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Tuesday, March 26, 2019

Fake Barr letter - at least ten unanswered questions



An echo opinion from David Leonhardt published in The New York Times.
 MaineWriter opinion, the reason these questions are outstanding with pundits are because the Muller Investigation was shut down before they could be answered.Americans must see the Mueller Report


still haven’t seen the Mueller report
Here are 10 big questions, compiled with help from articles that appeared elsewhere (David Leonhardt*):

1. Did Robert Mueller find evidence that the Trump campaign colluded with Russia, but that the collusion was not criminal?

2. Related: Why did Barr’s four-page summary appear to define coordination with Russia so narrowly — as an “agreement” between the Trump campaign and the Russian government — and does this word choice suggest that the Mueller investigation found coordination that did not rise to the level of an agreement?

3. What did Mueller discover about Paul Manafort — Trump’s campaign chairman — having shared poll data with a political operative who had apparent ties to Russian military intelligence? (Manafort’s lawyers inadvertently revealed those interactions earlier this year.)

4. Why did Trump and his associates repeatedly lie about their contacts with Russians?

5. Why did Mueller not charge Jerome Corsi, a conservative conspiracy promulgator and an associate of Roger Stone, despite reportedly engaging in plea negotiations with Corsi last year?

6. Does the arrest of Maria Butina, a Russian spy with ties to the National Rifle Association, have anything to do with Mueller’s investigation?

7. Did Mueller find evidence that the activities of Trump or his aides have compromised national security?

8. Did Mueller find any evidence of efforts by the United Arab Emirates and other Middle Eastern countries to influence the 2016 election?

9. Did Mueller issue no decision about obstruction of justice because he believed a sitting president could not be charged with a crime — and thus the decision was ultimately a political matter, to be decided by Congress, rather than a legal one?

10. Did Mueller investigate the possibility that Trump’s businesses helped Russian criminals launder money before he became president, or did Mueller consider this beyond the scope of his investigation? (If he investigated and found no evidence, it would reduce the urgency for the House to pursue this matter.)


*This echo opinion was published in The New York Times by David Leonhardt.  In Maine Writer Opinion, the reason these questions are unanswered are because the Robert Mueller investigation was shut down before he was finished. 

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