Repost: "Republicans: Your silence is deafening"

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A pertinent 4/22/19 opinion article link:

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/22/opinion/trump-republican-party.html

"I do solemnly swear (or affirm) that I will faithfully execute the Office of President of the United States, and will to the best of my Ability, preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States."

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...Just a few reposted items from (or described from) the recently released, redacted Mueller Special Counsel's report. 

Excerpt from Volume II , Page 157 of the recently released, redacted Muller Special Counsel's report:

"The incidents were often carried out through one-on-one meetings in which the President sought to use his official power outside of usual channels. These actions ranged from efforts to remove the Special Counsel and to reverse the effect of the Attorney General’s recusal; to the attempted use of official power to limit the scope of the investigation; to direct and indirect contacts with witnesses with the potential to influence their testimony. Viewing the acts collectively can help to illuminate their significance."

(4/18/19 source article link)

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More: 4/18/19 article excerpt describing a portion of the (redacted) Mueller report:

"...Trump also ordered White House Counsel Don McGahn to have Mueller removed, citing supposed conflicts of interest. “McGahn said he told the president that he would see what he could do,” the report states. “McGahn was perturbed by the call and did not intend to act on the request. He and other advisors believed the asserted conflicts were ‘silly’ and ‘not real.’”

Later, Trump again directed McGahn to fire Mueller. McGahn threatened to resign rather than do so, and Trump backed down. But when news of the incident leaked to the press, Trump demanded that McGahn deny it—in other words, he instructed the White House’s top lawyer to lie. McGahn refused. When an aide told McGahn that Trump might fire him, he laughed it off: “McGahn dismissed the threat, saying that the optics would be terrible if the President followed through with firing him on that basis. McGahn said he would not write the letter the president had requested.”"

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Mueller report excerpt, Vol II, page 5:

"...On several occasions, the president directed aides not to publicly disclose the emails setting up the June 9 [2016] meeting, suggesting that the emails would not leak and that the number of lawyers with access to them should be limited. Before the emails became public, the president edited a press statement for Trump Jr. by deleting a line that acknowledged that the meeting was with ‘an individual who [Trump Jr.] was told might have information helpful to the campaign’ and instead said only the meeting was about adoptions of Russian children. When the press asked questions about the president’s involvement in Trump Jr.’s statement, the president’s personal lawyer repeatedly denied the president had played any role."

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'You have friends in high places'

(Associated commentary/analysis; excerpt:)

"After the FBI raided the home, office and hotel room of former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen, Trump reached out to Cohen publicly and privately, telling him to "hang in there" and "stay strong." Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani set up a "back channel" through another lawyer, Robert Costello, who told Cohen he should "Sleep well tonight ... you have friends in high places."

Cohen told Mueller that he understood that as long as he stayed on message, Trump would take care of him – either with a pardon or by shutting the investigation down. "

Source 4/18/19 article link

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Mueller report excerpt, Vol. II, page 75:

"Substantial evidence indicates that the catalyst for the president’s decision to fire Comey was Comey’s unwillingness to publicly state that the president was not personally under investigation, despite the president’s repeated requests that Comey make such an announcement."

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Mueller report excerpt, Volume II, page D-3:

"During the course of the investigation, the Office periodically identified evidence of potential criminal activity that was outside the scope of the Special Counsel’s jurisdiction established by the Acting Attorney General. After consultation with the Office of the Deputy Attorney General, the Office referred that evidence to appropriate law enforcement authorities, principally other components of the Department of Justice and the FBI."

Blogger note: There are a total of 14 such referrals.

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Mueller report excerpt, Volume IV, Conclusion:

“The evidence we obtained about the president’s actions and intent presents difficult issues that would need to be resolved if we were making a traditional prosecutorial judgment. At the same time, if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgment. Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”

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https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump%27s_disclosures_of_classified_information

4/18/19 (updated 2x) -- Not so fast there, Trump lackeys: ......Some salient published observations, as the absurdly premature + unwarranted Republican 'vindication spin' ramps up:

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Reposted: Some major news organization initial takeaways from the released, redacted Mueller report -- which can be found here (link). Emphasis has been added:

"Mueller was unable to conclude that "no criminal conduct occurred"

(From CNN's Laura Jarrett and Jeremy Herb)

Special Counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation was unable to clear the president on obstruction. The report states that the evidence obtained “about the about the President's actions and intent presents difficult issues that prevent us from conclusively determining that no criminal conduct occurred.”"

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More: "The report explicitly states that the investigation did not clear the president"

(Mueller report excerpt:)

“If we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state.”

Here is the complete paragraph from the report, for context. Source link:

 “The evidence we obtained about the president’s actions and intent presents difficult issues that would need to be resolved if we were making a traditional prosecutorial judgment. At the same time, if we had confidence after a thorough investigation of the facts that the president clearly did not commit obstruction of justice, we would so state. Based on the facts and the applicable legal standards, we are unable to reach that judgment. Accordingly, while this report does not conclude that the president committed a crime, it also does not exonerate him.”

