August 2016: When Paulie’s Panic Set In
In August 2016, Paul Manafort was facing financial ruin and at least one blackmail attempt. What kind of desperate things might he have done to stave off ruin?
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Trump Tweets a Confession, Then Sekulow Admits His Client Has Been Lying about His Involvement
Maybe the President and his lawyers think the best way to avoid an interview with Robert Mueller is to confess to everything before noon on Sunday morning? Because between Trump’s tweets and Jay Sekulow’s TV appearance, they just confessed to conspiring with Russia.
On the Apparent Complexities of Charging Roger Stone
A lot has gone on during the three months during which Roger Stone aide Andrew Miller has refused to appear before the Mueller grand jury.
The Russian NRA Spy: “Just Remember that It’s a Grand Illusion”
JD Gordon and Mariia Butina went to hear a live version of Styx’ the Grand Illusion together in the heat of campaign season.
GRU’s Alice Donovan Persona Warned of a WannaCry-Like Event a Year before It Happened
One of the articles serially published by the Alice Donovan persona attributed to GRU in the DNC hack indictment seems to have predicted global ransomeware attacks that would be launched a year later.
Lawfare’s Theory of L’Affaire Russe Misses the Kompromat for the Pee Glee
As I disclosed last month, I provided information to the FBI on issues related to the Mueller investigation, so I’m going to include disclosure statements on Mueller investigation posts from here on out. I will include the disclosure whether or not the stuff I shared with the FBI pertains to the subject of the post. Lawfare has […]
How ABC Broke a Story about Mueller LIMITING Questions on Obstruction and Claimed It Showed a Focus on Obstruction
Why does the press treat statements Trump and Rudy make that the rest of us see as lies, but claims they present as big secrets as the truth? Robert Mueller is not focused on Trump primarily about obstruction and hasn’t been for many months.
The Non-EDVA Manafort Thread: Paulie Continues to Work for His Pardon
Paul Manafort seems to be doing what he has been doing since he was first indicted: doing as much damage to Mueller’s credibility (and now Rick Gates), as well as collecting information about the evidence Mueller has showing the conspiracy he and Trump engaged in with Russia to help him get elected, all in hopes he’ll get a pardon for his troubles.
Without Integrity: The Debunking of the Metadata Debunkers
As I laid out a few weeks ago, I provided information to the FBI on issues related to the Mueller investigation, so I’m going to include disclosure statements on Mueller investigation posts from here on out. I will include the disclosure whether or not the stuff I shared with the FBI pertains to the subject of the […]
Did GRU Learn that Democrats Had Hired Christopher Steele When They Hacked DNC’s Email Server?
The timeline laid out in the GRU indictment adds one more channel via which Russians may have learned that the Democrats had hired Christopher Steele to collect HUMINT on Russia’s support for Trump: via stolen emails.
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