Robert Mueller got his first indictments, will start making arrests on Monday

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On Friday, Donald Trump invited the children of White House reporters into the Oval Office while he passed out Halloween candy from behind the the Resolute Desk. It was neither cute nor presidential, and it was just another reminder that of all Trump’s many faults, his weirdest fault is that he cannot speak to children without sounding like an absolute creep. “Come right over here, honey,” he said to a small Princess Leia, and it made my skin crawl. The pièce de résistance was this though: “You have no weight problems, that’s the good news, right? So, you take out whatever you need, okay? If you want some for your friends, take ’em. We have plenty.”

That video is just to set the mood. The mood of IMPEACHMENT. You see, as Donald Trump was saying creepy things to children, Independent Prosecutor Robert Mueller was getting the first indictments in what I hope will eventually constitute a “slew.”

A federal grand jury in Washington on Friday approved the first charges in the investigation led by special counsel Robert Mueller, according to sources briefed on the matter. The charges are still sealed under orders from a federal judge. Plans were prepared Friday for anyone charged to be taken into custody as soon as Monday, the sources said. It is unclear what the charges are.

A spokesman for the special counsel’s office declined to comment. The White House also had no comment, a senior administration official said Saturday morning. Mueller was appointed in May to lead the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election. Under the regulations governing special counsel investigations, Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein, who has oversight over the Russia investigation, would have been made aware of any charges before they were taken before the grand jury for approval, according to people familiar with the matter.

[From CNN]

This explains why Republicans and Deplorables were acting so crazy last week – they must have gotten a heads up that sh-t was starting to go down, and that’s why there was a flurry of absolute bulls–t. Oh, you mean the Clinton campaign partially funded some opposition research against their opposition? TELL ME MORE! Oh, you mean that Clinton had some tenuous connection to a “uranium deal” that no one can really explain? HOW SHOCKING! After CNN’s story broke about Mueller, it got so bad that Deplorables were in full meltdown mode on Fox News and on Twitter. Corey Lewandowski was just flat-out blaming everything on the current (?????!?!?!) “Clinton administration.” Sebastian Gorka (an honest-to-God Nazi) has been losing his ever-loving mind on Twitter.

Who will be arrested on Monday? Survey says… Paul Manafort. I think Mueller has been leaning so hard on Manafort, and then after Manafort squeals like a pig, everybody is going down. Manafort ties to so many people – Jared Kushner, Russian oligarchs, Russian intelligence, and more. Grab your popcorn and prepare the martoonis for the #TrumpImpeachmentParty.

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  1. Shambles says:

    Keep him away from the children.

    Last week did feel particularly weird, in a world where every day is a new kind of weird. I’m sort of numb to it at this point but it did feel like there was a difference. I’m trying not to get too worked up over this, but I’m hoping the BOMB drops this week. I agree it will probably be Manafort, but it could also be Flynn. Please let this be the string that unravels this presidency.

    • Esmom says:

      Some media people on Twitter were speculating that it might actually be Jared. That seems like a bit too much to hope for at this point. They also say Manafort or Flynn are more likely but that Jared might not be too far behind. All the celebrating seems premature to me, though, makes me nervous. And I agree that last week felt crazier than usual.

      • Lama Bean says:

        I also worry we are getting too excited. I’m afraid the indictment will be for the second cousin once removed of the waiter in the restaurant of trump tower. Hope I’m wrong, but if it’s low level, fox and their ilk will spin up the machine again.

        BTW, Roger Stone has been permanently banned from twitter. Full. On. Meltdown. Now he’s using a second account to harass people.

      • ORIGINAL T.C. says:

        @Lama Bean

        What Fox and the GOP are good at is taking the 3rd cousin twice removed and blowing it up to presidential level. We suck at this. Whomever Muller named show be blowed up to crazy levels by the Democrats but they are too busy playing fair.

        I mean they opened yet another investigation into HRC, for the millionth time to confuse the “they are equally bad” people. And guess what, even some Democrats I know are falling for it.

      • Lady D says:

        Someone was reporting that he lost Twitter privileges for 3+ hours, but that it would be returned. Do you know if it’s a fact he is permanently banned? I read some of his tweets last night in the article and the comments were priceless. The overriding opinion was he’s either really hammered or doing blow.

      • happy girl says:

        It’s almost unnatural how badly I want it to be Kushner. Complete with handcuffs and perp-walk. But back down on earth, Manafort is the front-runner I think. I mean a federal judge granted the FBI a “no-knock” warrant to raid his home without warning. You’d have to present some pretty significant evidence for a judge to say, yeah, go break the door down and take what you need.

      • Lama Bean says:

        @Lady D, looks like it’s up for debate. See link below. He now goes through StoneColdTruth and the account associated with his circus level documentary.

        http://nymag.com/daily/intelligencer/2017/10/roger-stone-banned-from-twitter-after-threatening-cnn-anchor.html

        @Original T.C. I agree Dems do a terrible job of driving a point into the ground.

        @happy girl, I can’t wait for Kushner either. Latest speculation on the twitter is Flynn, Jr in an effort to get Flynn to flip. No worries. Their time will come. All of them.

    • Imqrious2 says:

      I can not WAIT for tomorrow! I was jokingly saying to a few friends a couple of weeks ago, that the BEST birthday present would be waking up on my birthday (tomorrow) and finding out Mueller is getting the ball rolling with indictments, and here we go!! BEST.BIRTHDAY.GIFT! GO MUELLER!!!

      If you haven’t see the article in the DM with all the Mueller memes, it is SO worth checking it out: http://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2017/10/29/00/45C9E0DD00000578-0-The_meme_of_steel_Robert_Mueller_was_transformed_into_Superman_i-a-90_1509234925091.jpg

    • jwoolman says:

      I blame their parents for letting the kids be alone in a room with Trump. The parents stayed outside, they never should have agreed to that. One picture showed Sarah Huckabee Sanders there, even though she’s a liar she does have small children so at least they weren’t totally unprotected. But the parents had to know how likely it was that Trump would say creepy things to their kids.

      Trump is not good with kids, which is not a crime but my gosh – keep him away from the children, indeed! Especially the girls. No girl should be allowed within ten feet of Trump. He just checks them out as potential dates in a few years.

      • Holly hobby says:

        Orange lizard was suspiciously quiet on Saturday but Suckabee was on Twitter talking about how the Russian thing is getting in the way of that great tax plan.

        The whole lot can burn in hell.

    • Veronica says:

      The Clinton news is what alerted me that some shit was about to go down. Because in any other reality, the idea that a presidential campaign would hire a professional to do research on an opponent isn’t news. It’s not even scandal. It’s…y’know, Tuesday in an election year. And not at all comparable to the charges brought against the Trump administration, which is actual collusion with a foreign government to interfere and sabotage an election. Even if I gave a shit about the ethical implications of Clinton’s campaign (hint: I don’t), it’s not even remotely in the same region as problematic.

