10/30/17: This is not one of President Trump’s best days, even though he tweeted early in the morning that there was “NO COLLUSION” between Russia and his 2016 campaign.
Say what you will, Mr. President, but Paul Manafort, 68, your former campaign manager, just got indicted for money laundering and lying all day, every day, and lying in his sleep.
Also indicted was Rick Gates, 45, a Manafort protégé. Gates was a part of the Trump Team up to Inauguration Day, when he was part of the largest imaginary crowd ever to attend inaugural events. (See: 1/21/17.)
Gates is young. He has a wife and small children to worry about. He cannot relish the idea of spending twenty years in an orange jumpsuit. That means he has reason to cooperate with the Mueller investigation.
If I were a betting man, and I am, I’d bet he’s going to
flip.
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Rick Gates. |
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IN RELATED NEWS, George Papadopoulos, now described by Press Secretary Pinocchio as a nobody in the campaign, pleads guilty to federal charges. Trump surrogates call the young man a “coffee boy,” of no import during the campaign. The president tweets about some guy named “George,” like he never laid eyes on the man.
On the other hand, we know Candidate Trump had previously informed the Washington Post that “George” was a top adviser on his team. As late as August 2016 a campaign adviser (unnamed in the indictment) was suggesting “George” take a trip to Moscow and look into a deal with Russians to get dirt on Hillary Clinton.
That means the next target of investigation may be that top campaign adviser mentioned in the coffee boy’s indictment. Different sources suggest “George” might have been talking to Sam Clovis, co-chair of the campaign. He might have been talking to Cory Lewandowski, another former Trump campaign manager. Lewandowski denies any wrong-doing, as you would expect.
In fact, if we are to believe Sean Hannity, and the assorted
liars on the Trump campaign team, all “George” was really asking about was did
the Big Bosses want one lump of sugar or two?
We do know the F.B.I. interviewed Papadopoulos just seven days after Trump took office. Agents quickly caught him in several lies, leading to charges of obstruction of justice. If this sounds familiar it should.
“George,” the coffee boy, lied about meeting with Russians.
(See: 12/1-2/17. When news breaks that Gen. Michael T Flynn has begun start cooperating with the Mueller probe, the White House suddenly starts referring to him as “a former Obama administration official.”)
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10/31/17: The World Meteorological Organization (WMO) announces that carbon-dioxide in the atmosphere spiked last year to levels not seen in 800,000 years. E.P.A. Administrator Scott Pruitt, tool of Big Coal and stooge of Big Oil, continues to push increased burning of fossil fuels.
Pruitt won’t be satisfied till we drill for oil in the Rose
Garden and in Hillary Clinton’s front yard.
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