# A Thread for the Mueller Investigation Results and Outcomes (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [October 28, 2017, 8:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093 "2017-10-28T20:14:44Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 124
**Author:** ![BigAppleBucky](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bigapplebucky/32/178_2.png) [@BigAppleBucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BigAppleBucky)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 8:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2462 "2018-02-14T20:43:03Z")
[https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/now-available-more-200-000-deleted-russian-troll-tweets-n844731](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/now-available-more-200-000-deleted-russian-troll-tweets-n844731) **Twitter deleted 200,000 Russian troll tweets** > [@](#): > > These accounts, working in concert as part of large networks, pushed hundreds of thousands of inflammatory tweets, from fictitious tales of Democrats practicing witchcraft to hardline posts from users masquerading as Black Lives Matter activists. Investigators have traced the accounts to a Kremlin-linked propaganda outfit founded in 2013 known as the Internet Research Association (IRA). The organization has been assessed by the U.S. Intelligence Community to be part of a Russian state-run effort to influence the outcome of the 2016 U.S. presidential race. **And they’re not done**. That last phrase is the really scary part. I wonder if Facebook, YouTube and other social media have a handle on Russian troll activity going through their platforms. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 14, 2018, 8:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2463 "2018-02-14T20:52:46Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/now-available-more-200-000-deleted-russian-troll-tweets-n844731](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/now-available-more-200-000-deleted-russian-troll-tweets-n844731) > **Twitter deleted 200,000 Russian troll tweets** > > That last phrase is the really scary part. > > I wonder if Facebook, YouTube and other social media have a handle on Russian troll activity going through their platforms. I kinda wish they wouldn’t delete them - but would instead flag them in a way that makes it easy to find. Tracking this ‘thru’ the system would be much more interesting then just pretending (thru deletion) that it didnt happen - as now there will be no way to see it in context. ---
**Author:** ![begbert2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/begbert2/32/3357_2.png) [@begbert2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/begbert2)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 12:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2464 "2018-02-15T00:07:49Z")
nm -wrong thread. ---
**Author:** ![jasg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f0a364/32.png) [@jasg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jasg)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 12:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2465 "2018-02-15T00:28:39Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > I wonder if Facebook, YouTube and other social media have a handle on Russian troll activity going through their platforms. I wonder if the bigger problem isn’t the bots. Couldn’t Twitter badly cripple the bot problem by eliminating their API and perhaps their web client? Wouldn’t an App only service should be hard or impossible to automate? A hit to their business but a plus to their reputation. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 8:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2466 "2018-02-15T20:02:56Z")
[Steve Bannon met with Mueller multiple times in the past week.](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/amp/steve-bannon-met-mueller-multiple-times-over-past-week-n848421) ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2467 "2018-02-15T20:07:24Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [Steve Bannon met with Mueller multiple times in the past week.](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/donald-trump/amp/steve-bannon-met-mueller-multiple-times-over-past-week-n848421) And refused to answer any questions that weren’t literally scripted by the White House. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 8:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2468 "2018-02-15T20:09:29Z")
No, that was in the House hearings today. Not the Mueller investigation (he could have spent all **20 hours** with Mueller’s team saying he won’t respond, but that’s not being reported.) ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2469 "2018-02-15T20:21:48Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > No, that was in the House hearings today. Not the Mueller investigation (he could have spent all **20 hours** with Mueller’s team saying he won’t respond, but that’s not being reported.) Ah. Two different interviews. Thanks. ---
**Author:** ![JohnT](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnt/32/15048_2.png) [@JohnT](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnT)\ **Post date:** [February 15, 2018, 11:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2470 "2018-02-15T23:38:07Z")
[Gates close to plea deal with Mueller, sources say.](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/02/15/politics/rick-gates-plea-deal-mueller-russia-investigation/index.html) ---
**Author:** ![Aspenglow](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aspenglow/32/76_2.png) [@Aspenglow](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Aspenglow)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 12:40am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2471 "2018-02-16T00:40:42Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > [Gates close to plea deal with Mueller, sources say.](https://amp.cnn.com/cnn/2018/02/15/politics/rick-gates-plea-deal-mueller-russia-investigation/index.html) Hmmm. Quite a witch hunt that can get innocent people to enter pleas to crimes they didn’t commit. ---
**Author:** ![John\_DiFool](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/john_difool/32/19543_2.png) [@John\_DiFool](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/John_DiFool)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 2:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2472 "2018-02-16T02:45:10Z")
Yeah, some fake news that is… ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 12:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2473 "2018-02-16T12:49:17Z")
> [@Aspenglow](#): > > Hmmm. > > Quite a witch hunt that can get innocent people to enter pleas to crimes they didn’t commit. Technically it’s still qualifies as a witch hunt if you actually find real witches. ---
**Author:** ![GreysonCarlisle](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a87d85/32.png) [@GreysonCarlisle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GreysonCarlisle)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 12:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2474 "2018-02-16T12:57:43Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Technically it’s still qualifies as a witch hunt if you actually find real witches. “It’s a fair cop.” Said by nobody in this administration. ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 2:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2475 "2018-02-16T14:08:53Z")
“It’s all Obama’s fault”, have said quite a few, however. ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 2:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2476 "2018-02-16T14:27:34Z")
and Muslim Kenyan = witch. Vindicated! ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 2:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2477 "2018-02-16T14:31:18Z")
But Hillary! ---
**Author:** ![slumtrimpet](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@slumtrimpet](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/slumtrimpet)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 2:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2478 "2018-02-16T14:41:04Z")
definitely a witch. Oh. Wait. Nevermind…wrong hunt. ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 3:22pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2479 "2018-02-16T15:22:43Z")
She turned me into Newt Gingrich! I got better. ---
**Author:** ![simster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/simster/32/1047_2.png) [@simster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/simster)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 3:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2480 "2018-02-16T15:59:49Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > She turned me into Newt Gingrich! > I got better. nope - there’s no coming back from that. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [February 16, 2018, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2481 "2018-02-16T16:42:56Z")
> [@BigAppleBucky](#): > > [https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/now-available-more-200-000-deleted-russian-troll-tweets-n844731](https://www.nbcnews.com/tech/social-media/now-available-more-200-000-deleted-russian-troll-tweets-n844731) > **Twitter deleted 200,000 Russian troll tweets** > > That last phrase is the really scary part. > > I wonder if Facebook, YouTube and other social media have a handle on Russian troll activity going through their platforms. I can’t wait for “the right” to start screaming about freedom of speech. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093.md?page=123) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093.md?page=125)