      • still_sarah says:

        Donald Jr. (or as I like to call him, Little Donnie Short Pants) even said the same thing about his murky meeting with Russians at Trump Tower in June 2016. He said if someone had research on the other candidate (even if they claimed it was from the Russian government), of course you would be interested in it. Well, right back at you, Donnie! Of course, Clinton wanted to see what was in the dossier.

        And everyone Republican forgets that the dossier started as a Republican donor funded thing during the primaries before Trump was nominated.

    • Lahdidahbaby says:

      Yes, I agree it’s likely Manafort, but he knows where a lot of the RussiaTrumpCollusion bodies are buried, so I think other arrests will follow.

      I’m trying not to let myself hope for too much, but this is the first glimmer of real hope I’ve felt since nearly a year ago when I woke up on the morning of November 9 to a world that made no fucking sense to me at all, and I haven’t been able to fall back into a sound sleep for all these months since then. The severe insomnia is why I rarely post here anymore: I’m always exhausted and running late for everything, playing catch-up with my work life and my family responsibilities.

      Now, at least there’s some hope. But thoughts of Nixon’s Saturday Night Massacre remind me that Trump could turn this applecart upside down. Of course, that was what led to impeachment charges being brought against Nixon. The problem is, today’s GOP seem utterly without the honor or integrity to go against their corrupt and unstable leader, whereas the GOP of the Nixon era had the integrity to do what needed to be done. Now we have the weakling Transylvanian Paul Ryan leading nothing except a party of blinkered yay-sayers.

      • Holly hobby says:

        Well here’s the thing. Even if they tried to fire Mueller, that case can’t be dismissed. It’s already in the grand jury. GJ found cause to level the indictment. So even if Mueller is gone the case will go on and they can’t just drop it. It’s in the hands of the court. If they are smart, they will do nothing or else it will accelerate the impeachment proceedings.

    • Sunglasses Aready says:

      Everyone hold hands for a Prayer circle

  2. Val says:

    I just can t wait for the indictments !
    At least, at last!!

    (On a side note, Cheetos comment on the girl s weight is sooo douchey …what about HE shows US his abs ?)

    • Lolo86lf says:

      He is a man remember. He doesn’t have to have abs. Women must be absolutely perfect while he is gets to look frumpy. What a double standard.

    • Melly says:

      And people wonder why some young girls grow up with crippling body image issues…

      • Trashaddict says:

        Why have a crippling body image when you have these gross old farts surrounding you? Just tell them to take a good hard LONG look in the mirror.

    • magnoliarose says:

      He is obsessed with weight. But his sons DJFredo and Eric the Unloved were overweight for a long time. Can you imagine the verbal abuse? He carries a gene towards being heavier, but he is insane about weight. Poor Tiffany carried extra weight too I am sure he wasn’t kind since it seems to be a crime for a girl.
      It is pathological considering he isn’t exactly svelte.

      https://i.pinimg.com/736x/f3/57/08/f357087bd27534958059ca96554f4b91–vanessa-haydon-donald-trump-jr.jpg

      https://pbs.twimg.com/media/CtKfjhCUMAQW3yy.jpg

      Tiffany:
      https://i.pinimg.com/736x/d2/a7/ea/d2a7ea8835baf306e62e358dec384a01–ivana-zelnickova-john-trump.jpg

      • Indiana Joanna says:

        Those photos of Uday and Qusay are just awful. Amazing that they think they are so attractive.

        Tiffany looks normal to me.

      • Plantpal says:

        Tiffany looks about 12 here; looks like normal childhood weight and size, morphing into a woman. She still has the childlike softness around her face. Comparing her to two adult men who are heavy is not fair, and adds to girl angst, imho
        Indiana Joanna has the right of things

      • magnoliarose says:

        No, I wasn’t comparing her to the brothers. Yuck. I am sorry I wasn’t clear.
        At her age, it is normal to have some baby fluff, and I put hers there because of what he said to CHILDREN! If he said that to strangers what would he have said to Tiffany?
        I don’t believe in criticizing weight period much less a child and even more so a girl because of the threat of developing an ED or crippling low self-esteem. He wouldn’t have seen her as average because he has a twisted obsession with anything even remotely hinting toward less than very skinny. An average size isn’t good enough for a girl or his wife in his twisted mind. No, she is fine, but he is not.

        Jr has called women fat and ugly. He has ridiculed, and shamed women for their looks and the hypocrisy is staggering.

      • isabelle says:

        Tiffany isn’t overweight. Don’t confuse a pudgy face (which is normal for EVERYONE as kids/teens) with a pudgy body. You can have one without the other.

      • argonaut says:

        i’ve seen those photos before of the brothers but i thought they were mean photoshops!! i’m dying here to know they’re real.

        also i find marla to be the most beautiful of all his wives

      • Trashaddict says:

        Wow. I now have absolutely no doubt that they are all on diet pills or all had gastric sleeve surgery.

    • Alix says:

      “YOU HAVE NO WEIGHT PROBLEMS”????? Sorry, all the text was a rage-induced blur after that.

    • Jerusha says:

      …what about HE shows US his abs ?)

      Please, god, NO!!

      • Sophia's Side eye says:

        Lol! Not today, Satan!

      • Ankhel says:

        Rethink this stand. The man is so fat you’d have to slice him open to see his abs. I’m not saying a freak accident in the White House, involving a falling chandelier perhaps, would be a GOOD thing, but…

    • Lahdidahbaby says:

      Val honey, those abs (for whatever they were EVER worth) have been gone since about 1962.

  3. AVVSAJNC says:

    I’m not religious at all, but I’m prepared to PRAY TO GOD that this is the final nail in Drumpf’s coffin. Get that misogynistic, dumb-as-a-box-of-nails, creeptastic, Wankorangutan out of the Oval office.

    • Ankhel says:

      The church could really exploit this. Protesting only does so much, after all, and the next election is still uncomfortably far off. They could arrange prayer groups against malevolent, orange heathens, with hot drinks and baked goods. I’m agnostic, and I’d be in like Errol Flynn.

      • Esmom says:

        Lol, especially at hot drinks and baked goods.

      • Plantpal says:

        we pray regularly for the United States leadership at our church, and every day in our home….

      • Betsy says:

        They can’t, actually, I don’t think. They’re not supposed to engage in politicking. But if you find the right congregation, you’d find a whole host of like-minded individuals. I believe the Unitarians welcome agnostics, too.

        Not that that stops evangelical churches.

