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P.S. I heard a conversation

artappraiser — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 19:47:12 +0000

In reply to White House as crime scene:

P.S. I heard a conversation with two legal eagles on either CNN or MSNBC yesterday, the question was: why a Washington D.C. grand jury rather than a Virginia one? Apparently the latter are more standard. The answer from both: because the supposed crime happened in Washington D.C., at the White House, that's where Mueller is looking and that's why he needs a D.C. grand jury. So all the rest is sideshow,. though indictments could come out of all the other stuff, too.

White House as crime scene:

artappraiser — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 19:37:51 +0000

In reply to White House Purging Michael Flynn Allies From National Security Council

White House as crime scene: how Robert Mueller is closing in on Trump

By Julian Borger @ The Guardian.com,

There is a grand jury in Washington DC. The special counsel’s team is full of experts in financial crime. On Russia, the president can feel the net closing

@ NYTimes: "Breaking News"

artappraiser — Sat, 05 Aug 2017 01:18:01 +0000

In reply to White House Purging Michael Flynn Allies From National Security Council

@ NYTimes: "Breaking News" Counsel’s Office Is Said to Seek White House’s Flynn Records

By MATTHEW ROSENBERG, MATT APUZZO and MICHAEL S. SCHMIDT 33 minutes ago

The request is the first known instance of investigators working for Robert S. Mueller III asking the White House to hand over records, according to people close to the inquiry.
They are also seeking information about whether he received payments from Turkey during the final months of the presidential campaign.