https://www.dailykos.com/news/DenialIsNotanOption News Community Action Copyright 2005 - Steal what you want Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:43:40 +0000 Mon, 27 Jan 2020 12:43:40 +0000 Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) Daily Kos rss@dailykos.com (Daily Kos) https://www.dailykos.com/story/2017/9/17/1699334/-This-Russian-Interference-Stuff-just-got-Serious <p>—</p> <p>If <em>CBS News</em> and <em>Business Insider</em> want to call this “<strong>Biggest News”</strong> concerning the Mueller Investigation, in quite a while — who are we to doubt them ...</p> <h3><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/why-facebook-warrant-could-signal-a-turning-point-in-muellers-investigation/" target="_blank" title="">Why a Facebook warrant could signal a turning point in Mueller's investigation</a></h3> <p>CBSNews — Sept 17, 2017</p> <blockquote> <p>Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti <a href="https://twitter.com/renato_mariotti/status/909441005426024449" target="_blank">says</a> reports that special counsel Robert Mueller got a search warrant for Facebook content could be "<strong>the biggest news</strong>" related to <span><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/robert-mueller-team-prosecutors-trump-investigation/" target="_blank">Mueller's investigation</a></span> since a <span><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/fbi-conducted-raid-of-paul-manaforts-home/" target="_blank">raid on Paul Manafort's home</a></span>.</p> <p>[...]</p> <p>In an interview with CBSN on Sunday, Mariotti said that until now, Mueller and his investigators were <em>looking into fairly "narrow" and "specific crimes."</em></p> <p>"Things like false disclosures on forms that Mr. Manafort or Michael Flynn made or Jared Kushner; things like obstruction as to the <span><a href="https://www.cbsnews.com/news/james-comey-donald-trump-relationship-timeline/" target="_blank">firing of James Comey</a></span>. For the first time here, what we've learned -- assuming that The Wall Street Journal's report about <strong>a search warrant</strong> is correct -- is that Bob Muller went to a federal judge and <strong>presented evidence and convinced the judge that a crime was committed involving foreign individuals contributing to a political election</strong> here in the United States through their actions on Facebook," Mariotti told CBS News' Elaine Quijano.</p> <p>[...]  <em>[emphasis added]</em></p> </blockquote> <h3><a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/mueller-obtains-warrant-for-russia-linked-facebook-ads-and-accounts-2017-9" target="_blank" title="">Mueller just obtained a warrant that could change the entire nature of the Russia investigation</a></h3> <p>by <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/author/natasha-bertrand">Natasha Bertrand</a>, businessinsider.com — Sept 16, 2017</p> <blockquote> <p>[...]</p> <p>Legal experts say the revelation [of the Facebook warrant] has <strong>enormous implications for the trajectory of Mueller's investigation</strong> into Russia's election interference, and whether Moscow had any help from President Donald Trump's campaign team.</p> <p><span>"<strong>This is big news</strong> — and potentially <em>bad news for the Russian election interference 'deniers,'"</em> <a href="https://twitter.com/AshaRangappa_/status/909051809657966592" target="_blank">said Asha Rangappa</a>,  a former FBI counterintelligence agent.</span></p> <p><span>Rangappa, now an associate dean at Yale Law School, explained that to obtain a search warrant a prosecutor <u>needs to prove to a judge that there is reason to believe a crime has been committed</u>. The prosecutor then has to show that the information being sought will provide evidence of that crime.</span></p> <p>[...]</p> <p><span>"The key here, though, is that <strong>Mueller clearly already has enough information</strong> on these accounts — <em><strong>and their link to a potential crime</strong></em> to justify forcing [Facebook] to give  up the info," she said. "<em>That means that he has <strong>uncovered a great deal of evidence through other avenues</strong> of Russian election interference</em>."</span></p> <p>[...]  <em>[emphasis added]</em></p> </blockquote> <p>As the evidence is piling up, the Trump-enablers are having some “<strong><a href="http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/russia-probes-leave-trump-associates-struggling-with-huge-legal-bills/article/2634655" target="_blank">second thoughts</a></strong>” about the course they’ve chosen. And the fact that they have been seemingly “hung out to dry,” by the Billionaire with a heart of stone.</p> <p><em>Tic-Toc.  </em></p> <p class="is-empty-p"></p> rss@dailykos.com (jamess) bignews CBSNews DenialIsNotanOption DonaldTrump electioncrimes Facebook FacebookWarrant foreigncontributions foreigninterference LegalHurdles MountingEvidence Recommended RobertMueller RussiaInvestigation RussianInterference StatesEvidence TurningPoint _1699334 Sun, 17 Sep 2017 23:44:27 +0000