# 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:** 461
**Author:** ![gytalf2000](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/ac91a4/32.png) [@gytalf2000](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gytalf2000)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9203 "2019-01-21T15:10:11Z")
> [@enipla](#): > > And that’s what’s wrong with our country. It seems we need another amendment SPECIFICALLY SAYING THAT THE PRESIDENT IS NOT ABOVE THE LAW. The Founding Fathers just took the obvious for granted. His worshipers apparently need to be cut off at the knees before they realize they are being driven down and not being risen up. > > It’s gets very tiring trying to help people that won’t give up their shovel and keep digging deeper. Yeah, sad to say, such an amendment is necessary at this point. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 3:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9204 "2019-01-21T15:12:09Z")
> [@DWMarch](#): > > I don’t recall exact specifics offhand but isn’t Trump known for sending flattering stories about himself to the New York gossip rags back in the 80’s? Yes. He was always a liar and an attention whore - in addition to everything else. ---
**Author:** ![SteveG1](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/bb73d2/32.png) [@SteveG1](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/SteveG1)\ **Post date:** [January 21, 2019, 3:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9205 "2019-01-21T15:13:21Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > I don’t think they are morons, they have different political views than we, and as most people, do not want to admit they were wrong. You are being WAAAAAAAAYYYYY more generous than they deserve. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2019, 4:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9206 "2019-01-21T16:09:44Z")
> [@SteveG1](#): > > Yes. He was always a liar and an attention whore - in addition to everything else. _How could you believe me when I said I love you When you know I’ve been a liar all my life I’ve had that reputation since I was a youth You must have been insane to think I’d tell you the truth_… ---
**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:** [January 21, 2019, 8:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9207 "2019-01-21T20:45:15Z")
Emin Agalarov has canceled his upcoming North American concert tour out of fear of being held as a material witness in the Mueller probe. > **[Fear of Mueller probe leads Russian pop star linked to Trump family to cancel...](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/emin-agalarov-russian-singer-linked-trump-family-cancels-upcoming-tour-n960981?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma)** > > The pop star said he'd been forced to nix the tour against his will. His lawyer told NBC the cancellation is "most definitely" linked to the Russia probe. ---
**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:** [January 21, 2019, 10:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9208 "2019-01-21T22:57:29Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Emin Agalarov has canceled his upcoming North American concert tour out of fear of being held as a material witness in the Mueller probe. > [Emin Agalarov, Russian singer linked to Trump family, cancels upcoming North American tour](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/emin-agalarov-russian-singer-linked-trump-family-cancels-upcoming-tour-n960981?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma) Whoa! ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 12:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9209 "2019-01-22T00:36:13Z")
> [@Rick\_Kitchen](#): > > Emin Agalarov has canceled his upcoming North American concert tour out of fear of being held as a material witness in the Mueller probe. > [Emin Agalarov, Russian singer linked to Trump family, cancels upcoming North American tour](https://www.nbcnews.com/news/investigations/emin-agalarov-russian-singer-linked-trump-family-cancels-upcoming-tour-n960981?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_ma) If you want a witness who can sing like a canary… ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 12:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9210 "2019-01-22T00:51:33Z")
Wait, who is he, and how is he connected to this whole mess? ---
**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:** [January 22, 2019, 1:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9211 "2019-01-22T01:04:22Z")
> [@Chronos](#): > > Wait, who is he, and how is he connected to this whole mess? Go to [this link](https://www.newsandguts.com/trump-russia/) and click on the Agalarov Family link. It will remind you in sickening detail the roles both father and son have played in this whole mess far better than can be related briefly here. But in brief, Emin Agalarov and his daddy, Aras, are intimately entwined in the Trump Tower Moscow caper and go back with Trump to his Miss Universe days. ---