      • Annetommy says:

        I’d pray to God, Yahweh, Allah, Buddha, Vishnu, Anubis, and whoever is that ancient alien the Scientologists venerate…

      • janetdr says:

        Thank you plantpal, it’s a weird scary time.

      • jwoolman says:

        My brother (who thinks Trump is a four year old probably digging a tunnel to the US Mint) prays daily that Trump will do the right thing. I keep telling him that this is asking for too much of a miracle, too far from Trump’s nature and abilities, instead he needs to pray that people around Trump will have the courage to do the right thing… and keep Trump from doing wrong things.

      • Lady D says:

        Good of you, Plantpal.

    • Giddy says:

      If those crazy evangelical churches can pray for personal wealth, then they can pray to get the orange a$$hole out of our lives. I pray for Mueller’s health, and that no Russians decide to take him out. I hope and pray that he has good security, and that he makes history with his indictments of highly placed individuals.

      • ORIGINAL T.C. says:

        Unfortunately most of Trump’s diehard 32% base are the Evangelicals. This group is the most loyal to him and in return he is slowly getting rid of abortion rights and striping civil rights from LQBTQ Americans. They recently had a big national meeting where Trump was the guest speaker. He was treated like a god.

      • third ginger says:

        Original TC, You are absolutely right. At the Values Voter meeting, they cheered an adulterer and sexual predator while they handed out pamphlets that were titled “Hazards of Homosexuality.” Makes my blood boil!!

    • Liquorice says:

      I agree with AVV, but the references to apes are a bit rude. Apes are great animals. Using them as an insult reinforces the idea they’re our property to be dealt with however we like. Anyway, I agree with everyone. The suspense is incredible.

  4. Melly says:

    My bet is that the indictment will be for Flynn and/or Manafort. They both have been under investigation by the FBI before Mueller was appointed. Roger Stone is another possibility.

    • lightpurple says:

      Stone managed to get his main twitter account permanently suspended yesterday. He still has at least three other accounts but he’s spewing the same invective so those may be gone in short time too.

      Flynn and Manafort have both been trying to cut deals but clearly aren’t giving up enough information to satisfy the investigators. If they’re the ones under indictment, the charges may force them to give up more.

      • Melly says:

        Roger Stone admitted to talking with Guccifer 2.0 & Julian Assange during the election. Stone might have given them information about what info to hack & when to release it. He might have also come up with/ assisted the Russian social media strategy.

      • Beth says:

        Wow! I just read the tweets Stone made about the people at CNN. What kind of sicko thinks it’s okay to say those things? Don Lemons life was threatened on twitter this week with disgusting racist, homophobic tweets. Maybe it was Stone or another buddy of Trumps who did it. After all this time and dangerously insulting tweets, why the hell hasn’t Trump been permanently suspended?

    • Indiana Joanna says:

      You might be right about Roger Stone. For some reason, Twitter shut down Stone’s account after he posted rage-driven, profanity-laced comments. Because Twitter allows scumbags to say anything on Twitter.

      • Melly says:

        Stone has been extra crazy on Twitter the last few days, maybe he’s preparing his defense for after he’s indicted.

    • wood dragon says:

      Mine too. Flynn and/or Manafort.

      • imqrious2 says:

        I think so, too. I can only hope the pressure gets to one of them to crack for a deal, and the walls start to tumble like a domino set. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

    • heather says:

      Roger Stone is a piece of freakin’ work. You’re right, he’s probably going down for random threatening people.

  5. Beth says:

    Finally. Get the handcuffs and orange jumpsuits ready. Lock them up and throw away the damn key

    • Lolo86lf says:

      I am curious to see if Mueller will be able to nail the colluders at the top such as DT Jr., Kushner, and DT himself. Oh wait he can pardon them and himself, bummer.

      • magnoliarose says:

        Not if they are also charged in New York which is likely. He has no jurisdiction there, and even if he did, I think it would be impeachment guaranteed for him.

      • imqrious2 says:

        As a native NYer (something that is *always* in you soul), I have always had a love for my city of birth, even though living most of my life here in the West LA area. I have never wanted anything, as much as I want the NY AG to go after Dump and his family. Get him between that rock and a hard place and SQUEEZE!!!

      • Lady D says:

        imqrious2, aren’t we due for a Christmas miracle? This would be a good one.
        OT: What do you call the opposite of a miracle? I need a one-word description of Trump’s win.

      • notasugarhere says:

        @ Lady D, “plague”? From M-W Dictionary

        1 a, a disastrous evil or affliction [calamity]

        1 b, a destructively numerous influx or multiplication of a noxious animal [infestation, ie. a plague of locusts]

  6. lower case lois says:

    Finally, this is sort of the plot twist I was waiting for.

  7. emma33 says:

    All I know about grand juries comes from Law & Order, but some people were saying on facebook that the fact that it was a Washington grand jury (and not New York) was significant, because it probably meant they were going after someone living in Washington. Also, that they felt that Manafort was already singing like a bird, so it might not be him. Their guess: Kushner.

    We can only pray!

    • Melly says:

      How amazing would it be if it were Kushner?! That would just be hilarious. Ivanka would issue some ridiculous baby-whisper statement. I’m thinking they are probably going to go after lower level people first and work their way up to Trump’s inner circle, but you never know. I’ve never been more excited for a Monday!

      • Nancy says:

        Baby-whisper!! She does speak so stoically and refined..lol. It would bring life to the dead if she went full metal jacket and started cursing in a Kellyanne Conway head spinning manner, forgetting to stage a photo op of her spawn and show us all the inner ivanka that lurks inside her cold, black soul. Sunday, I got Monday on my mind. Start brewing the tea and get the popcorn ready.

      • third ginger says:

        That’s my fantasy. Jared leaving the White house in handcuffs. Too good to be true.

      • Trump Hater says:

        If it’s Jared, then I cannot wait to see what Ivanka’s Prison conjugal visit Spotify list will be 🎃😼👽

      • imqrious2 says:

        If you check out older vids of the Daughter-Wife, she does NOT speak in this baby voice naturally. It is a total affectation, and just like her and her family: FAKE, FAKE, FAKE!!!

    • Shambles says:

      I will be so happy if I get to see Tom Marvolo Kushner in handcuffs this week. The utter sh!tshow that will ensue will be amazing. Presidential son in law, advisor, young Lord Voldemort, and Middle East peace ingenue goes to jail. Yaaaas. My only question is: will we actually know by tomorrow? Reports say “someone could be in custody by Monday,” but does that mean it will definitely happen tomorrow? I don’t get that sense. And even if it does, will we know about it?

      • Ankhel says:

        The only thing better would be if Kushner fled the country, lol. I’d love to see the deplorables explain that away.

      • Esmom says:

        Ankhel, the thought that Jared might flee occurred to me, too.

