# 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:** 262
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 11:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5222 "2018-06-25T11:23:47Z")
> [@FavreCo](#): > > Here’s what happens to Trump from this investigation. Absolutely nothing. > 😃 Well, we’ll see in good time, eh? Bookmarked for later reference. ---
**Author:** ![PatriotX](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/c4cdca/32.png) [@PatriotX](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatriotX)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5223 "2018-06-25T11:30:03Z")
> [@FavreCo](#): > > Here’s what happens to Trump from this investigation. Absolutely nothing. > 😃 If you could convince Trumpco of this, maybe they’d mellow out a little. Maybe send them a note to let them know it’s going to be alright and they don’t have to worry so much? ---
**Author:** ![Defensive\_Indifference](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/defensive_indifference/32/6502_2.png) [@Defensive\_Indifference](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Defensive_Indifference)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5224 "2018-06-25T17:27:43Z")
Mueller has Erik Prince’s phones and computers. Prince says he’s been “cooperating” with the Mueller investigation. If Betsy DeVos has done anything illegal, I hope she discussed it with her brother. It would be nice to see her get snared too. > **[Special counsel obtains Trump ally Erik Prince's phones, computer](https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Politics/special-counsel-obtains-trump-ally-erik-princes-phones/story?id=56143477&__twitter_impression=true)** > > Special Counsel Robert Mueller is digging deeper into Trump ally and Blackwater founder Erik Prince, according to multiple sources with knowledge of the matter. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 5:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5225 "2018-06-25T17:36:58Z")
Supposedly, Cohen is asking the judge to disregard any and all documents and evidence that relates to Trump. Again. :rolleyes: ---
**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:** [June 25, 2018, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5226 "2018-06-25T17:37:39Z")
And Manafort is appealing his jailing. ---
**Author:** ![CurtC](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ce73a5/32.png) [@CurtC](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CurtC)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 7:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5227 "2018-06-25T19:28:08Z")
> [@friedo](#): > > Tom Arnold has been making…odd claims about having the goods on Trump for years. He should claim he has sex tapes of his ex-wife (Roseanne Barr) with Trump. That would get some attention! ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 7:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5228 "2018-06-25T19:43:03Z")
> [@CurtC](#): > > He should claim he has sex tapes of his ex-wife (Roseanne Barr) with Trump. That would get some attention! ew ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 7:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5229 "2018-06-25T19:53:25Z")
> [@El\_Kabong](#): > > Well, we’ll see in good time, eh? > > Bookmarked for later reference. Why bother bookmarking a Russian bot? ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5230 "2018-06-25T19:56:00Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > ew Got the video right here. How much will you pay not to see it? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 7:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5231 "2018-06-25T19:56:30Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Got the video right here. How much will you pay not to see it? Everything I have. ---
**Author:** ![andros](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/e480ec/32.png) [@andros](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/andros)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 8:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5232 "2018-06-25T20:04:08Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Everything I have. Everything I have _and_ everything **Rick Kitchen** has. ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 8:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5233 "2018-06-25T20:07:58Z")
Still trying to offload those Beanie Babies, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Rick\_Kitchen](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rick_kitchen/32/522_2.png) [@Rick\_Kitchen](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rick_Kitchen)\ **Post date:** [June 25, 2018, 8:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5234 "2018-06-25T20:31:42Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > Still trying to offload those Beanie Babies, eh? Hey, those things are worth money. ---
**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:** [June 25, 2018, 8:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5235 "2018-06-25T20:33:00Z")
My favorite Beanie Baby mantra… “they’re never going to make this one again - it’s _already_ valuable!” ---
**Author:** ![EddyTeddyFreddy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/eddyteddyfreddy/32/18796_2.png) [@EddyTeddyFreddy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/EddyTeddyFreddy)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 3:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5236 "2018-06-26T03:47:53Z")
> [@andros](#): > > Everything I have _and_ everything **Rick Kitchen** has. Everything andros bid _plus_ the dead mouse my cat brought me last night. ---
**Author:** ![cuauhtemoc](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/ecb155/32.png) [@cuauhtemoc](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/cuauhtemoc)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5237 "2018-06-26T21:40:55Z")
George Papadopoulos’ wife has started a [GoFundMe campaign for legal fees](https://www.gofundme.com/rmjtv-legal-fees) related to the Mueller investigation. Those comments though! Brutal! I can’t help but feel a little sorry for her. ---
**Author:** ![asahi](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/asahi/32/8693_2.png) [@asahi](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/asahi)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 9:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5238 "2018-06-26T21:54:37Z")
> **[FBI hands House GOP thousands of documents on Russia probe](https://www.politico.com/story/2018/06/23/fbi-russia-probe-documents-nunes-gowdy-goodlatte-667181)** > > The new material includes information on the use of informants. Apparently Nunes and Gowdy’s gang aren’t satisfied with having thousands of classified documents in their possession. Even today, they’re threatening impeachment of DoJ officials. I guess they won’t be satisfied until they are able to use all of the documents and recreate their own reality to compete with those of impartial investigators. So there you have it: Republicans in Congress, despite saying all along that the president shouldn’t fire Mueller, are colluding with Trump to discredit the investigation first – then he can be fired after the mid-terms, I suppose. ---
**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:** [June 26, 2018, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5239 "2018-06-26T22:26:17Z")
For all the Trumpists who got excited that maybe Federal Judge T. S. Ellis was on their side because he made comments that the special counsel should not have “unfettered power” in conducting his investigation/prosecution of Paul Manafort… [Womp, WOMP](https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/ex-trump-campaign-chief-manafort-loses-bid-to-dismiss-virginia-charges-idUSKBN1JM2VG). (Reuters) > [@](#): > > Judge T.S. Ellis in the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Virginia ruled that Mueller was properly appointed by Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein in May 2017 and has the authority to prosecute Manafort. > > “Because the Special Counsel’s appointment was consistent with both Constitutional requirements regarding appointment of officers and statutory requirements governing the authority to conduct criminal litigation on behalf of the United States, the Special Counsel had legal authority to investigate and to prosecute this matter and dismissal of the superseding indictment is not warranted,” Ellis wrote in his opinion. Remember, too, that Mueller provided this judge with an unredacted copy of Rosenstein’s memo granting Mueller’s team authority to pursue the charges. Wonder what he saw. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [June 26, 2018, 10:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5240 "2018-06-26T22:33:02Z")
> [@cuauhtemoc](#): > > George Papadopoulos’ wife has started a [GoFundMe campaign for legal fees](https://www.gofundme.com/rmjtv-legal-fees) related to the Mueller investigation. > > Those comments though! Brutal! > > I can’t help but feel a little sorry for her. “Thoughts and prayers!” ---
**Author:** ![Sunny\_Daze](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/sunny_daze/32/438_2.png) [@Sunny\_Daze](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sunny_Daze)\ **Post date:** [June 27, 2018, 12:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/5241 "2018-06-27T00:16:37Z")
> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#): > > “Thoughts and prayers!” Nope, not here. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093.md?page=261) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093.md?page=263)