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babylonsister

(171,111 posts)
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 07:27 PM Jan 2019

Former CIA director: Indictments with names 'quite familiar to the average American' are coming

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2019/1/25/1829474/-Former-CIA-Director-Indictments-with-names-quite-familiar-to-the-average-American-are-coming

Former CIA director: Indictments with names 'quite familiar to the average American' are coming
Walter Einenkel
Daily Kos Staff
Friday January 25, 2019 · 12:01 PM EST


Former CIA Director John Brennan was on MSNBC this morning as the news broke that long-time Trump adviser—and grotesque human being—Roger Stone had been arrested and indicted under the umbrella of the Mueller investigation. Asked for his initial reaction to the indictments, Brennan showed little shock.

Brennan: The term that's being used is unsurprising, and everybody was expecting this. Roger Stone was expecting it as well, but, like many people in the Trump orbit, Mr. Stone has an established track record of being unethical and unprincipled, and now this is catching up with him, and now a seven-count indictment, I think it's a very serious one, but it shows that the special counsel’s office is uncovering the evidence it needs, and so, just like Mr. Stone’s indictment, I'm not going to be surprised by the other indictments that are going to be coming down the pike very soon.


Yes. None of this is surprising; it’s been inevitable from the moment it became clear that popular-vote-loser Donald Trump would be the 45th president of the United States. But Brennan had a bit more to say when asked about the possibility of upcoming indictments. In fact, Brennan had to stifle giggles.

Brennan: Well, I expect that over the next 60 days you're going to have a fair number of indictments, a fair number—a significant number of indictments. I think people are waiting for the report that is coming out from Mueller, but what I look for most is the indictments, and it's just so rich in detail. To me, I think all of these indictments are going to be basically the compendium of the Robert Mueller investigation, special counsel’s investigation. So I expect there to be a significant number, and a significant number of names that are going to be quite familiar to the average American.


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Former CIA director: Indictments with names 'quite familiar to the average American' are coming (Original Post) babylonsister Jan 2019 OP
Trump Jr. is next. Kingofalldems Jan 2019 #1
Please please please lame54 Jan 2019 #7
If that prick does come up next on Mueller's arrest list. Blue_true Jan 2019 #18
Jared & Ivanka, too, I hope. nt tblue37 Jan 2019 #21
Wouldn't it be great if Mueller indicted Jr and Kushner BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #25
"It also makes him increasingly dangerous to the country.' pangaia Jan 2019 #41
The other one's keeping his head down and hoping everyone's forgotten him. NBachers Jan 2019 #33
Beard face...the big hunter been out in the woods? Looks so dumb on him. Crutchez_CuiBono Jan 2019 #51
i hope it's a steadily increasing flow Hermit-The-Prog Jan 2019 #2
Bet Brennan knows more than that! triron Jan 2019 #3
Same here. nt Blue_true Jan 2019 #19
knr triron Jan 2019 #4
Unfortunately, some of them will be good guys who were trying to protect us nt TJKatd Jan 2019 #5
Such as? ZZenith Jan 2019 #6
No inside knowledge... TJKatd Jan 2019 #10
Perhaps they are before the grand jury as witnesses? ZZenith Jan 2019 #12
I doubt any of them will be indicted by the Special Counsel blogslut Jan 2019 #14
I agree....not by the SC TJKatd Jan 2019 #16
Sorry. I call BS. triron Jan 2019 #15
Post removed Post removed Jan 2019 #22
Comey won't be indicted. eos. triron Jan 2019 #24
I agree with you. Haven't heard any reason for Comey to be indicted. politicaljunkie41910 Jan 2019 #37
I don't remember dpibel Jan 2019 #32
Post removed Post removed Jan 2019 #39
Horse shit. paleotn Jan 2019 #42
"I've heard via media recently the report is expected soon" dpibel Jan 2019 #47
Try DashOneBravo Jan 2019 #40
That was a report in June 2018 dpibel Jan 2019 #43
Ok DashOneBravo Jan 2019 #46
Interesting wish list dpibel Jan 2019 #17
I agree. I do detect some sarcasm here. triron Jan 2019 #26
Of course it sounds familiar... TJKatd Jan 2019 #48
the new found crime of "lying to investigators"? dpibel Jan 2019 #49
Ok... TJKatd Jan 2019 #52
Excellent point! dpibel Jan 2019 #50
Is this Q? Your secret's safe with us. ;) PubliusEnigma Jan 2019 #54
Nah, that whole trump cabal is complicit. brush Jan 2019 #27
And remember the billionaires that created the Russian access point sharedvalues Jan 2019 #34
Hear, hear! erronis Jan 2019 #56
I hope Brennan is right...would love to see justice done for our stolen elections, etc. ... SWBTATTReg Jan 2019 #8
like DONALD???? n/t SoCalDem Jan 2019 #9
McConnell. Graham. Ryan. Pence. Let's hope! NRaleighLiberal Jan 2019 #11
McConnell. Graham. Ryan. Pence. Absolutely! ffr Jan 2019 #13
Nunes, Goodlatte, Jordan as well nt Apollyonus Jan 2019 #20
Rubio is also up to his ears in rubles. nt tblue37 Jan 2019 #23
Bannon's alt-right ass too. brush Jan 2019 #28
Other than Don Jr, 45 and Pence... Basement Beat Jan 2019 #55
'these indictments are going to be basically the compendium of the Robert Mueller investigation' elleng Jan 2019 #29
Let it be Ivanka, *please* let it be Ivanka!! Sugar Smack Jan 2019 #30
K and R Quixote1818 Jan 2019 #31
Cue the indictment Duck Botany Jan 2019 #35
Yay Stephani 🐤 Traildogbob Jan 2019 #38
This may be another reason Trump ended the shutdown. He needs to move on .... Honeycombe8 Jan 2019 #36
how about McTurtle and his sell out to Russian donors? Liberty Belle Jan 2019 #44
any time now........ Takket Jan 2019 #45
Can they indict Vladimir Putin in absentia? tclambert Jan 2019 #53

