Seriously? You keep using the term "creepy".
You are King of the Creepy.
Stop. I'm starting to pity you again.
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He's definitely checking all of the boxes. Though I sometimes find myself wondering about the timing of what he does.
One of the interesting things about Mueller, though, is the way his team is so skillfully able to control the Russia narrative- Trump is trying to do the same- while simultaneously being virtually leak-proof.
On one hand, you have had Trump recycling through his core talking points to undermine the credibility of the investigation: this was a witch hunt created by Democrats (even though there are literally no Democrats who have initiated any current Federal investigations into the Trump campaign..because they can't), they haven't come up with any proof of collusion/there is no collusion, and Russia isn't our enemy/didn't meddle in our elections/etc.
Meanwhile, starting around late last year we started getting more and more stories about Trump trying to fire Mueller, looking into Pardons, etc. (Note- whenever you start seeing those stories it means that the people around Trump are afraid he's about to do those things and are whistleblowing to the press to pressure him out of it).
And, starting late last year, Mueller's team began to slowly but regularly file and unseal court documents. (here's a list of them btw)
First it was Papadopoulis- which clearly showed that he was in touch with Russian cut outs who were trying to connect with the Trump campaign- undermining the idea that this is a "nothing burger".
Then the Manafort, Gates, and Flynn indictments/please deal were released- which pulled the narrative back from "Mueller is evil!" to "OMG they're actually finding things!"
Then as Trump was back to hammering the message that Russia didn't meddle in our elections (Remember- "I trust Putin!") suddenly Mueller's team unseals the indictment against the IRA- which forced Trump to stop saying that Russia didn't meddle in the elections.
Then the plea deal with Gates was released- which showed that he clearly had something important to offer given how serious the charges against him were.
And now, as we're finding out that Trump has been talking about Pardons again- Mueller files unsealed papers that show the country that two of Trump's top campaign officials were knowingly in regular contact with a Russian spy DURING the campaign. Good luck pardoning Manafort now.
With that in mind- I do wonder if sometimes they time their questioning a bit to help with the narrative as well. Mueller's team isn't leaking anything because they don't have to. Anyone who is questioned is free to run right back to the media to inform them of what Mueller's team is looking at.
Given the three dimensional chess Mueller is currently playing (while Trump runs around screaming "KING ME!"), it wouldn't be totally ridiculous to say that there may be some narrative strategy to what they question and when.
For me, I see a long blue tail after everything I post. It makes me feel like a comet. LOL. It's probably accurate to say that they're a tail trying to wag the dog. They got nothing to say, no legitimate responses, just knee jerk Pavlov respone if they see our Avatars.
I recall that as soon as the Mueller investigation began there were stories of him reviewing Pardon powers. It was one of the first things he did.
I have to believe that trump fires him any day now. It'll be a desperate hail mary but he has to do it. The noose is tightening. And that's a great point about this being GOP v. GOP. It can't be said enough. None of the players are flaming libtards here.