# 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:** 144
**Author:** ![Max\_Torque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Max\_Torque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Torque)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 3:11pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2862 "2018-03-01T15:11:43Z")
> [@Ann\_Hedonia](#): > > 1. She will get a new job very very soon and that it will take her somewhere far far away, I think they’re hoping if they do that Mueller won’t bother with her. Because I’m thinking of how this interview was scheduled 3 weeks or so ago and they got it postponed. They’ve been setting this up since then. “Didn’t you hear? She’s the new ambassador to Lesotho.” ---
**Author:** ![Ann\_Hedonia](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ann_hedonia/32/319_2.png) [@Ann\_Hedonia](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ann_Hedonia)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2863 "2018-03-01T15:27:20Z")
> [@WordMan](#): > > Thanks for that perspective - I get what you are saying. The Kushners can’t do what real-estate requires - figure out ways to make deals that cross lines somehow look legit - if there is a big spotlight on them at all times. > > And as for the woman in the Thai prison - that is just surreal - like she will live broadcast her story from inside the prison or something. This is a weird new age. Yes. Apollo is a huge asset management company. They take investment money from customers that are looking for a higher return in exchange for more risk and less regulation. Then they invest that money by loaning it out for large real estate and corporate restructuring deals, Romney’s Bain Capital is a similar firm. But Apollo is over 3 times as large as Bain. Bain has 75 billion of its clients money to invest. Apollo has close to 250 billion. And I heard some analysis that the Kushner deal for the Chicago building isn’t even particularly risky as the building has a good long term tenant ( AT&T). Now if they had loaned money for 666 5th in NYC, which is the albatross in the Kushner portfolio — now THAT would be a story. Yet I think most people had never heard of Apollo until today. And that’s because they want it that way. ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 3:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2864 "2018-03-01T15:58:54Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > [Yes, things have managed to get even weirder.](https://www.theroot.com/could-a-russian-call-girl-be-the-straw-that-breaks-this-1823391045) > > A little background. A few weeks ago, Mr. Navalny, eternal opposition to Putin, posted a video detailing the links between a Russian oligarch Oleg Derispaka and Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko, showing corruption in Putin’s government. As provided by a woman claiming to be Derispaka’a mistress. I’ve watched the video; he lays it out pretty well. (I don’t have a link handy, but it should be easy to Google) > > Now this woman, who goes by Nastya Rybka, has been arrested in Thailand along with nine other Russians for claiming to be sex experts running a class. > > But wait! > > She is also fearful that she will be returned to Russia, where she expects her life to be short and full of incident. > > She is also, somehow, posting to Instagram whilst in jail. > > Oh, that name - Deripaska? Sound familiar? He was a business associate of Paul Manafort - paid Paul $10 million dollars, apparently to influence US politics to the benefit of Russia. > > Swear to all the gods that never were, this is the weirdest point in history that I’m aware of. > > [USA Today story, pretty much identical.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/02/27/kremlin-call-girl-nastya-rybka-thailand-jail/377696002/) This is all too good to be true, and yet hope springs eternal. ---
**Author:** ![SaneBill](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/e68b1a/32.png) [@SaneBill](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SaneBill)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 4:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2865 "2018-03-01T16:27:30Z")
> [@asahi](#): > > Looks like General Beauregard is getting closer and closer to desertion. > ['Show of solidarity': Sessions dines with deputy AG Rod Rosenstein hours after Trump called his AG 'disgraceful' - Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com/2018/02/show-solidarity-sessions-dines-deputy-ag-rod-rosenstein-hours-trump-called-ag-disgraceful/) There’s something odd in those pictures. In the first one Sessions is his short self, but on dinner table he’s taller than others. Does he sit on a baby high chair ? ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 4:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2866 "2018-03-01T16:29:13Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > There’s something odd in those pictures. In the first one Sessions is his short self, but on dinner table he’s taller than others. Does he sit on a baby high chair ? Sir, I say, sir, it’s called a booster! ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 5:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2867 "2018-03-01T17:28:05Z")
House Intelligence Committee Republicans, having already destroyed their own investigation, are trying to undermine the Senate investigation as well. > **[Senate Intelligence Leaders Say House G.O.P. Leaked a Senator’s Texts...](https://t.co/l6Y6q0H2ak)** > > In an extraordinary confrontation, the bipartisan leaders of the Senate Intelligence Committee told the House speaker that his troops had leaked a senator’s texts with a Russia-connected lawyer. ---