**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:** [January 22, 2019, 4:21am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9212 "2019-01-22T04:21:21Z")
1.21.2019 RudyG finally went there: [" …even if he did do it, it wouldn’t be a crime".](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/even-if-he-did-do-it-it-wouldnt-be-a-crime-rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-robert-mueller-moscow-buzzfeed/amp) ---
**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:** [January 22, 2019, 4:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9213 "2019-01-22T04:31:53Z")
> [@JohnT](#): > > 1.21.2019 > > RudyG finally went there: > > [" …even if he did do it, it wouldn’t be a crime".](https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-new-yorker-interview/even-if-he-did-do-it-it-wouldnt-be-a-crime-rudy-giuliani-donald-trump-robert-mueller-moscow-buzzfeed/amp) I prefer “I have been through all the tapes, I have been through all the texts, I have been through all the e-mails” … “I shouldn’t have said tapes. They alleged there were texts and e-mails that corroborated that Cohen was saying the President told him to lie. There were no texts, there were no e-mails, and the President never told him to lie.” ---
**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:** [January 22, 2019, 4:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9214 "2019-01-22T04:37:10Z")
Buzzfeed: “Did we say emails & texts? Silly us, we meant ‘tapes’!” ---
**Author:** ![Celidin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/cc9497/32.png) [@Celidin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Celidin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9215 "2019-01-22T17:40:51Z")
Next scene - Rapid dissolve into the OFFICE of REP. ADAM SCHIFF: ADAM SCHIFF looks up from his iPad. SCHIFF: Wait, tapes? … We have confirmation of the tapes?!? \ SCHIFF [to staff]: WE NEED TO SUBPOENA THE TAPES. NOW! _fin_ ---
**Author:** ![ElvisL1ves](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/5daacb/32.png) [@ElvisL1ves](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ElvisL1ves)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9216 "2019-01-22T17:43:13Z")
Is Rudy secretly working for Mueller? ---
**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:** [January 22, 2019, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9217 "2019-01-22T17:45:20Z")
Or there’s this… \*“Did you talk to President Trump about that?” “If I talked to President Trump about it, of course I can’t tell you. I’m his lawyer. I can’t tell you what I talked to my client about.” “O.K., so how do you know this?” “Well, you have to figure out how I know it. Right? I can’t tell you what I talked to my client about.”\* Right now I want to play poker with Giuliani because he must have tells like flashing neon signs. ---
**Author:** ![Andy\_L](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/c67d28/32.png) [@Andy\_L](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Andy_L)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9218 "2019-01-22T17:48:33Z")
> [@Celidin](#): > > Next scene - Rapid dissolve into the OFFICE of REP. ADAM SCHIFF: > > ADAM SCHIFF looks up from his iPad. > > SCHIFF: Wait, tapes? … We have confirmation of the tapes?!? > > \ > > SCHIFF [to staff]: WE NEED TO SUBPOENA THE TAPES. NOW! > > _fin_ [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/YNEcAbsfeB4/hqdefault.jpg "The Simpsons - Bart The Fink 0715 - Cayman Islands") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNEcAbsfeB4) ``` Representative: I'm sorry. I cannot divulge information about that customer's secret, illegal account. [The representative hangs up the phone, then does a double take as he realizes what he just did.] Representative: Oh, crap, I shouldn't have said he was a customer. Oh, crap, I shouldn't have said it was a secret. Oh, crap! I certainly shouldn't have said it was illegal! [sighs resignedly] Oh, it's too hot today. ``` ---
**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:** [January 22, 2019, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9219 "2019-01-22T17:49:11Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > Or there’s this… > > \*“Did you talk to President Trump about that?” > > “If I talked to President Trump about it, of course I can’t tell you. I’m his lawyer. I can’t tell you what I talked to my client about.” > > “O.K., so how do you know this?” > > “Well, you have to figure out how I know it. Right? I can’t tell you what I talked to my client about.”\* > Right now I want to play poker with Giuliani because he must have tells like flashing neon signs. “If you have a 10, jack, queen, king, and ace of the same picture, is that good?” ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9220 "2019-01-22T17:54:44Z")
“You got a straight flush, which is a _very_ good hand. Except on Tuesday…” ---
**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:** [January 22, 2019, 5:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9221 "2019-01-22T17:55:09Z")
“Dammit! Today isn’t just my day!” ---
**Author:** ![Fear\_Itself](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/fear_itself/32/19637_2.png) [@Fear\_Itself](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fear_Itself)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 5:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9222 "2019-01-22T17:56:46Z")
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