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"Mueller: Congress still has ability to find the President obstructed justice

In special counsel Robert Mueller's report, the team writes that: 

"With respect to whether the President can be found to have obstructed justice by exercising his powers under Article II of the Constitution, we concluded that Congress has the authority to prohibit a President's corrupt use of his authority in order to protect the integrity of the administration of justice." "

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More: "Mueller says Trump's public acts can be considered obstruction"

More:  "Mueller cites Congress' right to investigate the President"

More (this general subject): 
https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/18/us/politics/the-mueller-report-excerpts.html

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"Mueller suggests a pattern of behavior by Trump to harm the investigation."

(Mueller report excerpt)

"The incidents were often carried out through one-on-one meetings in which the President sought to use his official power outside of usual channels. These actions ranged from efforts to remove the Special Counsel and to reverse the effect of the Attorney General’s recusal; to the attempted use of official power to limit the scope of the investigation; to direct and indirect contacts with witnesses with the potential to influence their testimony. Viewing the acts collectively can help to illuminate their significance."

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"Mueller: Obstruction by Trump failed because others refused to "carry out orders"

In the report, special counsel Robert Mueller outlined why obstruction by President Trump failed. It failed because others refused to "carry out orders."

"The President's efforts to influence the investigation were mostly unsuccessful, but that is largely because the persons who surrounded the President declined to carry out orders or accede to his requests," the report said.

"(James) Comey did not end the investigation of (Michael) Flynn, which ultimately resulted in Flynn's prosecution and conviction for lying to the FBI. (Don) McGahn did not tell the Acting Attorney General that the special counsel must be removed, but was instead prepared to resign over the President's order. (Corey) Lewandowski and Dearborn did not deliver the President 's message to (Jeff) Sessions that he should confine the Russia investigation to future election meddling only. And McGahn refused to recede from his recollections about events surrounding the President's direction to have the special counsel removed, despite the President's multiple demands that he do so. Consistent with that pattern, the evidence we obtained would not support potential obstruction charges against the President's aides and associates beyond those already filed," the report said."

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"Trump told his White House lawyer to remove Mueller. He refused.

(From CNN's Erica Orden)

On June 17, 2017, after media reports indicated that special counsel Robert Mueller was investigating whether President Trump had obstructed justice, Trump called former White House lawyer Don McGahn at home and directed him to call the acting attorney general and say Mueller "had conflicts of interest and must be removed."
McGahn declined to do so, deciding that he would "rather resign than trigger what he regarded as a potential Saturday Night Massacre.""

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4/18/19 news/analysis article link:

"The Attorney General Said There Was 'No Collusion.' But Trump Associates Still Interacted With Russians More Than 100 Times"

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"The special counsel found evidence of plenty of other crimes and made 14 referrals"  (Source article link)

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"Mueller found Trump's answers 'inadequate'"

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"Witnesses, including some “associated with the Trump campaign,” deleted communications or had messages auto-delete, among other issues."  

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Further: 

"Mueller declined "several" prosecutions and was thwarted in other efforts"

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"Trump on Mueller appointment: "This is the end of my Presidency"

Update -- Also: ↓Here is a link to one initial (professional) summation (i.e., early 'takeaways') from the redacted Mueller report: 

https://www.nytimes.com/2019/04/18/us/politics/mueller-report-pdf-takeaways.html

...And another (suggested):
 https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/04/muellers-damning-portrait-of-trump/587521/
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Reposts: The following pretty much captures the essence of Donald Trump the campaigner ..and president:

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Small hint, for any who still might not "get it': He's a lying con-man:

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"..Do you still love Wikileaks?"  

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(Also credit 4/11/19 reporting via this source (link).)

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(Brief comment re above: QUICK!. Start the 25th Amendment process immediately! The President of the United States has lost his MEMORY!!)
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Trump's lurking "right-hand troll" (updated 2x)

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Reference: A few published articles, linked:

↓4/12/19 update: (..If accurate,) Pretty much all you need to know about what Stephen Miller is about (link):

https://www.cnn.com/2019/04/11/politics/immigrant-detainees-sanctuary-cities/index.html

Another update: (Per the copied presidential public message below:) ↑Confirmed (perhaps), but probably illegal etc. (..No surprise there..)
...Could mainly be the "Troll-in-Chief" wasting more time trying to "own the libs", vs. even coming close to doing his job. (You know: Things like leading the entire nation (i.e., not just the white supremacists/racists), working to actually fix our crumbling infrastructure...etc. etc. etc...)

4/12/19 copy:

Due to the fact that Democrats are unwilling to change our very dangerous immigration laws, we are indeed, as reported, giving strong considerations to placing Illegal Immigrants in Sanctuary Cities only....

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) April 12, 2019

(Continuing. Previously posted:)

https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2018/05/stephen-miller-trump-adviser/561317/

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2018/08/stephen-miller-refugees-state-department

https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/white-house/center-trump-s-homeland-chaos-stephen-miller-lone-survivor-n992196

https://www.vanityfair.com/news/2019/04/kirstjen-nielsen-out-stephen-miller-is-poised-to-remake-dhs-in-his-image

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https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2018/08/13/stephen-miller-is-an-immigration-hypocrite-i-know-because-im-his-uncle-219351

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(Warning:) "↓Nightmare gallery":  
  

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