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Dirty Money<\/p>\n

President Trump is constantly calling the Mueller Investigation a \u201cWitch Hunt,\u201d repeating over and over that there was \u201cno collusion\u201d and that it\u2019s a waste of his time.\u00a0 The Freedom Caucus in the House of Representatives, led by Chairman Mark Meadows and founding member Jim Jordan are demanding that the Mueller Investigation end, and that a Special Counsel be appointed to go back through the Hillary Clinton emails once again.\u00a0 House Intelligence Chairman Devin Nunes and Oversight Committee Chairman Trey Gowdy, with the \u201cblessing\u201d of retiring Speaker Paul Ryan; are demanding the scope and sequence documentation for the Investigation to make sure it has not gone \u201cout of bounds.\u201d\u00a0 From past actions, Nunes will read the classified information, then run (not walk) to the White House to tell them what\u2019s going on.<\/p>\n

Yesterday, the normally reticent Vice President Pence called for an end to the Investigation.\u00a0Articles of Impeachment have been drawn up for Assistant Attorney General Rosenstein, then leaked to the public.\u00a0And of course, the Trump (FOX) Cable channels are echoing every cry to end the Investigation, castigating the Mueller team, and discounting any news that might indicate the Investigation has merit.<\/p>\n

For the majority of Americans who want to see the Mueller team complete their work (Boston Globe<\/a>) the right-wing political and media blitz calling for an end is like a constant dull throbbing.\u00a0 Many despair that the results will ever be known, fearing that the growing swamp of Trumpism will somehow swallow the probe and its results.<\/p>\n

But, over the last couple of weeks, the \u201cInvestigation\u201d has fought back.\u00a0 It might be a series of happy coincidences, it might be parallel strategies, or it might be a \u201cconspiracy.\u201d \u00a0Whatever the plan, there is some hope.<\/p>\n

It started last week with two public appearances by Rod Rosenstein.\u00a0 In one, a question and answer session, Rosenstein stated, \u201c\u2026the Department of Justice is not going to be extorted.\u201d\u00a0 He also called out those that wrote and leaked the Articles of Impeachment, saying they \u201c\u2026didn\u2019t have the courage to associate themselves with the effort.\u201d<\/p>\n

In the second appearance, a law day speech to Maryland\u2019s Montgomery County Bar Association, he laid out the case of a career Department of Justice employee, who would not be deterred or deflected from his search for the truth.\u00a0 He made it clear that he would allow the Mueller Investigation to follow through, as long as he remained in charge.<\/p>\n

Then the attorney for Porn Actress Stormy Daniels, Michael Avenatti, came from a completely different direction.\u00a0 Avenatti, who has become a regular on MSNBC and CNN, managed to connect the Daniels lawsuit to the Mueller Investigation.\u00a0 He reported that Trump attorney Michael Cohen received payments of millions of dollars from multiple sources, including ATT and Novartis Pharmaceuticals, and most importantly, a US company that is ultimately owned by Russian oligarch Victor Vekselberg.<\/p>\n

With millions funneled to Cohen, including the Russian money, it comes closer to answering the question that Mueller critics keep raising: \u00a0after a year of investigation, is there a \u201cthere \u2013 there.\u201d\u00a0 Avenatti\u2019s information, however he was able to get it, shows that there was a direct financial transfer from Russia to a Trump employee, in fact, his personal attorney. \u00a0It leads of course, to the obvious question, where did that money go?<\/p>\n

Cohen \u00a0claims that he had to borrow money with a second mortgage on his home to pay off the $130000 owed Stormy Daniels.\u00a0 He also has taken out a loan on his condo in Trump tower for $9 million.\u00a0 He\u2019s borrowing a lot of money for someone who has been paid multiple millions in the past twelve months for \u201cinfluencing\u201d the President.\u00a0 If he doesn\u2019t have that money, then who does?<\/p>\n

Retired US Prosecutors have opined that the Avenatti information could hinder the Mueller probe, by warning possible witnesses that they may be questioned.\u00a0 However, Mueller has already questioned ATT and Novartis (in November and December) and stopped Vekselberg for search and questioning at a New York airport in March.\u00a0 In short, Mueller is months ahead of the public release of information.<\/p>\n

Rosenstein has made it clear that he will fight to continue the Mueller investigation.\u00a0 Avenatti has presented information that shows that there is a financial connection from Russia to the Trump organization. \u00a0He is willing to use his position to publicly “out” Trump finances. \u00a0While the \u201cstop the investigation\u201d drumbeat may continue, it’s clear that the \u201cno collusion\u201d claim is untrue. \u00a0As it grows nearer to the “top,” the cries to end the Investigation will grow more shrill.\u00a0 But now there is a public \u201cthere-there,\u201d and it will be that much harder to stop. \u00a0\u00a0How far and high it will reach, we don\u2019t know yet \u2013 but Mueller does.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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