Exclusive: First charges filed in Mueller investigation

[UberNeuman]

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/27/polit...medium=website&utm_content=link&ICID=ref_fark

Washington (CNN)A federal grand jury in Washington, DC, 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.

\is it happening? fuck yeah!

 

[ivwshane]

I'm guessing manafort and trump will pardon him.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

I'm guessing manafort and trump will pardon him.

Flynn could be too, shit storm Constitutional Crisis begins if a pardon is issued

 

[UberNeuman]

Flynn could be too, shit storm Constitutional Crisis begins if a pardon is issued

Pardons aren't going to save any of them from New York prosecution.

 

[werepossum]

Cool. Now taking bets on who gets prosecuted.

 

[FIVR]

Remember when they announced that Mueller had switched his investigation to DNC lobbyists? Remember when I said the case would now start to move quickly because the targets were no longer the President or any of his associates?


Watch them come down with indictments of DNC lobbyists. The grand jury was convened in Virginia. If they were going after Trump or his kids or his friends it would be a New York grand jury. Virginia is what you would use to indict DNC lobbyists.


I can't believe how gullible you people are. Your love affair with Mueller will soon sour.

 

[Fanatical Meat]

Remember when they announced that Mueller had switched his investigation to DNC lobbyists? Remember when I said the case would now start to move quickly because the targets were no longer the President or any of his associates?


Watch them come down with indictments of DNC lobbyists. The grand jury was convened in Virginia. If they were going after Trump or his kids or his friends it would be a New York grand jury. Virginia is what you would use to indict DNC lobbyists.


I can't believe how gullible you people are. Your love affair with Mueller will soon sour.

Could be we'll see. Personally I want anyone who colluded with Russia during the election to be prosecuted D or R

 

[jman19]

Could be we'll see. Personally I want anyone who colluded with Russia during the election to be prosecuted D or R

Agreed. Just want the facts.

 

[FIVR]

Could be we'll see. Personally I want anyone who colluded with Russia during the election to be prosecuted D or R

Lol. No democrats 'colluded' with Russia. It's sort of amazing you have already been deluded into believing that "both sides" are responsible for this. I guess you agree with Trump then because I'm sure he's 100% fine with them charging both as long as the Democrats go first.

 

[yllus]

This is definitely, totally, absolutely not related:

Washington Post - Dana Boente announces resignation as U.S. attorney for Eastern District of Virginia

Dana Boente, the U.S. attorney from Virginia who gained national prominence when he took a temporary leading role in President Trump’s Justice Department, has submitted his resignation.

He plans to serve until a successor is confirmed.

“I will be around for a while and hope to visit with all of you to discuss how much the office and our work means to each of us,” Boente wrote in a letter to the lawyers he oversees in the Eastern District of Virginia. “I have so much respect for you and the work you do every day.”

Boente, a 33-year veteran of the Justice Department, was tapped earlier this year to serve as acting attorney general after Sally Yates was fired. He went on to serve as acting deputy attorney general.

He is serving as acting assistant attorney general of the National Security Division and will remain in that post until John C. Demers, an attorney for Boeing who worked at the Justice Department under President George W. Bush, is confirmed.

“Dana is a superb prosecutor — tough, smart, honest, compassionate and fair — and a cherished colleague and friend,” said Chuck Rosenberg, a former U.S. attorney for the same district who recently resigned as acting head of the Drug Enforcement Administration.

Boente submitted his resignation Thursday, and Trump has not named a successor for him in Virginia. Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, both Virginia Democrats, said in a statement Friday afternoon that they are accepting applications for the position.

“We are grateful for Dana Boente’s public service and look forward to reviewing qualified candidates and selecting the right individual for this significant role,” they said.

The job is an important and high-profile one. The Eastern District is home to the CIA and the Pentagon, and its prosecutors often handle terrorism cases. It includes about 300 lawyers and other employees with offices in Alexandria, Richmond, Norfolk and Newport News.​

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Remember when they announced that Mueller had switched his investigation to DNC lobbyists? Remember when I said the case would now start to move quickly because the targets were no longer the President or any of his associates?


Watch them come down with indictments of DNC lobbyists. The grand jury was convened in Virginia. If they were going after Trump or his kids or his friends it would be a New York grand jury. Virginia is what you would use to indict DNC lobbyists.


I can't believe how gullible you people are. Your love affair with Mueller will soon sour.

Mueller never switched. You made that up. But it will be great fun on Monday to see Trump cronies grabbed. You also made a bizarre allegation about where the Grand Jury is located. It's in DC where most of the people he wants to interview have associations and many live nearby.

