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Here are my thoughts on some of these questions going around.
Mueller report: 4 key things to look for once it’s released - Vox
4 key things to look for in the Mueller report once it's released
However, I suspect Mueller's report will find that Trump campaign associates Michael Flynn, George Papadopoulos, Roger Stone, Don Jr, Paul Manafort, and Peter Smith, all reached out to Russian operatives and hackers on the dark web to encourage the Russian's to leak - what they believed - were Clinton's lost State Department emails in their possession.
There will also be evidence that not only was the campaign warned of Russian meddling in the election, but they ignored those warnings and welcomed the help, while lying publicly about it, and under oath at times.
Illegal? No, unless they lie about it, otherwise it's just really, really corrupt.
I'd also bet that Trump dodging a direct interview played a major factor in Mueller not being able to determine Trump's intent, thus the "this report does not exonerate him" line.
Tampering with his sons public statements, dangling pardons behind the scenes, asking Comey, Coats, Rogers, McCabe, and Sessions to control the investigation from damaging him, making loyalty requests related to the investigation, and firing people who refused to go along with this scheme.
I suspect the evidence is damning.
Questions I would like to see answered.
How long did talks of a Moscow hotel go on in Trump world? Was it all the way up to the election as we've heard? That would be a real revelation.
What where Trump's answers to Mueller? Remember, even though Trump never sat down for a direct interview, he did answer questions related to Russian interference in the election, the Inaugural, the odd Ukrainian peace deal, and his talks of potential real estate deals in Moscow via written answers.
Though evidence of a crime was not revealed, the answers could be surprising confessions of corrupt conduct, because lying on those sworn statements would be perjury, and so this was the moment of 'truth time', where Trump's lawyers had need to come clean about corrupt conduct, that was never the less not a crime.
Mueller report: 4 key things to look for once it’s released - Vox
4 key things to look for in the Mueller report once it's released
There's nothing illegal about people in Trump's campaign seeking dirt on their political opponents, so long as they don't ask anybody to break the law. It's incredibly corrupt, but it's not in violation of a law, unless proof of any campaign members giving a directive to any Russian nationals to break the law before hand could be established. I'll say right now, there's probably going to be no evidence of this in the report.
However, I suspect Mueller's report will find that Trump campaign associates Michael Flynn, George Papadopoulos, Roger Stone, Don Jr, Paul Manafort, and Peter Smith, all reached out to Russian operatives and hackers on the dark web to encourage the Russian's to leak - what they believed - were Clinton's lost State Department emails in their possession.
There will also be evidence that not only was the campaign warned of Russian meddling in the election, but they ignored those warnings and welcomed the help, while lying publicly about it, and under oath at times.
Illegal? No, unless they lie about it, otherwise it's just really, really corrupt.
Because most of the actions Trump took were a use of his presidential powers, Mueller was in not the authority to conclude when those powers meet the bar for a crime. That would be the job of Congress.
I'd also bet that Trump dodging a direct interview played a major factor in Mueller not being able to determine Trump's intent, thus the "this report does not exonerate him" line.
A lot.
Tampering with his sons public statements, dangling pardons behind the scenes, asking Comey, Coats, Rogers, McCabe, and Sessions to control the investigation from damaging him, making loyalty requests related to the investigation, and firing people who refused to go along with this scheme.
I suspect the evidence is damning.
I doubt very much, but who knows with these Republicans. It's hard to imagine it adding up to more than a few pages.
Questions I would like to see answered.
How long did talks of a Moscow hotel go on in Trump world? Was it all the way up to the election as we've heard? That would be a real revelation.
What where Trump's answers to Mueller? Remember, even though Trump never sat down for a direct interview, he did answer questions related to Russian interference in the election, the Inaugural, the odd Ukrainian peace deal, and his talks of potential real estate deals in Moscow via written answers.
Though evidence of a crime was not revealed, the answers could be surprising confessions of corrupt conduct, because lying on those sworn statements would be perjury, and so this was the moment of 'truth time', where Trump's lawyers had need to come clean about corrupt conduct, that was never the less not a crime.