**Author:** ![jsc1953](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/5daacb/32.png) [@jsc1953](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/jsc1953)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2868 "2018-03-01T17:32:15Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > House Intelligence Committee Republicans, having already destroyed their own investigation, are trying to undermine the Senate investigation as well. > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/senate-intelligence-nunes-leaks.html?smid=pl-share](https://t.co/l6Y6q0H2ak) If Speaker Ryan had any spine whatsoever (hah!) we would disband the House Intelligence Committee and start over. They’re entirely dysfunctional and completely devoid of any credibility. ---
**Author:** ![Snarky\_Kong](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/a183cd/32.png) [@Snarky\_Kong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snarky_Kong)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 6:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2869 "2018-03-01T18:07:30Z")
Apparently Burr is denying the article. Guess we’ll see. ---
**Author:** ![wguy123](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wguy123/32/3161_2.png) [@wguy123](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/wguy123)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 8:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2870 "2018-03-01T20:03:33Z")
> [@Happy\_Lendervedder](#): > > Sir, I say, sir, it’s called a booster! Jeffrey Foghorn Sessions ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2871 "2018-03-01T20:08:08Z")
> [@galen\_ubal](#): > > [Yes, things have managed to get even weirder.](https://www.theroot.com/could-a-russian-call-girl-be-the-straw-that-breaks-this-1823391045) > A little background. A few weeks ago, Mr. Navalny, eternal opposition to Putin, posted a video detailing the links between a Russian oligarch Oleg Derispaka and Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Prikhodko, showing corruption in Putin’s government. As provided by a woman claiming to be Derispaka’a mistress. I’ve watched the video; he lays it out pretty well. (I don’t have a link handy, but it should be easy to Google) > Now this woman, who goes by Nastya Rybka, has been arrested in Thailand along with nine other Russians for claiming to be sex experts running a class. > But wait! > > She is also fearful that she will be returned to Russia, where she expects her life to be short and full of incident. > She is also, somehow, posting to Instagram whilst in jail. > > Oh, that name - Deripaska? Sound familiar? He was a business associate of Paul Manafort - paid Paul $10 million dollars, apparently to influence US politics to the benefit of Russia. > > Swear to all the gods that never were, this is the weirdest point in history that I’m aware of. > [USA Today story, pretty much identical.](https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2018/02/27/kremlin-call-girl-nastya-rybka-thailand-jail/377696002/) I saw a cute cartoon about that… Fearless leader, Boris and Natasha … Natasha was wearing a small bikini an holding a whip 😃 ---
**Author:** ![mistymage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/mistymage/32/459_2.png) [@mistymage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mistymage)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 8:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2872 "2018-03-01T20:13:42Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > There’s something odd in those pictures. In the first one Sessions is his short self, but on dinner table he’s taller than others. Does he sit on a baby high chair ? I’m 5’6" and my husband is 6’3" but when we sit our heads are almost level. So maybe the Keebler Elf has a much longer torso than the other guys. constant Ass Torsion probably lengthened his trunk. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 1, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2873 "2018-03-01T21:40:23Z")
> [@wguy123](#): > > Jeffrey Foghorn Sessions Is he going to go quietly or is thump goin’ to have to muss him up? ---
**Author:** ![Fiveyearlurker](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/da6949/32.png) [@Fiveyearlurker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fiveyearlurker)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 4:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2874 "2018-03-02T04:04:51Z")
> [@Snarky\_Kong](#): > > House Intelligence Committee Republicans, having already destroyed their own investigation, are trying to undermine the Senate investigation as well. > > [https://www.nytimes.com/2018/03/01/us/politics/senate-intelligence-nunes-leaks.html?smid=pl-share](https://t.co/l6Y6q0H2ak) Notably, the GOP leak of those emails about Mark Warner came at same time that Julian Assange was offering dirt on Mark Warner to [Sean Hannity](https://www.thedailybeast.com/julian-assange-thought-he-was-messaging-sean-hannity-when-he-offered-news-on-democrat-investigating-trump-russia?source=twitter&via=desktop). Be nice to know where Assange got them, huh? ---
