As McCarthy notes:
From President Trump’s perspective, the indictment is a boon from which he can claim that the special counsel has no actionable collusion case. It appears to reaffirm former FBI director James Comey’s multiple assurances that Trump is not a suspect. And, to the extent it looks like an attempt to play prosecutorial hardball with Manafort, the president can continue to portray himself as the victim of a witch hunt.If this is all Robert "Torque-your-mother" Mueller has, it is not a whole lot. Mueller's team may have spent more money on his Inquisition to date than Manafort allegedly cheated the government out of taxes (back when Manafort was working with the Podesta Group).
J.J. Sefton: Where's Sleepy Sessions?
AoSHQ: Hillary hanging with Podesta
Mark Steyn: Thumbs on the scales of justice
Political Clown Parade: Oil Up The Guillotines
Hot Air: Did Papadopoulos wear wire for Mueller?
Legal Insurrection: Tony Podesta leaving lobbying group
DaTechGuy: It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Fitzmas! Déjà vu!
Right Scoop: Mark Levin has some serious questions for Robert Mueller
Lem's Place: Podesta in Mueller's cross hairs? and Corrupt Feds and Manafort
TOM: Manafort and Associate charged by Mueller and #NeverTrump Double-Secret Head Fake
Powerline: Investigate This (6) (5) (4) (3) (2) (1), The Collusion Confusion, Mueller should not be special counsel and The Rick Gates Plea
Wombat: Don Surber: My Case For Keeping Mueller, also, Experts Say If He’d Listened To Experts, Trump Would Have Won
Rush Limbaugh: Good news for Trump?, Manafort: The Drive By Media's Disinformation Campaign Continues, Funding of the Dossier, No Evidence of Trump Collusion, What if Mueller wants Manafort to flip on Podesta?
Instapundit: Lefties and their Violent Rhetoric (they do have a historic pattern of actually carrying it out if they get into power, through), Clinton Bundler Tony Podesta, steps down and dissolves Podesta Group, Looks like Mueller over charged Manafort (not much there)
EBL: George Papadopolos pleads guilty (he is certainly guilty of taking a bad photo), Mueller's Manafort Monday, Trey Gowdy cautions Robert Mueller that leaking Grand Jury information is a crime, No One Expects The Mueller Inquisition, What's the deal with Fusion GPS, Matthew Continetti, and Bill Kristol?, Did Clinton Campaign Lawyer Marc Elias Commit Criminal and Ethical Violations?, Why Hillary Lost, Hillary Clinton's Campaign Song: Dirty Deeds Done Dirt Cheap, Smug Self-rightousness: Republicans should be livid about this, Mueller looking at the Podesta Group, and What is Fusion GPS?
If so, I don't think it's going anywhere.
ReplyDeleteThe blogosphere is in pretty good agreement the charges are a joke.