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Alex Van der Zwaan seems to be as unaware as Hope Hicks about how accessible PRISM communications with foreign targets are to the FBI.

Open thread for you folks to talk about the latest developments in the Trump-Russia investigation, including Manafort's rejected bail package and fresh charges filed today.

Applying my understanding of the way Robert Mueller is using conspiracy to defraud the United States charges to prosecute influence peddling no longer covered by our regulatory system, Jared Kushner's futile attempt to get a security clearance has probably sunk him the way Paul Manafort's attempt to post bail has.

This is an open thread dedicated to this morning's news -- Team Mueller's charged Alex van der Zwaan with false statements, a 17th name pops up, and look, a father-in-law in the mix, too!

Well isn't this interesting? From Diplopundit last Friday comes a post with this title: Tillerson Meets Erdoğan in Ankara With Turkish Foreign Minister as Interpreter. Notice anyone missing?

The Manafort indictment is so solidly within the scope of Mueller's authority because the larger project is to demonstrate that, by bypassing the agencies mandated with preventing foreign sabotage of our democratic process, the Russian-backed efforts broke a more fundamental law. 

The most interesting aspect of the Mueller indictment of 13 Russian trolls and their managers is how it parallels the conspiracy to defraud the US charge against Paul Manafort and Rick Gates.

Bring your discussions about guns here. Keep them out of other threads so that others can have uninterrupted discussions on topic.

Everything is on hold in the Rick Gates plea, including the details on what other crimes he has committed.

A 2016 scuffle in Moscow between an American diplomat and a FSB guard didn't occur in complete isolation. Rather, an academic speech by an erstwhile foreign policy adviser to the Trump campaign didn't happen completely independent of other political events in Russia.