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Line 133: − + − :{{See also|Mueller show trials}} − At various points in the Mueller probe when Congressional hearings and public opinion have questioned the need for the investigation as [[Obama administration]] wrongdoing was uncovered, Mueller has issued "joke indictments" against Russian citizens and entities who will never stand trial in the United States.<ref>https://disobedientmedia.com/2018/02/muellers-investigation-a-farce-files-joke-indictment-against-russian-trolls</ref> − − Charges against [[Paul Manafort]] are wholly unrelated to Russia collusion.<ref>https://www.politico.com/story/2018/05/04/mueller-challenged-manafort-case-568935</ref> − − Charges against [[Michael Flynn]] are based on alleged false statements made by Flynn to the FBI; the FBI agent who interviewed Flynn however reported that Flynn did not lie.<ref>http://www.foxnews.com/politics/2018/04/27/house-report-backs-claim-that-fbi-agents-did-not-think-flynn-lied-despite-guilty-plea.html</ref> Andrew McCabe is currently under criminal investigation for possibly altering or destroying the interview report,<ref>[https://www.realclearpolitics.com/2018/06/11/a_skeptical_grassley_really_wants_to_see_the_flynn_302_444539.html A Skeptical Grassley Really Wants to See the Flynn 302], Byron York, Washington Examiner June 11, 2018</ref> among other things.<ref>https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/inspector-general-referred-findings-on-mccabe-to-us-attorney-for-consideration-of-criminal-charges/2018/04/19/a200cabc-43f3-11e8-8569-26fda6b404c7_story.html</ref> − − Charges against [[George Papadopoulos]] remain mysterious, as it is unclear whether or not Papadopoulos himself was an FBI informant, or a simple naive pup fresh out of school who volunteered for the Trump campaign days before he was compromised in a sting operation arranged by [[John Brennan]].<ref>https://themarketswork.com/2018/04/09/john-brennans-role-in-the-fbis-trump-russia-investigation/</ref> − − Of all the indictments, 25 are Russian "ham sandwiches," one being a company that did not even exist during the 2016 election.<ref>https://www.dailywire.com/news/30556/disaster-mueller-indicted-russian-company-didnt-ryan-saavedra?amp</ref> Three Americans have plead guilty to process charges of lying to the FBI:<ref>Two additional persons who never worked on the Trump campaign plead guilty to process charges to frame up a third person who was an employee of a campaign employee.</ref> one regarding allegations that occurred in 2005 and 2007; one is a possible FBI informant that the Justice Department has stonewalled, as congressional oversight probes the original legal basis of the investigation;<ref>https://themarketswork.com/2018/04/12/the-electronic-communication-redacted-names-john-brennan/</ref> and one likely will be overturned or pardoned due to FBI misconduct.<ref>https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/02/michael-flynn-guilty-plea-questions-raised-about-fbi-robert-mueller-investigation/</ref> Of the three that [[mainstream media]] [[fake news]] allege to have "flipped," none have provided information on alleged Russian collusion because they have no information to report. A fourth awaits trial on charges prosecuted by Mueller that are totally unrelated to Mueller's mandate. − − No Americans have been accused or indicted for coordination, cooperation, [[collusion]], or conspiracy with any Russian entity, government or private, to interfere in American elections. The indictments have solely been used to create [[Democratic]] talking points, and to hide the illegal actions of people employed in the Obama Justice Department, or who are still emloyed by the U.S. government.
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==Special counsel==
==Special counsel==
[[File:Mooo9.jpg|right|350px|thumb|During his Russia probe, Mueller indicted "the proverbial ham sandwich."]]
[[File:Mooo9.jpg|right|350px|thumb|During his Russia probe, Mueller indicted "the proverbial ham sandwich."]]
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In the wake of James Comey's firing, Assistant Attorney General [[Rod Rosenstein]] appointed Mueller as a special counsel to take over the FBI's [[counterintelligence]] investigation of the Trump campaign and administration. The investigation now also became a criminal probe, alleging Trump fired Comey to obstruct justice.
In the wake of James Comey's firing, Assistant Attorney General [[Rod Rosenstein]] appointed Mueller as a special counsel to take over the FBI's [[counterintelligence]] investigation of the Trump campaign and administration. The investigation now also became a criminal probe, alleging Trump fired Comey to obstruct justice.
Deripaska once hired [[Paul Manafort]] as a political adviser. In an affidavit attached to the July 2017 warrant application, an FBI agent said he reviewed tax returns for a company controlled by Manafort and his wife that showed a $10 million loan from Deripaska.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/manafort-had-10-million-loan-from-russian-oligarch-court-filing-idUSKBN1JN2YF</ref> Mueller’s indictment of Manafort makes no mention of Deripaska. Prof. [[Alan Dershowitz]] said he believes Mueller has a [[conflict of interest]] because Mueller's FBI previously accepted financial help from a Russian that is, at the very least, a witness in the current probe; {{Quotebox|"The real question becomes whether it was proper to leave [Deripaska] out of the Manafort indictment, and whether that omission was to avoid the kind of transparency that is really required by the law.'}}
Deripaska once hired [[Paul Manafort]] as a political adviser. In an affidavit attached to the July 2017 warrant application, an FBI agent said he reviewed tax returns for a company controlled by Manafort and his wife that showed a $10 million loan from Deripaska.<ref>https://www.reuters.com/article/us-usa-trump-russia-manafort/manafort-had-10-million-loan-from-russian-oligarch-court-filing-idUSKBN1JN2YF</ref> Mueller’s indictment of Manafort makes no mention of Deripaska. Prof. [[Alan Dershowitz]] said he believes Mueller has a [[conflict of interest]] because Mueller's FBI previously accepted financial help from a Russian that is, at the very least, a witness in the current probe; {{Quotebox|"The real question becomes whether it was proper to leave [Deripaska] out of the Manafort indictment, and whether that omission was to avoid the kind of transparency that is really required by the law.'}}
===Show trials===
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==See also==
==See also==