Quote:Special Counsel Robert Mueller is preparing to accelerate his probe into possible collusion between Donald Trump’s presidential campaign and Russians who sought to interfere in the 2016 election, according to a person familiar with the investigation.

Mueller and his team of prosecutors and investigators have an eye toward producing conclusions -- and possible indictments -- related to collusion by fall, said the person, who asked not to be identified. He’ll be able to turn his full attention to the issue as he resolves other questions, including deciding soon whether to find that Trump sought to obstruct justice.

Quote:Suspicious contacts between at least 13 people associated with Trump’s presidential campaign and Russians have fueled the debate over collusion.

Some of those encounters have been known for months: the Russian ambassador whose conversations forced Attorney General Jeff Sessions to recuse himself from overseeing the Russia investigation and led Michael Flynn to plead guilty to perjury. The Russians who wangled a meeting with Donald Trump Jr. at Trump Tower in July 2016 after dangling the promise of political dirt on Democrat Hillary Clinton.

Quote:By the spring of 2016 the frequent contacts set off alarm bells among U.S. intelligence officials, according to James Clapper, who was director of national intelligence at the time. The FBI’s Russia investigation officially began that July.

“The dashboard warning lights were on for all of us because of the meetings,” Clapper said in an interview this month. “We may not have known much about the content of these meetings, but it was certainly very curious why so many meetings with Russians.”

Quote:On three occasions, Russians offered people associated with Trump’s campaign dirt on Democrat Clinton -- all before it was publicly known that Russians had hacked the Democratic National Committee and Clinton’s campaign chairman.

(06-26-2018 09:16 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  So wtf has Mueller been focused on if not Russia collusion? What was his scope???

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(06-26-2018 10:27 AM)WKUYG Wrote:  There will be a indictment of someone or something on Collusion you can bet on that.....

its Mullers only out on this and its not hard to get a indictment. Will it hold up is the question and I say no way in hell. But if Muller has to to lead a grand jury by their nose....he will get a indictment.

(06-26-2018 10:36 AM)TechRocks Wrote:  

(06-26-2018 10:27 AM)WKUYG Wrote:  There will be a indictment of someone or something on Collusion you can bet on that.....

its Mullers only out on this and its not hard to get a indictment. Will it hold up is the question and I say no way in hell. But if Muller has to to lead a grand jury by their nose....he will get a indictment.

Except that I don't believe colluding is a crime.

(06-26-2018 09:16 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  So wtf has Mueller been focused on if not Russia collusion? What was his scope???

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(06-26-2018 11:02 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(06-26-2018 09:16 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  So wtf has Mueller been focused on if not Russia collusion? What was his scope???

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The same as of any prosecutor. If you find evidence of crimes in your investigation you have to hand it off to another law enforcement agency or group.

My guess is that all of the people that Trump has surrounded himself with are so ethically challenged that it might take years to even sort through all the muck.

So my guess is that every time Mueller and his team find evidence of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, Bank Fraud, Tax Evasion, Mail Fraud, Tampering, Securities Fraud, and violations of the FCPA, that they've had to stop, figure out whether its related or not, then get the whole mess sent over to the appropriate State or Federal enforcement agency. My guess is that its been rather time consuming.

(06-26-2018 11:02 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(06-26-2018 09:16 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  So wtf has Mueller been focused on if not Russia collusion? What was his scope???

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The same as of any prosecutor. If you find evidence of crimes in your investigation you have to hand it off to another law enforcement agency or group.

My guess is that all of the people that Trump has surrounded himself with are so ethically challenged that it might take years to even sort through all the muck.

So my guess is that every time Mueller and his team find evidence of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, Bank Fraud, Tax Evasion, Mail Fraud, Tampering, Securities Fraud, and violations of the FCPA, that they've had to stop, figure out whether its related or not, then get the whole mess sent over to the appropriate State or Federal enforcement agency. My guess is that its been rather time consuming.

(06-26-2018 11:02 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(06-26-2018 09:16 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  So wtf has Mueller been focused on if not Russia collusion? What was his scope???

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The same as of any prosecutor. If you find evidence of crimes in your investigation you have to hand it off to another law enforcement agency or group.

My guess is that all of the people that Trump has surrounded himself with are so ethically challenged that it might take years to even sort through all the muck.

So my guess is that every time Mueller and his team find evidence of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, Bank Fraud, Tax Evasion, Mail Fraud, Tampering, Securities Fraud, and violations of the FCPA, that they've had to stop, figure out whether its related or not, then get the whole mess sent over to the appropriate State or Federal enforcement agency. My guess is that its been rather time consuming.

(06-26-2018 11:02 AM)Tom in Lazybrook Wrote:  

(06-26-2018 09:16 AM)200yrs2late Wrote:  So wtf has Mueller been focused on if not Russia collusion? What was his scope???

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The same as of any prosecutor. If you find evidence of crimes in your investigation you have to hand it off to another law enforcement agency or group.

My guess is that all of the people that Trump has surrounded himself with are so ethically challenged that it might take years to even sort through all the muck.

So my guess is that every time Mueller and his team find evidence of Wire Fraud, Money Laundering, Bank Fraud, Tax Evasion, Mail Fraud, Tampering, Securities Fraud, and violations of the FCPA, that they've had to stop, figure out whether its related or not, then get the whole mess sent over to the appropriate State or Federal enforcement agency. My guess is that its been rather time consuming.