Yesterday was the start of a broad swath of the American people learning what Mueller uncovered in his investigation. The 448 page Mueller report laid out a great case but no one read it. Now they have heard it.
The Democrats laid it out clearly yesterday.
In their interaction with Russia, Trump and his people acted not as a loyal Americans with devotion and concern for the nation but as greedy, disloyal, treasonous people. And then began his coverup and actions to obstruct justice.
Mueller didn't indict Trump because of the Department of Justice Policy preventing the indictment of a sitting president.
Mueller told us how Trump refused to testify even after the Special Counsel told him how important his testimony would be, and then how he "generally" lied and obfuscated even in his written answers.
Mueller told us Trump demanded, cajoled, required that people who worked for him - McGahn, Cohen- lie. To Congress. To the Special Counsel. Lie. He even asked someone who didn't work for him, a private citizen - Cory Lewandawski to lie.
When asked whether Trump "wasn't always being truthful in his written answers to the Special Counsel's questions," Mueller answered, "I would say generally."
When asked if Trump's praise of Wikileaks was "problematic," Mueller called that "an "understatement" and that "it gave a boost to what is and should be illegal activity."
We heard time and time again of the criminality, greed and treason in the Trump ranks- Trump Campaign Manager Manafort sharing Trump polling data for the 4 battleground states - Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Michigan and Minnesota - with Russian Intelligence associate Konstantin Kilimnik. (Associate Campaign Manager Rick Gates said Manafort did this in the hope of eliminating his millions in debt to Putin Associate, Russian Oligarch, Oleg Deripaska.)
We heard a roll call of how Trump associate after Trump associate - Flynn, Gates, Papadopoulos, Kushner, Trump Jr - all welcomed the chance to betray their country.
The only well-known situation involving Trump associates' treason that wasn't discussed yesterday was the obstruction of justice by Trump himself, who dictated a letter for Jr., to lie about his June 9, 2016 Trump Tower meeting with Russian lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya. Two other senior members of the 2016 Trump campaign – Jared Kushner, and Paul Manafort also attended the meeting seeking Russian interference in our election.
Mueller also made clear that Trump should not claim the Mueller investigation exonerated him, saying "The finding indicates that the president was not exculpated for the acts he allegedly committed."
There weren't a lot of fireworks yesterday but we learned one thing for sure.....Trump will be the first man to leave the White House and be indicted on the same day.
Oh yes, below are the speeches that began the hearings that started the unraveling of #TrumpTreason #TrumpCorruption and #TrumpCriminality.
They set the tone for the day.
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In case you missed the start of each session with special prosecutor Robert Mueller yesterday, here are the opening remarks first to the Judiciary Committee Session by its chair, Jerrold Nadler of New York and the Intelligence Committee Session by Adam Schiff of California.
Each man outlined the issues facing the Committee and the Nation. Listen with pride as to how capable and wise our leaders can be, and how unfit this man in the White House is.
Here is a bonus. Schiff's closing remarks.
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July 25, 2019