      • magnoliarose says:

        Where would Crooked J go? Certainly not Israel after hanging with the Nazi crowd.

      • Ankhel says:

        Russia has no extradition treaty with the US. Wouldn’t that be glorious?

      • lightpurple says:

        Lately, the Deplorables have been defending Julian Assange’s decision to live in a closet in the Ecuadorean embassy so they would have no problems claiming that Kushner fled to escape unjust persecution.

      • Alix says:

        I feel like a kid waiting for Christmas!

        ETA: When the Drumpfs — please God — are gone, the White House needs to be cleaned, exterminated, exorcised, smudged, and blessed with all the holy water the Pope can spare.

      • minx says:

        Alix + 100000. Get out the hazmat suits.

      • jwoolman says:

        I really expected Jared and Ivanka to stay in Israel during the Middle East trip. Jared can apply for Israeli citizenship under the law of return, and Israel does not have a habit of allowing extradition apparently.

        I don’t think Dubai typically allows extradition either, so that’s my guess for where Ivanka’s father ends up. He has a golf course/club there and I imagine he has a good stash of assets offshore, safe from freezing by US authorities.

        Trump has at least been money laundering for decades, he must have contingency plans. By now, he might realize that being President isn’t entirely the get out of jail free card that he assumed it would be.

      • magnoliarose says:

        @jwoolman
        He would fit in Dubai perfectly as would his sons but I don’t think Jared would leave and Israel would never shelter someone wanted by the American government. DJ Fredo said he LOVES Russia so maybe he would run there? Complicity Barbie is in trouble too.
        I don’t think any of them believe anything serious is ever going to happen to them because nothing ever has.

      • FLORC says:

        Kushner would be going on some sort of diplomatic pilgrimage to Monaco. And to argue he’s fleeing would be unpatriotic. Don’t you guys know that? He’s in charge of bringing world peace to is all.

    • Holly hobby says:

      You should really follow former US Attorney Renato Mariotti’s Twitter and Facebook. I find he gives really insightful comments about the case. He’s also running for Illinois AG.

      There was another article that said the standard practice is to alert the suspects who were indicted so they show up in court. However, Manafort and Flynn artsy both said they did not get the call. Thus leading to speculation that it may be dickless Ken.

      Orange Lizard yelled on Twitter this am for Congress to “do something”. That sounds like a desperate and scared bum to me.

  8. WMGDtoo says:

    I won’t get too excited until something happens. I never thought this human waste would be POTUS. So I wait. and hope. but won’t celebrate until there is something to celebrate.

    • minx says:

      IMO this will be a first round of indictments, more to come. People will begin flipping. It’s going to take awhile; Trump isn’t going to be in cuffs tomorrow. Unfortunately.

    • Wren says:

      Yeah, me too. Part of me is hopeful that this is the tiny twang that sets off the avalanche, but until I see it barreling down the mountainside flattening all these idiots in its path, I’m remaining calm.

  9. Beth says:

    Halloween is supposed to be fun for kids. Listening to the president talk bad about their parents doesn’t sound like much fun. JFC. Can this asswipe go for 10 minutes without mentioning that he doesn’t like the media?

    • Melly says:

      I would be pissed if I took my kid to a halloween party and the HOST OF THE PARTY started insulting me and/or my profession. Trump can’t even muster up decency while handing out halloween candy…

      • Esmom says:

        No, he cannot. Something tells me this might have been the first time he’s been stuck with that task. Presidenting is hard!

      • Sophia's Side eye says:

        No one knew handing out Halloween candy could be so complicated!

    • Snowflake says:

      I am so sick of him bitching about the media. They were actually really easy on him when he was running for President. Fake news is how he got elected!

      • WMGDtoo says:

        That was the big problem. They went easy on him. Treated him with kid gloves. Fell down on their job. Now look at where we are. They should have done then what they are doing now.

      • Christin says:

        Let’s face it, his chaos is ratings gold. He dangles the latest carrot and they stop covering the more relevant topics to chase the shiny object. It’s a co-dependent relationship.

    • Jerusha says:

      I feel more and more sorry for Barron every day, having this piece of shit for a father. GTFO, melania, if you give a damn about your son.

      • WMGDtoo says:

        I don’t think there is much to be concerned about. Barron probably only sees him for photo ops or in passing. He doesn’t seem like the father type. Rather golf than be with his young son. It looks like Melania keeps the kid as far from him as she can.

      • Jerusha says:

        @WMGDtoo I doubt he did much fathering with Uday and Qusay either(too busy fondling little ivanka)and look what animal murdering psychos they turned out to be.
        Run away from home Barron, if your mother won’t save you.

    • swak says:

      And they are having another event tomorrow. From the White House website (www.whitehouse.gov): On Monday, October 30, 2017, the White House will open the South Lawn to ghosts and goblins of all ages.

      Gates will be open from 4:00 PM to 7:00 PM to schoolchildren and parents from over 20 Maryland, Virginia, and District of Columbia schools, as well as military families and community organizations.

      Will be interesting how he handles it.

  10. lightpurple says:

    And it is all Michael Moore’s fault, apparently. Typical right wing nonsense from Trump yesterday. When under pressure, strike out at one of the tried and true red flags for the rabid right.

    Roger Stone went on a Twitter tirade against CNN’s Don Lemon and got his main account permanently suspended. He has at least three other accounts active and is continuing his attacks but people are reporting those accounts too.

    Pansy Parkinson, excuse me, Sarah Huckabee Sanders decided yesterday morning that a good use of our tax dollars would be for her to launch attacks on Clinton on both her official and the POTUS official Twitter accounts. All tweets in response must be archived and preserved as public records at our expense.

    My hero for the weekend is the woman who rode her bicycle through Trump’s golf motorcade yesterday to give him the finger.

    • Indiana Joanna says:

      Hahahaha about that woman confronting drump.

      Also, Kaiser, had to laugh as I read your description of creepy drump and the kids.

      Right now I’m grateful for Mueller, a rare American hero. I’m not sure drump and these money obsessed Putin slaves will ever get their due. So I’ll just wait for Monday’s announcement.

    • Esmom says:

      The Michael Moore tweet was so bizarre. The strangest was how he started it with “While not at all presidential.” As if all his previous tweets were??

      • lightpurple says:

        And he had his facts wrong too. The show didn’t close because of poor box office, it closed because it was a limited run with a definite end date.

      • Esmom says:

        lightpurple, Of course he did. I saw that Playbill fired back at him, good for them.

      • lightpurple says:

        That Playbill has to get involved in correcting presidential accusations just demonstrates how outside the norm this all is.

    • Lucy2 says:

      The finger flipping cyclist is my hero too.