**Author:** ![Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/b487fb/32.png) [@Walken\_After\_Midnight](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Walken_After_Midnight)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 4:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2875 "2018-03-02T04:08:10Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > There’s something odd in those pictures. In the first one Sessions is his short self, but on dinner table he’s taller than others. Does he sit on a baby high chair ? I think they’re sitting down and he’s standing up. ---
**Author:** ![Wesley\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wesley_clark/32/20581_2.png) [@Wesley\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wesley_Clark)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 6:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2876 "2018-03-02T06:56:48Z")
> [@jsc1953](#): > > If Speaker Ryan had any spine whatsoever (hah!) we would disband the House Intelligence Committee and start over. They’re entirely dysfunctional and completely devoid of any credibility. When republicans were discussing who was being bribed by Russia, Paul Ryan said to keep it quiet and ‘not leak’ that info. So Ryan is complicit. He doesn’t lack a spine, he knows what is happening and wants to help cover up the investigation. > **[House majority leader to colleagues in 2016: ‘I think Putin pays’ Trump](https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/house-majority-leader-to-colleagues-in-2016-i-think-putin-pays-trump/2017/05/17/515f6f8a-3aff-11e7-8854-21f359183e8c_story.html?utm_term=.0fd5e0f28c4c)** > > Speaker Ryan responded: ‘What’s said in the family stays in the family.’ GOP leaders now cast the exchange as ‘an attempt at humor.’ ---
**Author:** ![BeenJammin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/beenjammin/32/448_2.png) [@BeenJammin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BeenJammin)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 4:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2877 "2018-03-02T16:20:02Z")
This politics and partisan crap is interesting in it’s own right. But my takeaway so far is that these motherfuckers (on the left AND the right) have been leveraging economic and political clout in this Global Economy bullshit on an unprecedented scale for nothing but personal gain since forever. Now the game’s finally gotten really big. Excessive greed and financial turmoil now makes it hard to go unnoticed. They are finally getting caught up due to their own greed and stupidity. Too much cloak-and-dagger, collusion and line-crossing has led to microscopic analysis they obvioulsy cannot handle. Please continue focusing the spotlight on your political target of choice - it is quite entertaining! 🙂 I say Fuck 'em all, on the left and the right. ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2878 "2018-03-02T16:24:04Z")
> [@SaneBill](#): > > There’s something odd in those pictures. In the first one Sessions is his short self, but on dinner table he’s taller than others. Does he sit on a baby high chair ? Maybe he’s sitting on a cushion for hemorrhoids. If I was president, I don’t think I’d be upset over my Attorney General having dinner with his deputy. Maybe I’d want them to bring me a doggie bag but it wouldn’t upset me unless I asked to go and got turned away. ---
**Author:** ![Greathouse](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/greathouse/32/2992_2.png) [@Greathouse](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Greathouse)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 4:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2879 "2018-03-02T16:39:21Z")
> [@BeenJammin](#): > > This politics and partisan crap is interesting in it’s own right. But my takeaway so far is that these motherfuckers (on the left AND the right) have been leveraging economic and political clout in this Global Economy bullshit on an unprecedented scale for nothing but personal gain since forever. Now the game’s finally gotten really big. Excessive greed and financial turmoil now makes it hard to go unnoticed. They are finally getting caught up due to their own greed and stupidity. Too much cloak-and-dagger, collusion and line-crossing has led to microscopic analysis they obvioulsy cannot handle. > > Please continue focusing the spotlight on your political target of choice - it is quite entertaining! 🙂 > > I say Fuck 'em all, on the left and the right. Russia has updated the script for the week. ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2880 "2018-03-02T17:02:50Z")
> [@BeenJammin](#): > > This politics and partisan crap is interesting in it’s own right. But my takeaway so far is that these motherfuckers (on the left AND the right) have been leveraging economic and political clout in this Global Economy bullshit on an unprecedented scale for nothing but personal gain since forever. Now the game’s finally gotten really big. Excessive greed and financial turmoil now makes it hard to go unnoticed. They are finally getting caught up due to their own greed and stupidity. Too much cloak-and-dagger, collusion and line-crossing has led to microscopic analysis they obvioulsy cannot handle. > > Please continue focusing the spotlight on your political target of choice - it is quite entertaining! 🙂 > > I say Fuck 'em all, on the left and the right. Is great observation. You come tomorrow, turn page again. We thank you, most helpful! Best warm regards, USA friend Vinyl ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 2, 2018, 5:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/2881 "2018-03-02T17:16:40Z")
**BeenJammin** said > [@](#): > > This politics and partisan crap is interesting in it’s own right… Should be “its.” The possessive, in this case, does not take an apostrophe. “It’s” is a contraction of “it is.” Did you know that? Just being helpful. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093.md?page=143) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093.md?page=145)