We have indictments in the Mueller probe.

[Sea of red]

Stand by.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/27/politi...ion/index.html

My guess is Manafort.

[Mountain Man]

The timing is interesting. Traditionally when someone wants to bury a story, they'll quietly issue a press release late Friday night, let the story burn itself out over the weekend, and then a fresh news cycle begins on Monday and the story is forgotten. It's almost like they're trying to stop this news from making a splash, perhaps because the charges are anticlimactic.

Or maybe Mueller is trying to distract from the Hillary scandals that are currently unfolding at a rapid pace and which directly implicate him.

I guess we'll find out.

[Darth Executor]

mueller should be recusing himself after it turned out the FBI under him was coordinating with the Democrats and the Russians to smear Trump, not indict anyone.

[One Bad Pig]

Well, it turns out that Manafort was in hip deep with the Podesta Group for years before Trump picked him up. Interesting how that dynamic will turn out.

[Mountain Man]

mueller should be recusing himself after it turned out the FBI under him was coordinating with the Democrats and the Russians to smear Trump, not indict anyone.

Yep... the timing of this announcement is certainly convenient/suspicious.

[Sea of red]

Well, it turns out that Manafort was in hip deep with the Podesta Group for years before Trump picked him up. Interesting how that dynamic will turn out.

He was drowning in Russian debt.

[One Bad Pig]

Yep... the timing of this announcement is certainly convenient/suspicious.

It's certainly the ideal time to dump news you have to broadcast, but would rather not.

[Sea of red]

It was obvious to some us that the GOP Clinton games were about starting a distraction before some major news from the Mueller camp hit.

[One Bad Pig]

He was drowning in Russian debt.

Nah. The Rooskies pay well, donchaknow.

[Sea of red]

Nah. The Rooskies pay well, donchaknow.

Sixty million big ones tends to talk.

[Mountain Man]

It was obvious to some us that the GOP Clinton games were about starting a distraction before some major news from the Mueller camp hit.

[One Bad Pig]

It was obvious to some us that the GOP Clinton games were about starting a distraction before some major news from the Mueller camp hit.

If the Mueller camp was so inept as to leak their news to the GOP in time for the GOP to get their news out first, they're failing rather badly. And as I (and MM) have already observed, this is the worst possible time to release big news. Big news gets dropped on the Monday morning news/talk shows, so it's the topic du jour at the water cooler first thing in the week.

[Sea of red]

This is the angle I expected the investigation to take.

Just as the as the Ken Starr probe started with Whitewater and ended with Lewinsky, the Mueller probe has started with Russian interference, but is now turning into an investigation about foreign bribery, FARA violations, and money laundering.

Podesta, Flynn, Manafort, etc, all have their backs to the wall right now.

[Tassman]

Stand by.

http://www.cnn.com/2017/10/27/politi...ion/index.html

My guess is Manafort.

Yes I think so, or possibly Flynn which would be more damaging for Trump. OR, just possibly, Don Jr and Kushner in which case we can expect a couple of presidential pardons.

[rogue06]

Sixty million big ones tends to talk.

And 145 million big ones talk even more.