      • imqrious2 says:

        When my sister and bro-in-law were in NY last weekend, they went in front of Dump Tower and my BIL took a pic of only his hand, flipping the bird, in front of it. When I saw it, I laughed. It’s now my laptop wallpaper lol

  11. robyn says:

    This has proven to be a very slow march to justice so I’m not too excited about Monday, although it could be a healthy start.

    Meanwhile, watching Trump, the divider, made me realize that Trump even tried to divide the children from their “media” parents as he ungraciously grudged against them while “treating” their kids to candy and worrying them about their weight. He simply can’t help being an inept obnoxious jerk … even when he’s trying to say “cute” things and sound easy-going.

    • third ginger says:

      Tomorrow: you’re not indicted; you can have candy.

    • cr says:

      This isn’t actually slow for a special counsel, in fact it’s damn fast, even including that some of the investigations started summer of 2016. And this may be one of most complex investigations of its type.
      And it’s still early stages, so more to come.

  12. Justine says:

    People are saying that it could be a relative of someone, to get that person to flip. I’ve heard Michael Flynn Jr, so that his dad flips.

    • Melly says:

      That would actually make a lot of sense. They would likely want to start with someone smaller, then later go after Trump’s inner circle

    • Millennial says:

      I’ve also read they might go after wives/kids to get them to flip. There is a rumor that started on a local Brooklyn blog that Manafort laundered some money into some Brooklyn brownstones… but he put his wife or daughter or someone with him on the deed, so now they are implicated.

    • Bonzo says:

      From Politico:

      “The attorneys close to the case also said they wouldn’t be surprised if the charges were targeting Flynn or Manafort family members, or a longtime accountant or lawyer.

      Andrew Weissmann, one of Mueller’s top attorneys and a frequent presence over the last month at the grand jury proceedings in Washington, including on Friday, was known to use that tactic to gain advantage when attempting to prosecute Enron executives in the mid-2000s. “That moves you toward making a deal when the son or a wife is indicted,” said a white-collar attorney familiar with the Mueller probe.”

  13. snappyfish says:

    The whole Watergate Investigation took years. The fact that there is a possibility of an arrest or arrests this week is amazing. I am guessing Manafort, Flynn & Kushner. Any of which will be huge. More than one amazing. I can only hope when they drag the Cheeto in Chief away they pull the deeply Closeted Pence with him. I would love to see the entire Presidential election called a fraud and all he has enacted receded. Good bye Gorsuch, for example.

    That won’t happen, but watching all the dominos fall will be vastly interesting. He is unfit to be President. He has shown this day after day. Let”s hope his time in office is coming to a Mueller fueled end

  14. Simpatico says:

    This video comparing Trump and Obama with kids at Halloween will just make watching Trump all the more painful. I miss the Obamas more every single day.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HMJQxhlGM5M

    • Esmom says:

      This made me cry when I saw it yesterday. Him singing Purple Rain to that adorable little Prince…amazing.

    • IlsaLund says:

      Why would News reporters even allow their children to participate in such an event. Call me petty, but if I was a member of the White House press corp and given the behavior of Trump & his staff towards the reporters, I would not have allowed my child to participate. This was not President Obama they were dealing with, it was Satan’s spawn. I wouldn’t risk exposing my child and risking nightmares from the encounter. And if he had said that shit about weight to my kid, I would have popped off on his orange ass cause yeah, I’m just that fed up & petty.

      • Layla says:

        Agree. There’s no way in hell I’d allow my child to be used as a pawn in this way. Nor woood I want him to touch my child.

      • Esmom says:

        Because, unlike Trump, I think they’re still operating in the mode where traditions and protocol matter. They actually have respect for the office. I wouldn’t want my kid there with Trump either but hopefully once they got that out of the way the children were able to get something positive from their time in the White House.

    • Lucy2 says:

      After seeing the Dump Halloween video, I immediately went to YouTube to search for Obama at Halloween. Dump can’t act like a human being for five seconds, even with kids. The Obama family, in stark contrast as always, clearly took such joy at hosting those events and interacting with the kids.

    • jwoolman says:

      Obama is just a natural with infants and children. He obviously enjoyed his own kids at that age. Trump just let his wives raise his kids and started paying attention when they were old enough to possibly be useful to him.

      I’m the type who turns off the lights, keeps the cats inside, and pretends I’m not home on Halloween, so I have a tiny bit of sympathy with Trump’s total lack of naturalness with children. Extremely tiny bit. Minuscule bit.

      Trump just needs to stay away from children entirely. He can’t help but be creepy and not in a fun Halloween way.

      More precisely, parents need to keep their children away from Trump. What were they thinking?!?!

      • Jerusha says:

        ObamaPlusKids is a great twitter and IG site.
        http://twitter.com/obamapluskids/status/924667148919812096

      • Liquorice says:

        I’m not the biggest fan of Obama’s policies re GFC but can’t remember where I read it, but I was impressed by the story of him turning down a 14-year-old girl’s request to write on her shirt (he was okay with writing on the younger sister’s). Contrast with Trump basically groping his own daughter in public and objectifying her in an incestuous way on Howard Stern.

    • FLORC says:

      Omg that video… ugh… he’s a bad president and terrible with children… his day care staff must keep him isolated from the others so he’s never developed social skills.

  15. Serene Wolf says:

    LMAO at “the mood of IMPEACHMENT”. Hope so! Things are finally moving along.

  16. Alexandria says:

    As a non-American I am prepared to send a grateful email personally to Robert Mueller if he manages to save the world from Drumpf admin.

  17. Fleurucci says:

    This is exciting 🙂 hope the charged person will not have disappeared tomorrow.

    Has everyone seen the fun and funny desperate Cheeto video on you tube? Perfect time for it 🙂

    • Gutterflower says:

      I was just gonna say I wonder who goes missing before then, only to wash up in a river wearing cement boots in a few months.

      • Betsy says:

        That’s not really Russia’s (Trumps’) style to date. Falling out of windows. Shooting one’sself with a shotgun in the back of the head. Possibly putting a bag over one’s head with a suicide note that reads “there’s nothing fishy about my death.” That type of thing.

      • Ankhel says:

        Escape proof luggage. Poisonous umbrellas. Particularly radiant cups of Darjeeling… One does have class in Russia.

  18. HelloSunshine says:

    Can someone clarify for me (and I’m sure I’ve asked before, sorry!).. can Drumpf pardon himself and others around him if charges are brought?

    • Indiana Joanna says:

      No one seems to know if drump can pardon himself as president. But Mueller brought in NY prosecuters for the investigation so drump can be charged on the state level, which I believe was done because he wouldn’t be able to pardon himself for those charges. (I’m not a lawyer, so please excuse the choppy explanation.)

      Also, last I read a few members of Congress are looking to pass a law stating the president can’t pardon himself.

