Pentagon and intelligence officials don’t trust Trump about Russia

This amazing insight is from a story about how the US is attacking Russia’s power grid.

Holy shnikes https://t.co/dTtcgekXj4
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) June 15, 2019

“Pentagon and intelligence officials described broad hesitation to go into detail with Mr. Trump about operations against Russia for concern over his reaction…”https://t.co/c7gmqFiymp via @NYTimes
— Donie O'Sullivan (@donie) June 15, 2019

Mueller must testify publicly

Trump and Barr have totally outmaneuvered Mueller. They have lied and distorted his findings and he only objected behind the scenes until last week. His brief public statement was unsatisfactory. He was way too polite and not very blunt. He expects people to read his report – that’s not realistic. It’s over 400 pages. He allowed Trump and Barr to set the narrative and there are now millions of Trump cult members who believe Trump is innocent. I don’t blame Mueller for not wanting to make this political but it’s too late. Trump and Barr already have. Now, Mueller must answer questions in public.

Mueller "underestimated the dishonesty of Trump and Barr. He might have done well to follow Comey’s example" https://t.co/exBEhHwZaA
— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast) June 2, 2019

House Dems face a Mueller conundrum: What to do w/a reticent special counsel?

They ALL agree he has a duty to testify in public — so do most Americans. But how far will they go to push him into the witness chair?

W/⁦@nakashimae⁩ & ⁦@karoun⁩ https://t.co/RKcuDBpcHC
— Rachael Bade (@rachaelmbade) June 1, 2019

Opinion: Mueller went out like a lamb when the country needed a lion https://t.co/BRg4TaV9FA
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) June 2, 2019

“Mr. Mueller seemed to expect that the system would work as it had in the past, with Congress or perhaps voters making the decision about whether Mr. Trump had committed a crime, only to see the president’s handpicked attorney general” said he hadn’t. https://t.co/z9GwcAUgHU
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 31, 2019

Barr makes this clear today: he didn’t simply misinterpret Mueller, he overruled him- “WE DIDN’T AGREE WITH THE LEGAL ANALYSIS..IT DID NOT REFLECT THE VIEWS OF THE DEPARTMENT. IT WAS THE VIEWS OF PARTICULAR LAWYER OR LAWYERS, AND SO WE APPLIED WHAT WE THOUGHT WAS THE RIGHT LAW.”
— Jim Sciutto (@jimsciutto) May 31, 2019

Mueller spoke directly to America on Wednesday, hoping to cut through flawed analysis of what his report said.

Let's see how Fox News covered it! https://t.co/7rpWp7RZmD
— Philip Bump (@pbump) May 31, 2019

We need more of this – digestible, understandable breakdown of the most important points in the Mueller Report. Here ⁦@JRubinBlogger⁩ does it with Volume I. https://t.co/iEyFogryUb
— Mimi Rocah (@Mimirocah1) May 31, 2019

ICYMI
Do you think that Special Counsel Robert Mueller conducted a fair investigation into any links or coordination between President Trump's campaign and the Russian government?
Yes 72%
No 18%
(Quinnipiac U. Poll, RV, 4/26-29/19)
see full wording: https://t.co/y7sFCxMUS3
— PollingReport.com (@pollreport) May 30, 2019

The number of people who have NEVER HEARD that the Mueller report DIDN’T EXONERATE Trump of criminality is staggering.

Maybe we shouldn’t keep assuming that people in Trump’s base are unmovable by factual information. Maybe it’s all the silo effect of social media.
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) May 30, 2019

Calling Mueller’s team “some of the worst human beings on Earth,” while saying he’s in love with Kim Jong-un, a dictator who murders people for sport, tosses thousands in gulags, and executes dissidents with anti-aircraft guns, tells you what you need to know about Trump. https://t.co/jHi98fbkcO
— Brian Klaas (@brianklaas) May 30, 2019

This critique of Mueller seems right to me. His well-born rectitude was from central casting. But the courage he showed as a marine would’ve been helpful. https://t.co/SEm97lAmDU
— Laurence Tribe (@tribelaw) May 30, 2019

Trump lies about Flynn

He was warned several times not to hire Flynn. He’s just lying.

Trump was warned about Flynn by Obama, Comey, and Yates.

His response was to attack all of them and stick with Flynn until he had already lied to the FBI and Pence.

Now Trump lies about ever being warned, knowing that supporters will believe him. https://t.co/On4sO441ul
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) May 17, 2019

Pence was warned, too, by @RepCummings in November 2016. https://t.co/ylLuYFsX2e https://t.co/7BGbOwy26e
— Natasha Bertrand (@NatashaBertrand) May 17, 2019

Trump transition officials voiced concern about Flynn's contacts with the Russian ambassador. President Obama cautioned Trump in the Oval Office against hiring Flynn. FBI came to the WH to say Flynn was compromised. Trump kept him in job until all was exposed in the press. https://t.co/N7KuZPeTM1
— Greg Miller (@gregpmiller) May 17, 2019

Also – folks including former Obama officials, who fired Flynn, and former Trump aides like Christie, warned him against hiring Flynn. https://t.co/usYDoBJhsV
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 17, 2019

Trump was warned not to hire Flynn… by Obama. Our story about this —> https://t.co/DBfLvRm4zF https://t.co/QsArTfcpLr
— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) May 17, 2019

Flynn himself told McGahn he was under investigation on January 4, 2017 — two weeks before Trump took office — and his lawyers discussed it with transition lawyers two days later. Not to mention Sally Yates's later warning that wasn't heeded. https://t.co/AKDHVHirmA
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) May 17, 2019

Trump and associates lied at least 77 times according to the redacted Mueller report

Why lie if you’re innocent?

