First Call
It’s the middle of a baseball game so you know as much as I know.
A federal grand jury in Washington 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.
Mueller was appointed in May to lead the investigation into Russian meddling in the 2016 election.
I need to make sure I have popcorn for Monday
1The Tweet Storm from the Orange Moron this weekend should be EPIC!
2IT’S MUELLERWEEN!
Whooooweeee
Let there be many treats to come, and tricks on the Rethugs.
Let’s hope some of the tRumps get thrown in the first basket of MuellerWeen goodies, deelicious.
The Sunday talkingheadfests should be vewy vewy interesting this weekend (I’ll bet they’re hopping around trying to reshuffle the lineups, they pre-tape most of them IIRC).
3This is probably why Trump is trying to revive an investigation of Hillary. Flynn and others undoubtedly are puckered tight right now.
4Sam in St Paul –
5Yup, a lot of crazy accusations and distractions from Trump this week, even more than usual. Now we know why.
Astros 5-3 in 9 innings 9:05 pm
6Congrats on your boys holdin’ it together & winning the game!!!
7Yup. Astros go ahead 2-1 on the same day it’s reported that the first charges have been filed and somebody’s probably gonna be arrested on Monday. This was a good day. So who’s it gonna be? Manafort? Flynn? Or somebody they dropped a dime on? With a game tomorrow and Sunday, and the inevitable s**tstorm of speculation about Trumpgate before Monday, this weekend is shaping up to be one to remember. Go Stros! And Go Mueller!
8Announce on Friday that somebody’s gonna be arrested on Monday. Watch over the weekend to see who leaves the country suddenly. Cool move.
9Roger Stone is so freaked out he’s trash tweeting journalists, etc. Apparently he deleted a few of the saltier ones.
@rogerjstonejr
10Congrats!
11What a wonderful time of year. Astros in world series, football in full swing (Gig ’em Aggies) basketball and hockey beginning and someone is going go jail. Cheryl popcorn futures going through the roof.
12Great game for Astros fans, well done. Probably low level charges but it ‘s a start. trump must be fuming, and what is better than that!
13Congrats to JJ and Astros. (Off the record, of course)
14The theme song for MuellerWeen season is “Rockin’ Robert”…errrmm…”Rockin’ Robin”.
The chorus is perfect:
“All The Little Birdies Go Tweet Tweet Tweet
Rockin’ Robin”
I know a lot of y’all geezers know this old 1958 song:
15https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rockin%27_Robin_(song)
This couldn’t come at a better time. Rs are busy trying to figure out how to limit funding for the Mueller investigation without looking like obstructionists. Mueller needs to show productivity between now and Dec 1, and it looks like that smart man knows it and is running with it.
My guess it is Manafort of the dirty general. Your guess?
Oddly no other news source has picked up the story that CNN broke last night.
16Take the last sentence back The Guardian and a couple other European papers just posted the story. Have not seen it yet in the NYT or WAPO.
17It was worth living through a hectic week just to hear about the Mueller indictments! And on the day before Halloween! As I have said before, somebody needs to shoot out the tires on tRump’s private jet so he can’t leave the country.
18Apparently no one has broken the news to Devin Nunes that the name on the indictment is NOT Hilz. That disgraced tool has been mugging on TV as if he is (1)drunk, (2)on drugs, or (3)someone has been using his face to practice their pumpkin carving skills.
CA-22 needs to sit his happy butt down with Megyn Kelly and explain that not only is Santa Claus not white, he’s a fictional character.
19Smart speculation is that Manafort and Flynn are in the first round, Page could flip, and the second round of indictments will probably include at least Kushner and possibly Fredo.
This is a giddy but a very dangerous moment.
20Has Putin set aside a few dachas for future guest or will he leave his minions hanging in the breeze. Weren’t these the folks that like to say ” ‘Merica Love It Or Leave It.”
21I am all for providing them with public housing. In
the heartland. Say Leavenworth, Atlanta or Terre Haute.
Unlike Snowden, who has some skills, the Trumps aren’t really good at anything but lying and conning stupid people. I doubt Putin will take them in.
22The whole immersion of our country in *even greater* partisan fueled angst is intolerable.
Once upon a time I could rely upon my conservative friends to give viewpoints based in reality. And then utilize their ideas to make mine better. That loss is (a big) part of what hurts…
23Just leaving this here: http://tinyurl.com/ybgpy29f
(Andy Borowitz)
24And the drumbeats to fire Mueller have started:
https://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry/mueller-calls-to-resign-gop_us_59f49c1fe4b07fdc5fbe77a7?ncid=inblnkushpmg00000009
25Ok, I confess to having an account on the Twitter, but it was strictly for work, I swear.
Anyway, here’s something that’s obviously based on a movie I haven’t seen, but they did a really good job.
https://mobile.twitter.com/AgentHades/status/924112609409875969/video/1
26Also, it appears Roger Stone’s twitter account has been suspended.
27Also, as well, in sort-of-Astros-related-news, a little girl with a 3D-printed prosthetic hand will throw out the first pitch tonight.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/this-7-year-old-girl-is-pitching-at-the-world-series-with-a-3d-printed-hand
28BarbinDC: Rumpie will really look like he’s obstructing justice if he does that. I think thing things are going to get very ugly fast. I hope Mueller wears a bullet-proof vest and has a couple of body-guards.
29BillR:
30Thanks for that. Because unless I somehow missed it, Fox ran what was probably a multi-million dollar commercial instead. Cause you know, a miraculous 7 year old girl with a heart the size of Texas just doesn’t pay the bills.
My guess is it’s Michael Flynn, the general’s son, who is going to be the first one up on Mueller’s list. I read where some savvy prosecutors put the smaller fish up first so they can get them to talk in exchange for either a lower sentence or immunity. Also puts the bigger fish on notice. Then Mueller will slowly go up the food chain to the rotten fish at the top. One thing we have to fear is Trump’s use of the presidential pardon again, as he did with Arapaio.
31BillR –
Thanks for that – a true work of cinematic art!
When the indictment was announced, I figured it had to be Manafort. But then some talking heads pointed out that he’s already been advised that he’s under investigation, so there’s no need for the sealed indictment. And Flynn’s been asking for a deal pretty much from the beginning, so I doubt it’s him. Page is really so insignificant, I don’t think it’s him, either. Sooo, I don’t know. So many candidates for the “honor” of first head on the chopping block.
I’m betting that come Monday morning, office pools all over DC are going to be paying out to a few lucky winners. But if Mueller can safely pull this off, and start to rid our nation of these treasonous parasites, we all win.
32First thing – the crime of treason cannot be pardoned. That includes anyone who is thinking of self-pardon.
Second, I have gone over rand over a whole list of Rethugs but cannot force myself to make a choice. So I will just have to wait ti out.
Third, the idea that this indictment covers someone on the “tree” but not the tree itself is a damn good one.
I still think somebody ought to shoot out the tires on tRump’s private jet. And yes, the Great Golden Gibbon is sweating big time.
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