman who ramped up the Cold War, after all.
Again, at most there were those among the Democrats who objected to using Cold War hysteria as justifications for the subversion of democracy abroad and the erosion of civil liberties at home.
Democrats were as eager to contain the Soviet Union as any Republican. If there were any significant disagreements, it was mainly in how to accomplish these goals.
Edited by Chiroptera, : Minor typo.
Edited by Chiroptera, : Another one.

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Message 29 of 68 (867858)
12-04-2019 10:53 AM
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12-03-2019 11:18 PM


but its also odd how vilified Russia became for Democrats.
Are you claiming Democrats embraced Russia(or the Soviet Union) in the past?

Facts don't lie or have an agenda. Facts are just facts
"God did it" is not an argument. It is an excuse for intellectual laziness.
If your viewpoint has merits and facts to back it up why would you have to lie?

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Message 30 of 68 (867860)
12-04-2019 12:10 PM
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12-03-2019 11:18 PM


Hyroglyphx writes:
...but its also odd how vilified Russia became for Democrats.
Again suggest you change your avatar to something less misleading and more honest.
--Percy

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