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Abundant tweets about civil liberties & national security. "Has a longer memory than an elephant & keeps more records than Jim Comey.” Legendary potty mouth.

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    1. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 1

      emptywheel Retweeted Rudy Giuliani

      This is false: Ohr did not "work on" the dossier. He did, however, try to prevent Russian organized crime. Maybe that's what bugs Rudy?https://twitter.com/RudyGiuliani/status/1036068045989371909 …

      emptywheel added,

      Rudy GiulianiVerified account @RudyGiuliani
      Bruce Ohr worked on Steele dossier while at DOJ. His wife worked for FusionGPS, company peddling lies about President Trump, and was paid by them. A CRIME. 18 USC 208. If they worked for Trump campaign they would now be arrested. Let’s see if media covers it.
      106 replies 2,345 retweets 7,987 likes
    2. Robert J. DeNault‏ @robertjdenault Sep 1
      Replying to @emptywheel

      But what do you make of the NYT story about unsuccessful efforts to flip Deripaska? I worry that unless they get a Deripaska-level Russian to flip, they will not have the evidentiary narrative to tie together the high-level conspiracy that appears to have taken place here.

      3 replies 0 retweets 5 likes
    3. Marshall Auerback‏ @Mauerback Sep 2
      Replying to @robertjdenault @emptywheel

      Imagine if someone from Russia's intelligence services had approached, say, Warren Buffett, and asked him to do some work on their behalf ot provide info on, say, HRC.. Does anybody seriously think the response would be different from Deripaska's? That was a BS non-story.

      1 reply 1 retweet 3 likes
    4. Marshall Auerback‏ @Mauerback Sep 2
      Replying to @Mauerback @robertjdenault @emptywheel

      In fact, Deripaska has had a long-standing relationship with the FBI—much of it once well known but now seemingly forgotten. http://theduran.com/russian-oligarch-admits-to-collusion-with-robert-muellers-fbi/ …

      3 replies 1 retweet 2 likes
    5. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 2
      Replying to @Mauerback @robertjdenault

      No more than an oligarch named Donald Trump reportedly had.

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    6. Marshall Auerback‏ @Mauerback Sep 2
      Replying to @emptywheel @robertjdenault

      Sure 100% agreed. But Deripaska story raises an interesting issue. We have conflated all of the "Russian collusion" stuff , but shouldn't we distinguish a conspiracy charge to affect the results of 2016 election from the earlier business transgressions involving organised crime?

      2 replies 0 retweets 1 like
    7. Marshall Auerback‏ @Mauerback Sep 2
      Replying to @Mauerback @emptywheel @robertjdenault

      The former is directly tied to Trump's presidency and therefore impeachment could well be the correct remedy (if proven). But can a president be impeached on the basis of corrupt business practices that took place for years (decades) before this oligarch became president?

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    8. emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 2
      Replying to @Mauerback @robertjdenault

      Fair question. Wouldn't there be related acts, like refusing to release tax returns, that would get at that?

      1 reply 0 retweets 2 likes
    9. Marshall Auerback‏ @Mauerback Sep 2
      Replying to @emptywheel @robertjdenault

      I would think so. Why haven't the tax returns been subpoened? There's a lot about this investigation that is mystifying.

      1 reply 0 retweets 0 likes
      emptywheel‏ @emptywheel Sep 2
      Replying to @Mauerback @robertjdenault

      You don't know that they haven't (if Mueller even would need a subpoena).

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        2. Marshall Auerback‏ @Mauerback Sep 2
          Replying to @emptywheel @robertjdenault

          Yes. And I do think you're right: Mueller would have to establish some sort of chain to the 2016 election (tax returns?) to use Trump's Russian business ties as potential grounds for impeachment. And even then would be interesting to see the basis of the charges.

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        3. Marshall Auerback‏ @Mauerback Sep 2
          Replying to @Mauerback @emptywheel @robertjdenault

          After the GFC, senior bankers at HSBC acknowledged money laundering drug money for Mexican cartels. Nobody was jailed. So curious to know if DOJ (which has been so lax on prosecuting white collar crime for decades) would indict Trump on that basis.

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        4. __josh‏ @__josh Sep 2
          Replying to @Mauerback @emptywheel @robertjdenault

          HSBC paid their taxes.

          1 reply 0 retweets 1 like
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        1. Zap Radon‏ @zapradon Sep 2
          Replying to @emptywheel @Mauerback @robertjdenault

          This is the problem. There's an awful lot of assumption in this thing because we don't know, but want to believe that they wouldn't waste so much on it if there wasn't evidence. But, genuinely, historically, they have, many times. Creating a narrative is more important than proof

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