Trump, Jr.’s calls to a blocked number

I assume Trump, Jr.’s calls to a blocked number were to his father. I just can’t believe his assertion that they didn’t talk about it. Hopefully, the Mueller team knows who the number belongs to.

Shifting stories about the Trump team meeting in Trump Tower with Russians

The shifting argument:
-they never met with the Russians
to:
-they met with them, but wasn’t about the campaign
to:
-they met with them about the campaign
to now:
-they met with them about the campaign but they didn’t use what the Russians told them https://t.co/6DyfU40Lgx

— Edward-Isaac Dovere (@IsaacDovere) May 17, 2018

Trump team efforts during the campaign to build a tower in Moscow

This is a very thorough article on talks to build a Trump Tower in Moscow. Sad!

The beginning of the FBI investigation into the Trump campaign and Russia

This New York Times article discusses the beginning of the investigation.

Trump is upset about how long the Mueller investigation has lasted

Giuliani said Trump and his legal team will increase the pressure on Mueller to wrap up his investigation.

Let’s look at this in light of prior similar investigations:

As i said on @ThisWeekABC to give some perspective: “Benghazi was a 4 year investigation, there were zero indictments. The Clinton emails was a 2 year investigation, there were zero indictments. The Mueller investigation has been 14 months, there have been 23 indictments.”

— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) May 6, 2018

Sad!

Who’s a traitor

Trump called people who worked for him that leaked “traitors”:

The so-called leaks coming out of the White House are a massive over exaggeration put out by the Fake News Media in order to make us look as bad as possible. With that being said, leakers are traitors and cowards, and we will find out who they are!

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) May 14, 2018

My idea of a traitor is someone who gives classified information to representatives of an enemy country like Trump did.

Sad!

The Mueller investigation

A good story from the Washington Post on the investigation and the White House reaction to it

A majority of Republicans think the FBI and DOJ are framing Trump

According to this poll, 61% of Republicans think the FBI and Department of Justice are framing Trump. Only 7% of Democrats think that.

Here’s another poll on a similar question

Remarkable partisan split in CNN poll CNN POLL CONDUCTED BY SSRS
May 2-5
The Russia Investigation Is…

Dems. GOP

A serious matter 87% 20%
An effort to discredit
Trump's presidency 12% 78%

— Manu Raju (@mkraju) May 11, 2018

Putting the Mueller investigation in perspective

As i said on @ThisWeekABC to give some perspective: “Benghazi was a 4 year investigation, there were zero indictments. The Clinton emails was a 2 year investigation, there were zero indictments. The Mueller investigation has been 14 months, there have been 23 indictments.”

— Matthew Dowd (@matthewjdowd) May 6, 2018

Be cautious about impeachment

This opinion column by Representative Schiff states:

“During the course of our investigation in the House Intelligence Committee, we have found troubling evidence of both collusion and obstruction of justice. Special Counsel Robert Mueller has no doubt seen even more than we have, but his investigation is not complete, and our efforts continue as well. There is much more work to do before any of us can say whether the evidence rises to the level that we should consider a remedy beyond the one that voters will render at the ballot box.”

Democrats should let the Mueller investigation play out and concentrate on issues such as the economy, gun safety, racism and health care.