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The hypothesis:xc2xa0Anthony Weiner was the first to talk about Trump and Russia.
nAnthony Weinerxe2x80x99s sexting case was a sting operation by FBI and others to tarnish Mrs. Clinton by association, it led to October 28 Letter and benefited Trump.

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nSelected News Stories:xc2xa0
nANTHONY WEINER WAS THE FIRST TO TALK ABOUT TRUMPxe2x80x99S CONNECTIONS WITH RUSSIAN OLIGARCHS, WEINERxe2x80x99S SENTENCE IS TRUMPxe2x80x99S REVENGE | ANTHONY WEINER SEEKS TO RESCHEDULE SENTENCING FOR SEXTING A MINOR

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nTrump, Putin, and Reopening of Emails Investigation xe2x80x93 News Review

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By Michael Novakhov, editor of the xe2x80x9cTrumpInvestigations.orgxe2x80x9cxc2xa0
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are of the utmost importance for understandingxc2xa0the nature of these events, and they might be among the key issues in

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My impression and hypothesis,xc2xa0based on the reading of the press reports at that time, is that these issues are interconnected and represent the plan and actions of:xc2xa0

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My impressions and hypotheses also are that it was, very likely, the FBIxe2x80x99s (with the possible participation of the broad range of other actors, such as elements in the NYPD and, assumingly, some foreign agents also, trying to influence the elections ),

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Did the foreign and thexc2xa0

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These operations might have been in their planning stages for some time, it looks like, maybe 2-3 years. They were triggered at that particular moment expeditiously for clearly political purposes: to sway the elections, which tended at that time in Mrs. Clintonxe2x80x99s favor.

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had the goals of tarnishing Mrs. Clinton for her direct relationshipxc2xa0and association with Huma Abedin and, indirect ones with Anthony Weiner. Various salacious and lowly rumors were spread at that time about them, intensifying in pitch and crescendo up to the Election day, with the traces to thexc2xa0

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  • Russian sources, e.g., TV programs, with the apparently similar purposes of tarnishing them and her.xc2xa0

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In these circumstances, it is useful to recall thatxc2xa0

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My artistic imagination tells me that Mr. Trump could hardly afford, for his temperamental and other reasons, to disregard this attack on him and his budding political reputation, and he and his circles decided, in some, one or another fashion of the decision-making, to 1) getxc2xa0back at Weiner, 2) to silence him, 3) to close this dangerous avenue of pre-election discussions, 4) to ridicule and to tarnish him, and by association, the political rival and opponent, preferably with some sexual innuendos conveyed and confirmed by the xe2x80x9creal stuff and meansxe2x80x9d, such as xe2x80x9cemailsxe2x80x9d, xe2x80x9csextingxe2x80x9d, or xe2x80x9cserverxe2x80x9d. xc2xa0These terms acquiredxc2xa0the mystical proportions in the public imagination, which apparently is somewhat milder than mine. The use of the same tactics, namely, the explicit videos, reminds thexc2xa0

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So, in my same individual imagination, mixed with some reasoning and facts, thatxe2x80x99s how

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appeared on the political horizon. And, if this hypothesis is correct, and if this case is indeed the result of some kind of the plot and/or political machinations, I, in my very humble opinion of the blogger cumxc2xa0

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think, that not only the sentencing should be postponed, but the whole case should be reopened and reinvestigated, which might be of the certain value to all Trump investigations.xc2xa0
nThe questions with the focus on these, described above circumstances, are:xc2xa0

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  • First, the familiar mantra: What did Mr. Trump know about this hypothetical political plot in n

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  • What and when did the others, including the xe2x80x9cT-peoplexe2x80x9d, the n
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    • xe2x80x9cTrump peoplexe2x80x9d, and Kallstrom and Giuliani, know about it?

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  • And the whole tree of the follow-up and the surrounding sub-questions, not the least curious among them: How did thousands of emails (not the occasional hundreds of ones, needed for work) end up on the Abedin-Weiner computer, other than been dumped in it deliberately and for the clearly political purposes of swaying the Elections in Mr. Trump favor, and, very possibly, by the hostile intelligence services, such as Russians, Germans, or the significant others?