    • FF says:

      From what I’ve read Mueller will be levelling state charges. 45 can only pardon federal charges.

    • Nic919 says:

      He can’t pardon state crimes but he could pardon federal crimes. If he does that though then further chaos is going to happen because that is what dictators do.
      The New York AG has been working with Mueller so there are likely state RICO charges pending against most of these criminals, in particular against the Dump kids and Kushner.

      • HelloSunshine says:

        Thanks everyone! Good to know they probably my can’t worm their way out of this!

      • lightpurple says:

        And anyone who receives a pardon can no longer plead the 5th and would have to testify fully against him.

      • kacy says:

        I hope that the state charges pan out, and I do believe in AG Schneiderman. However, a lot of these talking points are put forth by Louise Mensch who has claimed that over 200 people (including Joy Ann Reid) are Russian collaborators. Fingers crossed that this is all true. However, I do think Louise is problematic. She was working for the GOP during the election.

      • cr says:

        Louise Mensch hates Trump, but she’s beyond problematic. So is Claude Taylor. They’re not reliable sources, they don’t have sources, and Louise especially still seems totally clueless how the US political and justice system works. I think Malcolm Nance has referred to them as chaos agents.

      • Nic919 says:

        It was reported by CNN and others in late August that Mueller and Schneiderman are working together. Also, it is interesting that Dianne Feinstein just sent off a bunch of requests for further documentation from Twitter, Facebook and Cambridge Analytica. This means the Senate committee is still digging. And Mueller probably already has a lot of this stuff.

      • kacy says:

        Glad that it’s been reported by more reliable sources 🙂 I congratulate Feinstein on pushing forward, but she is not the chair on either the Judicial or Intelligence committees. I don’t see Graham or other GOP counterparts letting it go to far… All bets are on Mueller and Schneiderman.

  19. Chef Grace says:

    “And Nero fiddled while Rome burned. “

  20. Lucy2 says:

    I will be surprised if this is anyone but Manafort, but I’ll take whatever we can get. I hope it’s the first in a long line of indictments.

    • third ginger says:

      I think you are right.

    • lightpurple says:

      They did tell Manafort they were going to indict him when they raided his home. And I think he will flip, which has Stone and Trump freaking out.

      • AnneC says:

        It’s either trump’s campaign manager or his first National security advisor. Both pretty high up and both big fish.

    • nicole says:

      They said on CNN, last night that they start at the bottom and work there way up to the bigger players, but wouldnt it be amazing to see that little slimball Kushner being handcuffed and taken out of the whitehouse, that would be the best.

  21. Eric says:

    Just FYI, Emperor Zero cannot pardon ANY crime in which he is a co-conspirator, including federal charges.

    For all my lovely friends here, some who doubted my optimism, it’s going to be a wonderful Christmas!

    On a cautionary note, the proverbial “fat lady” is only warming up backstage as this is going to be a drawn-out process. And right-wing conspiracy theories will be intense.

    It’s Mueller Time!

  22. tifzlan says:

    Did he really tell a freaking child that she has no “weight problems” so she can eat candy….. what a lunatic.

    • third ginger says:

      Yes. It’s beyond disgusting. He fears she might not grow up to be “trophy wife” material. Also, no one will miss the fact that this garbage is what he comes up with on his own. Not scripted or written for him. We have only to look at the contrast, generously supplied by other posters, with President Obama. Character is often revealed in little moments such as these.

    • Alix says:

      And a girl, of course. No way he’d say that to a boy. He’s a big boy himself, and look how fat and dumpy he is!

    • Liquorice says:

      Totally agree. Disgusting comment.

  23. Maum says:

    All I could see on this video was how he was throwing candy at those kids across the table. He couldn’t even be bothered to hand them out to them one by one.

  24. Snowflake says:

    Keeping fingers crossed, please God, let him be gone soon!

  25. ida says:

    this is the best weekend this year so far. first time I slept like a baby since last november. they will all go to jail. I cannot wait.

  26. lightpurple says:

    And the Sunday morning pre-golf tweet storm has begun!

  27. Jerusha says:

    The trumpanzees were going crazy yesterday. Bust a gut, fellas.
    http://twitter.com/astorix23/status/924334854245888001

  28. Jerusha says:

    Here’s a good suggestion for Halloween.
    http://twitter.com/th3j35t3r/status/924497742520561664

  29. Who ARE These People? says:

    I had the feeling something was coming because the news leaks slowed down for a while, then we had a flurry later this week, and Jim Comey showed up openly on social media. Maybe I’m just reading the tea leaves.

    My fear is that people in Trump’s circle may be indicted, even convicted, but that Trump has been able to keep his fingerprints off things for so long that it would be hard to indict him now. It seems hard to nail him on obstruction of justice, even though ‘of course he did.’

    My other fear is that the people of an age to really throw their weight into meaningful protest, the Baby Boomers, came out of Watergate with a sense that the ship “always” rights itself, and think they just have to wait it out again. I am not sure that is true. The Democrats controlled Congress then, not the Republicans – and not THESE Republicans, who have zero sense of duty to the American public. Nixon had some sense of the normal order of things, with an eye to his legacy. Trump has no sense of the normal order of these things and zero sense of legacy: He lives only in the world of the self-interested present. He’d rather blow up the world and take it down with him. He is ahistoric.

    On the other hand, this could disrupt the workings of Congress just enough to mess up their “tax reform” bill and force their backs to the wall on the question of impeachment. This is Paul Ryan’s last hope. And while the people around Trump are disgusting, many of them do have enough sense to try to keep their asses out of jail – or reduce their sentences.

    So no matter what happens, this likely weakens his presidency. But we don’t know how much, and it’s far from a guaranteed cakewalk to getting rid of him altogether.

    Need to keep fighting back.

  30. Nemo says:

    but…wouldn’t that leave you with Pence? he’s even worse.

    • Annetommy says:

      Who knows if he’s worse? He’s certainly terrible. That’s not a reason to want trump to continue though. And I don’t think Pence enjoys the mindless devotion of the trump cultists.

      • Esmom says:

        I think the Trump cultists would just transfer their mindless devotion to Pence. Many Trump cultists were anti-Trump until he was their only choice.

      • Jerusha says:

        Yes, trump is a demogogue and pence is a functionary, imo. Both godawful, but pence wouldn’t be able to whip the mindless lemmings into a frenzy, I believe. He has the personality of a loaf of white bread.

      • Lady D says:

        Pence probably wouldn’t have twitter wars with despots either.

    • Who ARE These People? says:

      Sort of a fruitless discussion. The special prosecutor has to follow the path of criminality where ever it leads. His job is not political.

      The political side is that Pence is a joyless, friendless turnip and not as bright as many make him out to be. He wouldn’t last long in the job. And besides, his domestic policy – malignant Puritanism – is already being implemented. It would be more of the same, without the nuclear concerns and utter normlessness.