Blue_true

(31,261 posts)
18. If that prick does come up next on Mueller's arrest list.
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:43 PM
Jan 2019

I will have to buy one pair of undies, because one will be destroyed by shit of happiness. I hope the FBI agents slow walk the prick to the transport vehicle and force him to show his face to the world. I want that asshole totally humiliated by his pert walk. A bonus if the FBI raid his place at 2 am.

BigmanPigman

(51,660 posts)
25. Wouldn't it be great if Mueller indicted Jr and Kushner
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 09:04 PM
Jan 2019

on the same day? That will be the day the fucking moron creates a new and the biggest distraction that we've seen so far. It also makes him increasingly dangerous to the country.

Crutchez_CuiBono

(7,725 posts)
51. Beard face...the big hunter been out in the woods? Looks so dumb on him.
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:03 PM
Jan 2019

Gotta have a look to pull off a respectable beard.

 

TJKatd

(73 posts)
10. No inside knowledge...
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:02 PM
Jan 2019

Just figure that McCabe wasnt operating solo. I think Comey and James Baker (gen cousel FBI) are indicted. Both are supposedly before the grand jury.

I wouldnt be surprised if Strzok and Steele got nailed, too.

Someone leaked the Flynn call transcript early on. Only a few had access.

Response to triron (Reply #15)

politicaljunkie41910

(3,335 posts)
37. I agree with you. Haven't heard any reason for Comey to be indicted.
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 10:12 PM
Jan 2019

Yes he screwed up with the Hillary crap by opening, closing and re-opening her case which had more to do with his trying to walk that fine line when he knew Guliani and his group of FBI agents wanted her hung out to dry regardless of whether she had done anything wrong. So he kept digging to make sure that there was no there, there, before he closed out her case even though he broke protocol by doing so.

As far as his sharing FBI info with his trusted friend? Hell, Comey was the Director of the FBI. Yes there are rules and regulations, but I imagine at that level you're allowed to use some personal judgment; particularly for those things that don't fit neatly in any particular little box. Yes, Comey passed information to a friend to obtain another perspective. Heck he was the head of the FBI. Where do you go to seek advice when you're the one in charge and maybe you screwed up and things are crumbling around you. To someone who knows you and someone you trust. My perspective from having worked in a classified environment. No one expects you to be perfect and never make a mistake. After all you're human. But they do expect that if you screw up, to own up. Don't ever try to cover up. Don't lie about it. Especially if you're questioned about if by an FBI Agent. Never lie to the FBI. I never did; never would.

dpibel

(2,895 posts)
32. I don't remember
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 09:25 PM
Jan 2019

Help me out, please. I just googled Inspector General FISA Carter Page and couldn't find anything about this IG report.

Can you spare a friend a link?

As for the Jim Baker disclosing in the last few days that he's under investigation, what my search turns up, top of the page, is a FOX News article that apparently relies on a "letter from GOP Reps. Jim Jordan and Mark Meadows." I'm sure you can't be referring to that. Can you give me a link to the disclosure by Mr. Baker himself?

Response to dpibel (Reply #32)

dpibel

(2,895 posts)
47. "I've heard via media recently the report is expected soon"
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 10:51 PM
Jan 2019

See, that's the weird thing. The Google does a pretty good job of crawling the media, and it's just not helping me. Sure, there was that flurry of right-wing-demanded investigations last year. I'm just dying of curiosity to know what your source is on the soon report that will show how Carter Page was done wrong.

