Gates flips.

[Crepitus]

Gates flips (https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/02/15/politics/rick-gates-plea-deal-mueller-russia-investigation/index.html?__twitter_impression=true)


Former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates is finalizing a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller's office, indicating he's poised to cooperate in the investigation, according to sources familiar with the case.

Gates has already spoken to Mueller's team about his case and has been in plea negotiations for about a month. He's had what criminal lawyers call a "Queen for a Day" interview, in which a defendant answers any questions from the prosecutors' team, including about his own case and other potential criminal activity he witnessed.

Gates' cooperation could be another building block for Mueller in a possible case against President Donald Trump or key members of his team.

That makes 3 that we know of.

[Crepitus]

Also Bannon apparently testified for over 20 hours with mueller and co. this week but who knows how that went.

[Safety]

Man, that "nothingburger" sure has alot of calories.

[Scerab]

While i support this investigation, i think we should focus on preventing the Russians from further interference in this years elections...
regardless of how much i abhor our bigot-in-chief, i dont want to see him replaced with that weasel mike pence, who is nothing short of the koch brothers slave...

[Common]

Plea deal means he flipped and that somehow means what ? OMG trump is going to get impeached

[Crepitus]

Plea deal means he flipped and that somehow means what ? OMG trump is going to get impeached

Did anybody say that? Was it even implied? Why set up a straw man to knock down when there is a post for you to refute?

[Safety]

Did anybody say that? Was it even implied? Why set up a straw man to knock down when there is a post for you to refute?

Because he felt the need to say something, anything, and it was the first thing that popped in his head.

[MMC]

Plea deal means he flipped and that somehow means what ? OMG trump is going to get impeached

It means could have, maybe, might have, possibly......kind of like if. If a frog hand wings it wouldn't hit its ass when it hops.

[hanger4]

Did anybody say that? Was it even implied? Why set up a straw man to knock down when there is a post for you to refute?Yes somebody said it, you did; "Gates flips." right there in your first post.

[MisterVeritis]

Cool. A year (or more) into a massive investigation, not of a crime but of a political party, has uncovered some minor crimes unrelated to the President. This investigation is welfare for expensive Democrats and donors. It is a shame and a distraction. It needs to be ended.

[MMC]

Rick Gates nears plea deal with Robert Mueller: Report.....


Former Trump campaign adviser Rick Gates is in the final stages of reaching a plea deal with special counsel Robert Mueller after approximately a month of negotiations, according to a new report.


The news signals he intends to comply with Mueller’s Russia probe.



Gates and former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort were indicted by a federal grand jury last fall on 12 charges related to the work they did in Ukraine before joining Trump's campaign, including conspiracy against the U.S., tax fraud, and money laundering.



“There’d be no anxiety here” if Gates arranged a plea deal and cooperated with Mueller, a White House official told CNN (http://www.cnn.com/2018/02/15/politics/rick-gates-plea-deal-mueller-russia-investigation/index.html).


But the White House isn’t concerned that any such plea deal would jeopardize President Trump, whose 2016 campaign is being looked at by Mueller for possible collusion with the Russians......snip~


http://www.washingtonexaminer.com/rick-gates-nears-plea-deal-with-robert-mueller-report/article/2649261


http://www.conservatives4palin.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/Donald-Trump-laughing-200x200.png

[Bob the Slob]

Gates flips (https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/02/15/politics/rick-gates-plea-deal-mueller-russia-investigation/index.html?__twitter_impression=true)



That makes 3 that we know of.

Wow....they are really getting some song birds. I think Bannon will sing, too. I think he knows it's him or Trumper and he's not going to take a fall for anyone.

[Safety]

Cool. A year (or more) into a massive investigation, not of a crime but of a political party, has uncovered some minor crimes unrelated to the President. This investigation is welfare for expensive Democrats and donors. It is a shame and a distraction. It needs to be ended.

How long was the investigation into Benghazi?

[MisterVeritis]

How long was the investigation into Benghazi?
Years. But a congressional oversight committee investigation is not equal to a special counsel investigation. Do you understand that?

[Bob the Slob]

Years. But a congressional oversight committee investigation is not equal to a special counsel investigation. Do you understand that?

Benghazi was a congressional oversight. Gowdy is doing one now on the lack of security clearances on the WH staff and the impact on our national security. Clinton's investigation lasted two years. His was with independent counsel.

[Tahuyaman]

...Gates and former Trump campaign manager Paul Manafort were indicted by a federal grand jury last fall on 12 charges related to the work they did in Ukraine before joining Trump's campaign, including conspiracy against the U.S., tax fraud, and money laundering.

I don't know why our resident leftists think this will lead to something which incriminates Trump.

[Safety]

Years. But a congressional oversight committee investigation is not equal to a special counsel investigation. Do you understand that?

Sure, a special counsel investigation is more troublesome.

[MisterVeritis]

Sure, a special counsel investigation is more troublesome.
Yes. In this case, it appears to be the intermediate stage of the left's coup attempt. If it was a real investigation it would have started with a crime to be investigated to determine who committed the crime and how the crime was committed. In this case, it was nothing more than to find some crime, any crime the Congress might use to impeach President Trump.

[Safety]

Yes. In this case, it appears to be the intermediate stage of the left's coup attempt. If it was a real investigation it would have started with a crime to be investigated to determine who committed the crime and how the crime was committed. In this case, it was nothing more than to find some crime, any crime the Congress might use to impeach President Trump.

Not a coup, it's called democracy. You enjoy the investigations when they keep someone you don't like out of the whitehouse, or when it is targeting a liberal, but when the investigation is for someone of your ideology, you want to change the constitution.

[MisterVeritis]

Not a coup, it's called democracy. You enjoy the investigations when they keep someone you don't like out of the whitehouse, or when it is targeting a liberal, but when the investigation is for someone of your ideology, you want to change the constitution.
No. It is a coup attempt. An investigation begins with a stated crime. No crime was stated nor is a crime being investigated.

[Safety]

No. It is a coup attempt. An investigation begins with a stated crime. No crime was stated nor is a crime being investigated.

Sure there was...espionage act, logan act, and the beat goes on...

[MisterVeritis]

Sure there was...espionage act, logan act, and the beat goes on...
No. For espionage, you are thinking Crooked Hillary. The Logan Act does not apply, no has it ever been charged.

Nice try, though. It is a coup attempt.

[Safety]

No. For espionage, you are thinking Crooked Hillary. The Logan Act does not apply, no has it ever been charged.

Nice try, though. It is a coup attempt.

Espionage Act - when Kushner met with Russians & told the Russians he (Kushner) wanted to use Russian Embassy & Russian Equipment to talk w/ Putin.

Logan Act - Probably the entire campaign staff.

[MisterVeritis]

Espionage Act - when Kushner met with Russians & told the Russians he (Kushner) wanted to use Russian Embassy & Russian Equipment to talk w/ Putin.
nice try. But no. Backchannel communications have been established by many administrations. The Espionage A (whatever that is) applies to Crooked Hillary's use of a personal server with its hundreds, possibly thousands of classified messages on it.

Logan Act - Probably the entire campaign staff.
Cling to this if you wish. It makes me smile.