Stop now.

 

[werepossum]

Wait - Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, both Virginia Democrats, said in a statement Friday afternoon that they are accepting applications for the position?

Did you guys let me sleep through a coup?

 

[Jhhnn]

Mueller never switched. You made that up. But it will be great fun on Monday to see Trump cronies grabbed. You also made a bizarre allegation about where the Grand Jury is located. It's in DC where most of the people he wants to interview have associations and many live nearby.

Stop now.

Dunno what we'll see on Monday. It'll be fun watching the trolls & the spin artists go nuts in the meanwhile.

 

[Jhhnn]

Wait - Sens. Mark R. Warner and Tim Kaine, both Virginia Democrats, said in a statement Friday afternoon that they are accepting applications for the position?

Did you guys let me sleep through a coup?

It's customary for Senators to make such recommendations to the President, I think.

 

[Pens1566]

Remember when they announced that Mueller had switched his investigation to DNC lobbyists? Remember when I said the case would now start to move quickly because the targets were no longer the President or any of his associates?


Watch them come down with indictments of DNC lobbyists. The grand jury was convened in Virginia. If they were going after Trump or his kids or his friends it would be a New York grand jury. Virginia is what you would use to indict DNC lobbyists.


I can't believe how gullible you people are. Your love affair with Mueller will soon sour.

Uh, it was a GJ in DC. You keep getting this wrong.

 

[Hayabusa Rider]

Dunno what we'll see on Monday. It'll be fun watching the trolls & the spin artists go nuts in the meanwhile.

We don't know but I'll break out the crystal ball and say Manafort/Flynn, but as you say we can't know at the moment. Hopefully it will be more rewarding than the Kennedy documents.

 

[5to1baby1in5]

Lock her up?

 

[werepossum]

It's customary for Senators to make such recommendations to the President, I think.

My understanding was that US Attorneys were exclusively selected by the President subject to confirmation by the Senate. I suppose recommendations fall under "Advice and consent" though. Still, "we're accepting applications" seems a bit much.

 

[UNCjigga]

The easy money's on Manafort for sure, possibly Manafort and Flynn. Some speculation in the Twitterverse that Boente may be called as a witness re: Flynn and his resignation is to avoid a conflict of interest.

 

[woolfe9998]

Remember when they announced that Mueller had switched his investigation to DNC lobbyists? Remember when I said the case would now start to move quickly because the targets were no longer the President or any of his associates?


Watch them come down with indictments of DNC lobbyists. The grand jury was convened in Virginia. If they were going after Trump or his kids or his friends it would be a New York grand jury. Virginia is what you would use to indict DNC lobbyists.


I can't believe how gullible you people are. Your love affair with Mueller will soon sour.

You really want to stick your neck out on this prediction?

We'll keep this thread bumped until we know for sure.

 

[woolfe9998]

The easy money's on Manafort for sure, possibly Manafort and Flynn. Some speculation in the Twitterverse that Boente may be called as a witness re: Flynn and his resignation is to avoid a conflict of interest.

I'm going with Manafort. I can't recall which Senator said about a month ago that there was a 99% chance of Manafort being charged.

 

[feralkid]

I'm going with Manafort. I can't recall which Senator said about a month ago that there was a 99% chance of Manafort being charged.

That was Connecticut Sen. Richard Blumenthal.

His second choice was Flynn.

 

[Balt]

My understanding was that US Attorneys were exclusively selected by the President subject to confirmation by the Senate. I suppose recommendations fall under "Advice and consent" though. Still, "we're accepting applications" seems a bit much.

I believe it falls under some part of either 'blue slipping' or senatorial courtesy. They don't choose the individual, but they can submit an opinion on potential nominees to the Senate Judiciary Committee. Those opinions probably held more weight in the days of decorum and respect for procedure than they do now, though.

 

[trenchfoot]

I've been occasionally flipping channels over to FOX to see how they're handling this news about the upcoming indictments and I may be wrong up to this point because I was only spot checking, but it seems like FOX does not consider the upcoming indictments as anything newsworthy up to this point. lol

 

[UberNeuman]

I've been occasionally flipping channels over to FOX to see how they're handling this news about the upcoming indictments and I may be wrong up to this point because I was only spot checking, but it seems like FOX does not consider the upcoming indictments as anything newsworthy up to this point. lol

If Fox will not come to the rolling boulder, then the rolling boulder will come to them.