The Mueller report outlines at least 77 times in which Trump's campaign staff, admin officials, family members and associates lied or made false statements to the public. https://t.co/ufVGulFMXP
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1) May 3, 2019

Trump talks with Putin about the “Russia hoax”

It appears he still accepts Putin’s word instead of the word of our intelligence agencies. What does Russia have on Trump?

Wow. The President of the United States just confirmed that he directly informed Vladimir Putin that he is not accepting the Mueller report's conclusion that Russia interfered in our 2016 election in "sweeping and systematic" fashion.

That seems problematic. https://t.co/QDxJxwwNJP
— Greg Sargent (@ThePlumLineGS) May 3, 2019

For all the "checking in with the boss" jokes – I just made one – Trump discussing the Mueller Report with Putin is a new line crossed in American politics. This presidency is a national emergency.
— Tom Nichols (@RadioFreeTom) May 3, 2019

Deleted tweet quoting NBC report that said Sanders said Trump discuses McGahn w Putin because a CNN reporter said it’s a mischaracherization of what she said.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) May 3, 2019

this concerns the NBC report discussed below

https://twitter.com/AaronBlake/status/1124364585174278146?s=20

Lindsay Graham just keeps getting worse

Republicans are pushing their fake idea that the investigation was illegitimate.

I can’t believe this needs to be said out loud, but the Chair of the Senate Judiciary Committee calling the Chief Justice personally and asking him to “look into” how a lower federal court handled a series of cases is so wildly inappropriate as to almost defy description. https://t.co/TBaBpzgUmO
— Steve Vladeck (@steve_vladeck) May 2, 2019

Republicans won’t hold Trump accountable

“The Republican Party, and the Senate, is now a wholly owned subsidiary of Donald Trump"

– @TheRickWilson https://t.co/Sy9VWbWiW6
— Jesse Ferguson (@JesseFFerguson) April 26, 2019

Let’s be clear: The refusal of the Republicans to say or do anything despite the detailed evidence of obstruction in the Mueller report is dereliction of duty and a disservice to America on a massive scale.
— Steven Beschloss (@StevenBeschloss) April 26, 2019

Even more striking is that all these Republicans will oppose any effort to impeach Trump (leaving them with a President Pence) and will doggedly support him for reelection, when they instead could have any other Republican https://t.co/HtucEQiiHM
— Jennifer Rubin (@JRubinBlogger) April 26, 2019

Majority say Trump lied to us

However, the poll shows the public is also opposed to impeachment. I don’t want impeachment because I want indictments. Trump must be held accountable. Impeachment will fail in the Senate because Republicans have no interest in enforcing the law. They only care what the Trump cult thinks.

However, if Trump and his staff don’t respond to subpoenas, we may have to up the ante by going to impeachment.

A majority of Americans oppose impeachment, but a majority also say Trump lied to public, Post-ABC poll finds https://t.co/OYauHQBajQ
— The Washington Post (@washingtonpost) April 26, 2019

BREAKING: Just three in 10 Americans accept Pres. Trump’s claim to have been exonerated following release of Mueller report, new @ABC News/WaPo poll finds; 47% say Trump obstructed justice. https://t.co/juRmnN1FgQ pic.twitter.com/VX8LMl0iES
— ABC News Politics (@ABCPolitics) April 26, 2019

Rosenstein talked with Trump about the Mueller investigation

Rosenstein’s behavior is wrong.

Unbelievable and unacceptable. The DAG should not be talking to Trump about this investigation under any circumstances, let alone making assurances while pleading for his job. https://t.co/ecWqt6c8Gl
— Matthew Miller (@matthewamiller) April 26, 2019

Short summary of tonight's speech by Rod R:

1. It was awful that Obama – who publicly outed the Russian plot – didn't do more to stop it

2. It's no big deal that Trump, and his family, and his campaign, still deny that it ever happened.https://t.co/KjIt7UJ1gI
— Ronald Klain (@RonaldKlain) April 26, 2019

The big picture on Rod is extremely complicated. He played a thoroughly dishonorable role in the Comey firing. He then appointed Mueller. He protected Mueller from Congress. He also played both sides of the fence with respect to Trump. He gave far too much information to Congress
— Benjamin Wittes (@benjaminwittes) April 26, 2019

WOW. After the NYT reported last year that Rod Rosenstein was willing to wear a wire to record Trump, Rosenstein sought to defuse the situation by assuring Trump that he "was on his team," according to people familiar with the matter.

On. His. Team.https://t.co/xs12F40IYR
— Caroline Orr (@RVAwonk) April 26, 2019

Bots pushed pro-Trump Twitter posts

Of course, Trump won’t do anything about this since he benefits from it. Sad!

A network of more than 5K pro-Trump Twitter bots railed against the “Russiagate hoax” shortly after the release of Mueller’s report. The bots had ties to a social media operation that previously pushed messages backing the government of Saudi Arabia.https://t.co/LywZBR4fWL
— DASS (@DemsOfState) April 24, 2019