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The proper attention to this aspect of the investigations can bring Trump down more than anything else.xc2xa0

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In assessing Mr. Muellerxe2x80x99s Investigation,xc2xa0

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made this astute observation:xc2xa0xe2x80x9cGiven the utter unwillingness to even embrace the reality of the Russian hack by the White House and the slow roll of the GOP controlled Congress, Ixe2x80x99m not optimistic that the truth will emerge on Capitol Hill. And as something of an expert onxc2xa0

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  • the multiple failures and conflicts-of-interestxc2xa0within the FBI and Department of Justice,xc2xa0Ixe2x80x99m loathexc2xa0to put my faith in Special Counsel Robert Mueller who is, himself, a creature of the Bureau and the DOJ.xe2x80x9d

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I hope that this is not and will not be the case.xc2xa0
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Muellerxe2x80x99s Russia probe: Nothing is unrelated now

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The New York Times recently asked President Trump, xe2x80x9cif Mueller was looking at your finances and your family finances unrelated to Russia, is that a red line?xe2x80x9d

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Hexc2xa0xc2xa0respondedxc2xa0, in part: xe2x80x9cI would say yeah. I would say yes.xe2x80x9d

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To understand the discussion, one must be familiar with the mandate itself and the provisions of the Code of Federal Regulations, 28 C.F.R. Part 600, which govern the conduct of the Special Counsel.
nOn May 17, 2017, xe2x80x9cto ensure a full and thorough investigation of the Russian governmentxe2x80x99s efforts to interfere with the 2016 presidential election,xe2x80x9d Acting Attorney General Rod J. Rosenstein appointed Mueller to serve as special counsel for the Justice Department.

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nRosensteinxe2x80x99s order authorizes the special counsel xe2x80x9cto conduct the investigation confirmed by then-FBI Director James B. Comey in testimony before that House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence on March 20, 2017, including:
ni) any links and/or coordination between the Russian government and individuals associated with the campaign of President Donald Trump; and
nii) any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation, and
niii) any other matters with the scope of 28 C.F.R. Section 600.4(a).xe2x80x9d

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xc2xa0grants the special counsel the authority to xe2x80x9cinvestigate and prosecute federal crimes committed in the course of, and with the intent to interfere with, the Special Counselxe2x80x99s investigation, such as perjury, obstruction of justice, destruction of evidence and intimidation of witnesses.xe2x80x9d

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During his March 20, 2017 testimony before the House Permanent Select Committee on Investigations referenced in Rosensteinxe2x80x99s order, Comey

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xc2xa0that: xe2x80x9cI have been authorized by the Department of Justice to confirm that the FBI, as part of our counterintelligence mission, is investigating the Russian governmentxe2x80x99s efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election, and that includes investigating the nature of any links between individuals associated with the Trump campaign and the Russian government and whether there was any coordination between the campaign and Russiaxe2x80x99s efforts. As with any counterintelligence investigation, this will also include an assessment of whether any crimes were committed.xe2x80x9d

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Taken all together, Muellerxe2x80x99s investigative mandate is broad.
nIts scope seems clear and includes investigating:
n(1) Russian efforts to interfere in the 2016 presidential election;
n(2) the nature of any links between the Russian government and any and all individuals associated with the Trump presidential campaign;
n(3) the nature of any coordination between the Russian government and any and all individuals associated with the Trump presidential campaign;
n(4) any matters that have arisen out of the Russian election interference investigation;
n(5) any matters that might arise directly from the Russian election interference investigation; and
n(6) any federal crimes committed in the course of or with the intent to interfere with the investigation.
nThe core question is not a simple one: whether there were any links and/or coordination between the Trump campaign and representatives of the Russian government (xe2x80x9ccollusionxe2x80x9d in the term popularized by the media; xe2x80x9cconspiracyxe2x80x9d in legal terms). This is because direct evidence of any collusion or conspiracy may be difficult to come by.xc2xa0n

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