@emptywheel I know Murray holds you in high regard; hope his reporting here interests you:https://www.nybooks.com/daily/
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Marcy, are you contending Mueller does not have an active investigation into obstruction? Is that what you mean by: "That's not what Mueller is focusing on Trump for"? Why then all the reports of witnesses being asked questions related to obstruction, for instance?
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Are the Stone witnesses -- the only recent witnesses who've spoken with the press -- talking about obstruction? Nope. So where are the neverending series of stories suggesting obstruction is primary focus of Mueller wrt Trump coming from? Hmmm. The White House. Why is that?
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When those Sekulow questions were released in June, they made it clear that Mueller was increasingly focused on "collusion," not obstruction. https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/06/02/what-got-added-to-sekulows-list-further-obstruction-including-considering-of-firing-mueller-and-collusion/ … Even still loyal scribes pushing the obstruction story pitched the list as an obstruction story.
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And golly, since then I've come forward and made it clear that someone with a significant role in the RU attack knew about what Flynn was being ordered to do 14 hours after polls closed. https://www.emptywheel.net/2018/07/03/putting-a-face-mine-to-the-risks-posed-by-gop-games-on-mueller-investigation/ … That doesn't sound like obstruction-worthy investigation to me.
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And btw, that Mueller shift from obstruction to collusion? It happened in March, not June, when Rudy & co's attempts to stall any interview started.
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Marcy, can you elaborate on obstruction-to-ConFraudUS (aka collusion) focus shift as to why then? https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1024354921456574474?s=19 … P.S. Makes sense if enough evidence (seems so) Mueller would prioritize ConFraudUS, but why not also charge obstruction to bolster collusion case?
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"Charging" is the problem. Another assumption people are parroting with little apparent reason is that Mueller is working towards a report, because he can't charge the President. That may be true but he can show that the president engaged in crimes via other means.
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Yikes Marcy sounds very Trumpian with this tweet

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You're telling me that accusing me of attacking somoene's integrity bc I, instead, said, that's not an interesting article is cool? That's crazypants, sorry.
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Or is it bc a woman pointed out, correctly, that she has more knowledge on a subject than a man who is demanding she hail his work? Is that it?
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Yes it’s a man vs woman issue - maybe you’d a call it a witch hunt?

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Is there anyone more self-important and tiresome—and now, more obnoxious—on this stuff than
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You're welcome to unfollow. Murray spun legit comments on his new post--on a topic I covered almost two months ago--as if I was attacking his integrity. That's pretty tiresome in my book.
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