# 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:** 462
**Author:** ![Anny\_Middon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/bc79bd/32.png) [@Anny\_Middon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Anny_Middon)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9223 "2019-01-22T18:10:11Z")
> [@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? When he wanted to say flattering things about himself or to avoid answering as himself, he’d say on the phone that he was “John Barron” or sometimes “John Baron.” I think it’s kinda creepy that he named his son Barron. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 6:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9224 "2019-01-22T18:14:13Z")
I have never calculated the odds, Captain, that he would not name a son Barron. ---
**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, 6:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9225 "2019-01-22T18:16:09Z")
Sometimes it was “John Miller”. Radio hosts who’d get calls from him would even joke about who it really was. ---
**Author:** ![Ravenman](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ravenman/32/2929_2.png) [@Ravenman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ravenman)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 6:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9226 "2019-01-22T18:17:18Z")
Let’s hope Melania has drawn a line at any thought of a Miller Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 6:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9227 "2019-01-22T18:27:49Z")
> [@Anny\_Middon](#): > > I think it’s kinda creepy that he named his son Barron. There was a guy a year ahead of me in high school named Barron (Smith). ---
**Author:** ![Folacin](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/folacin/32/3195_2.png) [@Folacin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Folacin)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9228 "2019-01-22T18:40:04Z")
> [@Ravenman](#): > > Let’s hope Melania has drawn a line at any thought of a Miller Trump. Well, she’d have to sleep with him again for that to be an issue, so probably no worries. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 7:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9229 "2019-01-22T19:21:47Z")
> [@elucidator](#): > > “You got a straight flush, which is a _very_ good hand. Except on Tuesday…” “Tuesday…at night.” ---
**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:** [January 22, 2019, 9:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9230 "2019-01-22T21:01:12Z")
> [@carnivorousplant](#): > > “Tuesday…at night.” unless the moon is full ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [January 22, 2019, 9:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9231 "2019-01-22T21:12:35Z")
> [@simster](#): > > unless the moon is full [Fiz Bin](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v77SF4TFUoM) ---
**Author:** ![romansperson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/romansperson/32/17100_2.png) [@romansperson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/romansperson)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9232 "2019-01-23T00:32:18Z")
[Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has expressed interest in the Trump campaign’s relationship with the National Rifle Association during the 2016 campaign](https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/22/politics/mueller-nunberg-trump-campaign-nra/index.html). > [@](#): > > As recently as about a month ago, Mueller’s investigators were still raising questions about the relationship between the campaign and the gun group, CNN has learned. I’m all ears! ---
**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 23, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9233 "2019-01-23T00:41:15Z")
And Trump has shut down the FBI and is bleeding the judiciary dry while at the same time McConnell allows Graham to open up another Hillary/FBI investigation. The GOP is going all-in to save themselves and Putin. ---
**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:** [January 23, 2019, 12:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9234 "2019-01-23T00:41:22Z")
> [@romansperson](#): > > [Special counsel Robert Mueller’s team has expressed interest in the Trump campaign’s relationship with the National Rifle Association during the 2016 campaign](https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/22/politics/mueller-nunberg-trump-campaign-nra/index.html). > > I’m all ears! Oh please, oh please, ohplease, ohpleaseohpleaseohplease! ---
**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:** [January 23, 2019, 2:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9235 "2019-01-23T14:23:00Z")
> [@Anny\_Middon](#): > > When he wanted to say flattering things about himself or to avoid answering as himself, he’d say on the phone that he was “John Barron” or sometimes “John Baron.” > > I think it’s kinda creepy that he named his son Barron. I really wish Barron was the kid’s middle name, and that his first name was Robert. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 7:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9236 "2019-01-23T19:40:53Z")
[Cohen is delaying his testimony before Congress](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/michael-cohen-says-trump-s-threats-against-his-family-will-n961816) “due to ongoing threats against his family from President Trump” and members of his legal team. It’s light on details at this point. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 8:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9237 "2019-01-23T20:12:40Z")
Maybe Trump’s threatened to appoint him to the Cabinet. “Run away…!” ---
**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 23, 2019, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9238 "2019-01-23T20:15:40Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > [Cohen is delaying his testimony before Congress](https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/michael-cohen-says-trump-s-threats-against-his-family-will-n961816) “due to ongoing threats against his family from President Trump” and members of his legal team. It’s light on details at this point. Hey, what’s one more witness intimidation charge that you might get a pardon for? In for a penny, in for a pound, as William Barr might say. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [January 23, 2019, 8:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9239 "2019-01-23T20:44:08Z")
On a humorous note: “[Rudy Giuliani always looks like he just heard what Rudy Giuliani said](https://twitter.com/TheDweck/status/1085742804872003584).” ---
**Author:** ![Locrian](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/locrian/32/14146_2.png) [@Locrian](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Locrian)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 11:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9240 "2019-01-25T11:51:36Z")
Posted in Clusterfuck thread: Roger Stone is arrested! Home raided by FBI! > **[Mueller indicts Roger Stone, says he was coordinating with Trump officials...](https://www.cnn.com/2019/01/25/politics/roger-stone-arrested/index.html)** > > Roger Stone has been indicted by a grand jury on charges brought by special counsel Robert Mueller, who alleges that the longtime Donald Trump associate sought stolen emails from WikiLeaks that could damage Trump's opponents while in coordination... ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 12:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9241 "2019-01-25T12:28:10Z")
Sure took them long enough. Stone has been saying he’s going to be indicted for months. ---
**Author:** ![friedo](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/8edcca/32.png) [@friedo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friedo)\ **Post date:** [January 25, 2019, 12:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093/9242 "2019-01-25T12:38:24Z")
Here is the [Roger Stone indictment](https://www.justice.gov/file/1124706/download). Charges: [ol] [li]Obstruction - false testimony to the House intelligence committee [/li][li]False testimony[/li][li]False testimony[/li][li]False testimony[/li][li]False testimony[/li][li]False testimony[/li][li]Witness tampering - relating to attempts to persuade or intimidate “Person 2” (likely Randy Credico) to lie to investigators [/li][/ol] [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093.md?page=461) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-thread-for-the-mueller-investigation-results-and-outcomes-part-1/800093.md?page=463)