    • cr says:

      It might leave us with Pence, but Pence is probably not in the clear either. And we’re a long way away from really even considering the possibility of President Pence.

      • Beth says:

        And after Pence, it’s….Paul Ryan. Aaaahhh! The next 3 years won’t be fun

      • cr says:

        In order to get to the Speaker you’d have to get rid of Trump and Pence at the same time. So President Ryan is highly unlikely. And depending on the results of the 2018 elections Ryan might not be Speaker by then, even if the Repubs hang on to the House.

    • adastraperaspera says:

      Trump trades on his charisma and celebrity. Pence has none. That matters. Also, let’s get the head of the snake and then worry about chopping it up in little pieces (apologies to people who like snakes).

  31. adastraperaspera says:

    I have been creatively visualizing an indictment headline all year. To finally see it was shocking! As I’ve said before, I would do anything to get a peek at the dozens and dozens of white boards, charts, spreadsheets and datasets of Mueller’s team. The rule of law has remained standing under an incredible torrent of brutalizing attacks. We must remove each and every one of these corrupt officials and jail the criminals. Onward!!

    “When once a republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil.”
    ~Thomas Jefferson

    • Who ARE These People? says:

      You won’t see an indictment headline in yesterday’s or today’s NY Times. I guess to them it’s no biggie. We’ll see what tomorrow brings.

      • adastraperaspera says:

        Sorry, I meant to say a headline saying an indictment may be coming! Fingers crossed!

      • cr says:

        I don’t think it’s not because they don’t think it’s a biggie, but they may not have the same sources that WSJ and CNN and are working on their own stories.

  32. aquarius64 says:

    Dream scenario: Mueller got Manafort and Flynn to flip (turn state’s evidence) and there will be a pre-dawn raid to the houses of Jared and Don Jr. , both served with arrest warrants. The sight of these two doing the Walk of Shame to the jailhouse and to the courthouse, in handcuffs, would be a sight to behold. Trump’s Twitter screed would be epic if that happens. If Trump tries to pardon them Don and Jared would 1) be admitting guilt by accepting the pardon and 2) can’t plead the Fifth if they are called in to testify at another trial. Executive privilege – the president bars people in his administration to talk about White House matters – has its limits. Politico has reported that Trump’s lawyers were burning up the phone lines yesterday, trying to get information on who’s going to have their mugshots publicized.

    Happy Halloween to the Orange Goblin of 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. He has terrorized the country for nine months; now it’s time for Trump to have a scare.

    • Sue says:

      I don’t know who you are, but if you’re reading politico my guess is you know a little something about how this process goes. And I love the “orange goblin” moniker. Good comment.

      Let’s hope he also manages to bring down tax reform with his ham-handed treatment of the Republican leadership. Because I for one like my HoH filing status, state and local tax deductions, and my pretax 401k contributions. I’ll be pretty pissed if I lose them in the name of the GOP’s crusade to starve the federal gov’t, slash the corporate rate and give multinationals a free ride on their overseas profits. The middle class won’t know what hit them when they go to file their returns for 2018.

  33. whywhywhy? says:

    You can tell when things are getting bad for the Dotard when they start using children to clean up his image. The most disturbing thing is that the WH reporters let their children go near the Dotard, especially after he said those horrible things about the women he harassed and groped. A part of the problem is the complicity of the WH reporters. The Dotard and Sarah humiliate them and attack their peers every single day and they just sit there and take it, and now they allow their kids to be dragged into this nonsense. Why would they send their kids there, knowing that people like Don Lemon has been getting death threats from bots and Dotard fans?

    Mueller also needs to file charges against Sarah, Nunes, Graham, Trey, and Chuck for obstructing justice. The Dotard tweets and then they spend their time reverse engineering support for his lies. The Dotard tweeted about Hillary and Uranium and then Nunes went out and announced that he was launching an investigation. The Dotard tried to defend his decision to fire Comey by saying that Comey wasn’t reliable and then Chuck and Lindsey send a letter to the DOJ claiming that Comey came to the conclusion about Hillary without talking to everyone. Why isn’t anyone stopping Nunes and these GOP members? What happened to the Ethics investigation against Nunes?

    • Esmom says:

      All good questions. Your new name captures the current mood well, btw.

    • Who ARE These People? says:

      What Esmom said. And what happened to Ethics investigation? There are no Republicans concerned about ethics at the moment.

      • swak says:

        Have they ever been concerned about ethics? Jared and Ivanka, who have no business being in the WH as advisors, are there. He did not put his businesses in blind trusts like other president’s have done. Just a couple of examples. Not to mention the money his properties make every time he goes to one of them.

    • jwoolman says:

      I don’t know how they get away with saying Comey came to conclusions before his investigation was completed. He did what any methodical person does when a large report will be due quickly after the project is done – he drafted the bulk of it with all the required details, so it could be quickly revised after the final interview with Hillary. He could see where it was going, so it made sense to draft a conclusion that could be revised once the interview results were available. I’ve done the equivalent myself.

      Certainly it would be incredibly stupid not to draft such a report asap when you know you will need to give a press conference soon. Waiting until the last interview is over to start the draft would be incompetent.

  34. whywhywhy? says:

    It’s nice seeing some of the press doing their jobs and not being complicit. Most shows will let the Dotard supporters and GOP members appear on their show and spew their lies, but not Joy. She comes prepared and factchecks the Dotard supporters and GOP right then and there. When a Dotard supporter tried to spread lies about Hillary, Joy went line by line checking everything that she said and telling her what was wrong with her logic.

    • hmmm says:

      The Trumpista always looks smug and combative. It’s as if she’s in a cult. Oh wait….

      Joy never lets her get away with the naked lies coming out of that hateful woman’s mouth. It’s so refreshing to see.

  35. Justine says:

    I think the NY Times isn’t carrying this because nothing is confirmed. It’s all very vague reporting from CNN, that can’t be validated because the charges are sealed. I want it to be big, and showy, and huge, but the truth is it may not be a big dog this early and it may be for something not really related to Trump-Russia. I just think, people should be prepared for that, Mueller clearly has a plan, he has an end goal, this thing has to be iron clad against Trump. Yes, I think that he has enough to force a resignation, but I doubt Mueller would want to leave any wiggle room. In any case, no matter what tomorrow brings, it’s not going to be good for Trump at all. If he fires Mueller or even tries to pardon people, he’ll most likely be impeached. This isn’t going to end well for Trump, but it may take a while for that ending to come.

    • jwoolman says:

      Mueller seems to be the sort who would have all his ducks in a row before making this move. Things might proceed faster than expected. There is a real risk that the targets will leave the country.