Also, I'm still curious what you think Christopher Steele is going down for.

dpibel

(2,895 posts)
43. That was a report in June 2018
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 10:38 PM
Jan 2019

See, e.g., https://www.npr.org/2018/06/15/620135227/the-huge-justice-department-ig-report-is-out-what-comes-next

TJKatd refers to an IG report due out any time now. So the Horowitz one can't be it.

That one said, "No, the IG said: "We found no evidence that the conclusions by department prosecutors were affected by bias or other improper considerations; rather, we determined that they were based on the prosecutors' assessment of the facts, the law, and past department practice."

So it can't be what TJKatd is counting on for that puzzling list of upcoming indictments.

dpibel

(2,895 posts)
17. Interesting wish list
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:38 PM
Jan 2019

It sounds familiar, somehow. Just can't put my finger on it...

Just out of curiosity: Whatever do you imagine Christopher Steele is going to get nailed for?

 

TJKatd

(73 posts)
48. Of course it sounds familiar...
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 10:52 PM
Jan 2019

There are only about 8-10 bureaucrats who appear to have been most involved investigating the President-elect and early after his term started, to wit:

Comey
McCabe
Page
Strozk
Priestap
Baker
Brennan
Steele
Halper

If DOJ is conducting an investigation, all these people have been talked too and likely multiple times. And given the new found crime of "lying to investigators", any of the aforementioned have exposure to charges, whether they've done wrong or not. This, my post listing Steele as somone who could be charged for something.

I suspect he's not liable for any dossier material that was included in the FISA applications and renewals. That would be on the signees who vouched for veracity before the court.

I'll stop now. Trying to play a lawyer is dangerous biz! Haha

dpibel

(2,895 posts)
49. the new found crime of "lying to investigators"?
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 10:57 PM
Jan 2019

You believe that lying to the FBI is a new-found crime?

I'm really not sure that it is. I think it might be more accurately described as "well-established and well-known," or words to that effect.

Heck, it seems to me as if Bill Clinton got impeached, in part, for "the new found crime of 'lying to investigators.'"

But maybe I'm remembering that wrong.

 

TJKatd

(73 posts)
52. Ok...
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 11:04 PM
Jan 2019

I was trying to be funny, and clearly did a poor job. I was basing it on Mueller catching so many lying.

Sorry

dpibel

(2,895 posts)
50. Excellent point!
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 10:59 PM
Jan 2019

There is a limited universe of people who were investigating Mr. Trump before and immediately after his election (many more now!).

There is also a limited universe of people who think those people are probably all gonna end up indicted.

sharedvalues

(6,916 posts)
34. And remember the billionaires that created the Russian access point
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 10:02 PM
Jan 2019

Rightwing billionaires got “Cit U” decided by their installed SCOTUS judges. Obama said at the time it would open the door to foreign influence, and he was right.

The Koches and Adelson and Murdoch and Waltons— all the Republican billionaires— created this. And we won’t fix the country until we stop them from buying our politicians.

SWBTATTReg

(22,214 posts)
8. I hope Brennan is right...would love to see justice done for our stolen elections, etc. ...
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 07:55 PM
Jan 2019

Mueller has been method driven as anyone in the FBI can tell you. Sticking to his knitting and doing his job, with no nonsense, like a great many FBI agents do. With serious thought and efforts that we'll probably never know, I only hope that the American public will finally know the vast and huge job/task that Mueller and crew has done, under somewhat difficult circumstances (a whinny president, iffy attorney generals, constant threats of being dismantled, etc.).

Without fanfare or the drama that republicans and their wingnuts seem to drum up on anything that they can seize, Mueller will present his findings to all when filings are made, indictments are filed, and he releases his report(s). What else is there to say? If you have nothing to fear, then why say anything at all? Why moan and declare a witch hunt if you have nothing to worry about, mr. rump?

ffr

(22,681 posts)
13. McConnell. Graham. Ryan. Pence. Absolutely!
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 08:12 PM
Jan 2019

Given Roger Stone's ties to Wikileaks and the campaign, it's time to call Mike Pence to testify
https://www.democraticunderground.com/100211729230

Honeycombe8

(37,648 posts)
36. This may be another reason Trump ended the shutdown. He needs to move on ....
Fri Jan 25, 2019, 10:06 PM
Jan 2019

to deal with the indictments coming down, and the Roger Stone indictment. Conferences with lawyers, worry time, conferences with his inner circle people, dealing with wild card Ghouliani.

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