Indictment-O-Rama Megathread: Mueller indicts 13 Russians

[Doimper]

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher might be in trouble.

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Who'd have thunk it?

[Dr Oz Lost Party!]

Can we somehow tie Steve King into this? 

[Obama-Biden Democrat]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=2&v=d7Uy0Uznw4E

LOCK THEM UP! LOCK THEM UP! LOCK THEM UP!

[Torrain]

Reminder that Rohrabacher was on Trumps shortlist for Secretary of State, if you are to believe Rohrabacher himself:
https://us1.campaign-archive.com/?u=4bf7f22822327e76c725614ce&id=de94b2c7d8

[ProgressiveCanadian]

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher might be in trouble.

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He was going to lose his next election anyways but pleaseee let this be the end of him.

[Silent Hunter]

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher might be in trouble.

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Nuclear Elmo time!

[Frodo]

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher might be in trouble.

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I was hoping Devin Nunes' name would be showing up as well. 

[Gass3268]

Mueller is having himself a day:

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[Landslide Lyndon]

Yeah, he is throwing the book at Manafort.

[Yank2133]

Mueller is putting the screws to Manafort.

[Gass3268]

The most recent indictment includes crimes up to 2017!

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[ProgressiveCanadian]

Is Manafort going to plead guilty next?

[Silent Hunter]

Well, I think he's still holding out for a pardon, but based on that indictment, he'll just get state charges thrown at him for massive tax evasion.

[Landslide Lyndon]

Well, I think he's still holding out for a pardon, but based on that indictment, he'll just get state charges thrown at him for massive tax evasion.

And the pardon will be used as evidence of his guilt.

[Silent Hunter]

It seems that these five new charges are in DC, which are along with the 32 EDVA charges as well. Manafort is facing 37 charges. So far.

[KingSweden]

Mueller is putting the screws to Manafort.

Mueller didn’t exactly earn a reputation for being soft

[GeorgiaModerate]

Mueller is putting the screws to Manafort.

Mueller didn’t exactly earn a reputation for being soft

Mueller always reminds me of Robert Stack as Eliot Ness in the old Untouchables TV show.

[Tender Branson]

Enter Gusi:

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http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-43177864

Gusi also denies all the charges:

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[pbrower2a]

Well, I think he's still holding out for a pardon, but based on that indictment, he'll just get state charges thrown at him for massive tax evasion.

The next honest American President might extradite him to Ukraine.

I would guess that Ukrainian prisons are very bad.

[Mike Thick]

First the What-If TLs became real life. Now it's time for Austriaposting

[Statilius the Epicurean]

Has anyone pointed out yet how insanely shady it is that a former lobbyist for Russian-backed dictators turned up out of nowhere in the summer of 2016 to run the Trump campaign for free?

[Hindsight was 2020]

Not sure we're to put this but Trump delibertly misquoted a Fox host in a tweet of his to attack Schiff https://mobile.twitter.com/brianstelter/status/967566191207370753

[junior chįmp]

Not sure we're to put this but Trump delibertly misquoted a Fox host in a tweet of his to attack Schiff https://mobile.twitter.com/brianstelter/status/967566191207370753

Trump never misquotes...he lies

[Hindsight was 2020]

Not sure we're to put this but Trump delibertly misquoted a Fox host in a tweet of his to attack Schiff https://mobile.twitter.com/brianstelter/status/967566191207370753

Trump never misquotes...he lies

I did use the term "delibertly"

[Absentee Voting Ghost of Ruin]

Not sure we're to put this but Trump delibertly misquoted a Fox host in a tweet of his to attack Schiff https://mobile.twitter.com/brianstelter/status/967566191207370753

Trump never misquotes...he lies

And his defensive lies have all the sophistication of a grade-school student saying "I know you are, but what am I?"

That Trump and his campaign tried to conspire with Russia is a matter of public record - his own words and the currently public information on the Trump Tower meeting tell us that.  And he doubtless has some other shady Russian contacts through his financial dealings.

The idea that there was (and possibly still is) a deep and complex conspiracy between Trump and some official or unofficial Russian agents  is not something that I'd really considered likely. (As opposed to some opportunistic but likely illegal stupidity on the part of Trump and his campaign which I consider convincingly demonstrated already.) I've thought that he has primarily been worried about the investigation because of the likelihood that it will lead to other crimes he has committed. (Probably financial.)

But after the last few weeks, especially this latest Twitter rampage, I'm coming to think there really is something truly treasonous there. Trump is not a sophisticated or imaginative liar. His repertoire consists of "I know you are but what am I?", "What's that over there?", "You're stupid and you look funny!" and, the height of his cleverness, saying the exact opposite of what actually happened. Which is what's starting to make me think he really is, not just guilty of being stupid and opportunistic (i.e. himself), but of actually being a traitor. His denials are too forceful, too negatory, too dedicated to denying any shred of reality that in any way ties him to Russia.  If, as is typically the case with Trump, his statements are a one-eighty from reality, then he's owned by the Russians, with whom he actively colluded to steal the election, and he's still acting on behalf of Russian interests, as much as he is able. And it does make a sort of sense. If he really was or is engaged as a Russian agent, then the stakes he's facing from Mueller's investigation are not embarrassment, fines, or potentially losing the office. He's looking at execution or the rest of his life in Ultra-Max.