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Does this mean McGahn and Don, Jr. might be targets? (Original Post) triron Oct 2019 OP
Jr. was deemed too stupid to indict lame54 Oct 2019 #1
How do we know he hasn't been indicted under seal. Or will soon be indicted? triron Oct 2019 #2
... lame54 Oct 2019 #3
Was this a poor attempt at satire by Vanityfair? triron Oct 2019 #4
It's in the Mueller Report. Mueller said that Junior did not possess the knowledge required to Hoyt Oct 2019 #5
How was Mueller able to determine that Junior wasn't smart enough if he didn't even Poiuyt Oct 2019 #6
He's a Trump Generic Brad Oct 2019 #7
Exactly... lame54 Oct 2019 #10
The cited document is dated 10-20-2019. triron Oct 2019 #8
Anyway I also found this about warrants: triron Oct 2019 #9
 

Hoyt

(54,770 posts)
5. It's in the Mueller Report. Mueller said that Junior did not possess the knowledge required to
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 05:32 PM
Oct 2019

violate the law with respect to the trump tower meeting.

Mueller really had to contort himself to let these criminals off:

"On the facts here, the government would unlikely be able to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that the June 9 meeting participants had general knowledge that their conduct was unlawful.

"The investigation has not developed evidence that the participants in the meeting were familiar with the foreign-contribution ban or the application of federal law to the relevant factual context. The government does not have strong evidence of surreptitious behavior or efforts at concealment at the time of the June 9 meeting. While the government has evidence of later efforts to prevent disclosure of the nature of the June 9 meeting that could circumstantially provide support for a showing of scienter, see Volume II, Section II.G, infra, that concealment occurred more than a year later, involved individuals who did not attend the June 9 meeting , and may reflect an intention to avoid political consequences rather than any prior knowledge of illegality. Additionally, in light of the unresolv ed legal questions about whether giving "documents and information" of the sort offered here constitutes a campaign contribution, Trump Jr. could mount a factual defense that he did not believe his response to the offer and the June 9 meeting itself violated the law. Given his less direct involvement in arranging the June 9 meeting, Kushner could likely mount a similar defense. And, while Manafort is experienced with political campaigns, the Office has not developed evidence showing that he had relevant knowledge of these legal issues. . . . . . ."

Poiuyt

(18,111 posts)
6. How was Mueller able to determine that Junior wasn't smart enough if he didn't even
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 06:05 PM
Oct 2019

meet with him in person?

triron

(21,981 posts)
8. The cited document is dated 10-20-2019.
Sun Oct 20, 2019, 06:26 PM
Oct 2019

Makes me wonder when the grand jury deliberations happened.
Perhaps after the Mueller report came out? Remember there were several ongoing investigations.
Barr may not have been able to squash them all.

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