      I thought I heard that sealed indictments were prepared by a Virginia grand jury months ago. These are by the Washington one. Maybe they will be unsealed all at once?

      The rumor was that one of the two Virginia grand juries was definitely dealing with RICO issues. I do think that what originally perked up the ears of listeners to surveillance tapes of the Russians was indication of financial crimes by the Americans talking with them. All of Trump’s people consistently lied about contacts with the Russians, so there had to be something illegal going on. I’m surprised Manafort didn’t get out of town long ago, deciding to live in a country that wouldn’t extradite him. Maybe none of them believed anything would happen to them.

      We’ll see soon enough, I guess.

      • cr says:

        The rumor about the early indictments came from Louise Mensch/Claude Taylor IIRC, and I would consider that it’s unlikely that rumor being true. It could be, but I doubt it.

      • Lady D says:

        They might be counting on Trump pardoning them, therefore they aren’t that worried.

    • cr says:

      Neither NYT nor WaPo have carried, and I do think it’s because they can’t verify it, and are also probably working on their own stories.
      I wouldn’t be surprised if the indictment is against someone lesser known, like Carter Page.

    • hmmm says:

      How is the NYT an entity to trust? They had no problem spreading lies about Hillary before the election ( a Breitbart shill’s “Clinton Cash” anyone?). Who cares if they confirm or not?

      • cr says:

        The NYT also has several reporters who’ve been working on Trump stories like this, so it’s a mixed bag. They can do crap things like their Clinton stories, or Judy Miller’s bs reporting before the Iraq War, but they do have some excellent investigative reporters.

      • Nic919 says:

        NBC and CBS also carried the story now. I think WaPo is laying low because they have their own story. NYT I don’t always trust because they still carry bogus Hillary stories and Maggie Haberman tries to play nice with the Dotard to get further scoops. Besides NYT pushed the emails story on very little and are part of the reason the Dotard is at 1600 Penn.

      • cr says:

        Maggie Haberman drives me up the )@(#$@#($) wall with her ‘both sides’ and playing nice and crap. She’s terrible at her job.

  36. Ginger says:

    I would LOVE it if the first indictment was Kushner!

  37. trollontheloose says:

    His son in law Jared Kushner

  38. themummy says:

    I”m not going to get at all excited about this because I have learned better than that throughout this whole nightmare. I suspect it could be someone unimportant and possibly even only tangentially related to the whole thing. It seems that the Orange Anus just cannot be brought down and I no longer hold out much, if any, hope that anything will ever be done. I’m thinking a few unknowns will get in trouble for this financial thing or that financial thing, but it will somehow exonerate the Orange Anus in the end. He seems to live life under some sort of lucky star. Personally, I hope he has a stroke today.

  39. Reece says:

    EVERYTHING IN THIS VIDEO IS RAGE INDUCING!!! HE THINKS IT’S ALL FUNNY!!!!! I can’t I can’t.
    Princess Leia and her zero to give and clearly not wanting to be close to him is giving me life! The little eye roll at the beginning. She gets extra candy from me!

    As for the investigation, when I see orange jumpsuits then I’ll be happy.

  40. Justine says:

    Eh, I don’t think that it’s some small fish, like Carter Page. I also doubt that it’s Manafort. They (not Mueller, but someone) wanted this to leak this weekend, so that everyone would be prepared come Monday. If it’s was someone that wouldn’t be as big of a deal, like Page, they would have just executed the arrest and it would have been breaking news, but not a game changer. I think because it dropped Friday evening, it’s a game changer. So a medium fish? My money is on Flynn/Flynn Jr., Manafort, and Kushner.

    • cr says:

      Mueller didn’t leak it, though I wonder who did, possibly someone in the DoJ? And it got leaked on Friday evening because that’s when the indictments were allegedly handed down.
      But Flynn Sr., Manafort and Kushner aren’t medium fish, either.
      I’m not sure I’d consider Page a small fish either, just because he doesn’t get the notice that the others do.

      • Holly hobby says:

        Renato Mariotti said leaks usually happen from the defense because they were notified to bring their client to court. It’s never leaked by the AG or, in this case, special counsel.

  41. Jaded says:

    There is a 3-part documentary on YouTube called “The Dubious Friends of Donald Trump” produced by ZEMBLA and I highly recommend watching them. It exposes the path of Russian mafia contacts, shell companies, oligarchs, etc. that have connections to the Trump organizations through money laundering, human trafficking, blood diamonds and crooked politicians/businessmen from Uzbekistan and other eastern European countries who scammed billions from their countries.

    1. The Russians – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bEdMuKq30I&t=25ssearch_query=the+dubious+friends+of+donald+trump+part+1

    2. King of Diamonds – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvd7PqI_Lx0&t=13s

    3. The Billion Dollar Fraud – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oqesw5kwEow&t=4s

    You will be aghast at what this monster has his tiny, filthy hands into.

    • Nic919 says:

      So much of this was ignored and instead they tried to smear the Clinton Foundation even though it has a high rating for charities and the stupid emails.
      The media really failed here.

    • Christin says:

      Dubious birds of a feather flock together, eh?

      My hope hinges on money laundering / financial charges. I suspect there are numerous connects there (US / internationally), with a bunch of the players.

  42. llc says:

    Best guesses: Manafort, Flynn, Flynn Jr, Page, Cohen, Stone

    Wildest dreams come true: Jared, Donald Jr

  43. Electric Tuba says:

    I’ll be playing Talking Heads Burning Down the House and doing a witchy chant to help speed his demise along. Burn blob buuuuuuuuurrrrrrn!

  44. BooBooLaRue says:

    Please please please take him and them away!

  45. Watching a Trainwreak says:

    Trump tweeting “DO SOMETHING!”…he sounds like the old maiden aunt in a Victorian melodrama. I guess we now know how he’ll respond to an international crisis…shouting that out to “my generals” before he swoons.

  46. Justine says:

    Um, James Comey just tweeted “whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly.” His Tweeter handle is @Formerbu

  47. Mabs A'Mabbin says:

    In the words of Calamity Jane on Deadwood, “The slimy limey cocksucker.”

  48. Jen says:

    It enrages me that nothing will happen to Trump. I have never hated anyone, not even people who have hurt me, but I DESPISE this RACIST, SEXIST, GREEDY, LYING, CHEATING, PREDATORY SOCIOPATH. His EVIL has already done so much damage. I don’t think people realize the extent of his EVIL-he has paid off anyone who could bury him. The idiotic sheep who elected this POS murdered us all-they put in motion the end of humanity. I wish with everything in me that I could even be hopeful that Trump is going down, but he isn’t. He has already made sure he won’t.

  49. konspiracytheory says:

    I couldn’t sleep last night – worse than Christmas Eve as a kid, lol.