Waiting time for Trump

(From Chicago). Last week was probably the worst of any Donald Trump presidency. His lawyer revealed a long list of his dirty affairs and called him "crook, liar and cheater" before a congressional committee during a hearing broadcast live on all television networks. While failing in his "impulsive diplomacy", he returned from Vietnam empty-handed after believing that he was going into history to sign a peace agreement with North Korean dictator Kim Jong- a. But this week can be even worse. The special prosecutor Robert Muller announced the imminent presentation of its report on the scandal of "succeed", the plot organized by Vladimir Putin to favor Trump in the elections of 2016. It is not known if Trump will allow this information to reach US citizens and the rest of the world.To make the report a secret, the bad weeks will become a" annus horribilis "with a direct path to dismissal and the impossibility of being re-elected.

According to the rules limiting the work of special prosecutors, Muller must send his findings to Attorney General Bill Barr. It is he who has the power to make the report public or not – although he is theoretically required to work independently, his loyalty is to the person who appointed him to that position. Barr has only the obligation to inform Congress that Mueller has concluded his investigation, but he has all the faculties to decide to publish the full report, in part or if, directly, he is not not broadcast publicly. At his confirmation hearings in January, Mr. Barr felt that it was important that Congress and the public know the results of the investigation, but added that this would only reveal what is " in accordance with the regulations and the law ".

The pressure will be intense for most of Mueller's findings to be made public. The case keeps Americans in abeyance for almost two years. And the Democratic opposition in Congress has already announced that it will do everything possible to make public information, beyond its consequences in terms of foreign policy. The investigation could reveal the extent of foreign interference in the US political system and determine whether Trump's campaign advisers were involved in the plot.. With the report in hand, Minister Barr is scheduled to appear before the leaders of both Houses of Congress and the Speakers of the Senate Judiciary Committees and representatives to inform them of the receipt of the findings. But he has no obligation to reveal details at that time. Barr could, if he so wished, even make the report public without transmitting it specifically to the legislators. Or as Greg Sargent argues Washington Post"Nothing prevents the solid public disclosure of Mueller's findings, and … in a situation as unusual as this one, we are absolutely right to expect and insist."

The "Mueller Report" has already acquired historical relevance. Some think that the final document will answer the question of whether there has been "collusion", will link all the wires waiting for the investigation and will explain whether President Donald Trump or his collaborators have attempted to make obstacle to justice during the investigation. The prosecutor must draw a conclusion of his findings and determine whether there are grounds for a "trial or acquittal" of the persons involved. He must determine who must be prosecuted and who must be acquitted. Many of the people badociated with Trump are in jail or are being prosecuted for other crimes that may be related to this investigation. Mueller has already accused 37 people or entities of various crimes, including the former director of the presidential campaign, his personal advocate and a long-time political partner.

Former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti, a specialist in special investigations, warned that it was necessary to reduce expectations. "After an endless tumult, special advocate Robert Mueller may be about to present his report, it is impossible to know what his conclusions will be, but after so much speculation, a result seems likely: Mueller will disappoint almost everyone, especially critics .. President Trump, and it will not be his fault, it's the system, "wrote Mariotti on his website. It refers to the possibility that the prosecutor do not have enough evidence Trump was aware of the actions of Russian hackers who damaged Hillary Clinton's electoral opportunities.

A committee of leading US intelligence agencies issued a report in early 2017 in which it concludes "with great confidence" that the Russian government participated in electoral interference during the 2016 elections and that it was President Vladimir was acting. Putin who commissioned this campaign. "We felt that Putin and the Russian government had clearly indicated their preference for President-elect Trump." The office of the director of national intelligence (DIN), which represents 17 intelligence agencies, and the national security department (DSN) jointly declared that Russia had hacked into the computer system of the National Democratic Committee (NEC) and had disclosed its documents to the organization. Wikileaks. Shortly after, James Clapper, Director of National Intelligence, told a Senate committee that Russia's interference went beyond mere hacking and included misinformation and spreading false information on social media. In another report, CIA Director John O. Brennan, FBI Director James Comey and Clapper, agreed on the "scope, nature and purpose" of organized interference. by Russian intelligence groups called Fancy Bear and comfortable bear. In October 2016, Obama used the mythical red phone to ask Putin to stop cyber-attacks and announced that he would impose economic sanctions in response.

The then-President-elect Donald Trump rejected all charges and wrote in several tweets that "the Democrats were crying out for their defeat". But it was not the position of his own party. Senate Majority President Mitch McConnell expressed confidence in US intelligence and supported a bipartisan investigation. On December 29, 2016, the United States expelled 35 Russian diplomats, denied access to two Russian-owned complexes and extended existing sanctions to Russian entities and individuals. In February 2017, at one of his first press conferences, Trump said: "I have nothing to do with Russia and, as far as I know, no one in my environment is n & # 39; has a relationship with "Moscow. The New York Times denied it almost immediately: President Donald Trump's son, Jr., during the election campaign, met with Kremlin lawyer Natalia Veselnitskaya, and discussed the possibility of launching a cyber-attack against the Democratic candidate. Hillary Clinton. Trump Jr. relayed this information and asked to support campaign leader Paul Manafort and Trump's influential son-in-law Jared Kushner.

The director of the FBI, James Comey, is put in the middle and was fired. "This is not normal, it is not the behavior of the presidents, it is a dark moment in American history," he said at the same time. an interview.

The federal inquiry into Trump's presidential campaign was under his responsibility. Trump threw him out and Comey learned about it on TV. But the FBI chief did not go to take advantage of early retirement. He appeared before the Senate Intelligence Committee and launched a series of charges against the Trump administration at a hearing attended by the Americans, as they were participating in the finals of the NFL. Kushner, Manafort and former national security adviser Michael Flynn were stuck in Russia's maneuvers. Also, Trump's personal attorney, Michael Cohen, who discovered the billionaire's illegal maneuvers to stay with the real estate sector and even pay prostitutes for not publicizing their relationship with the current president.

The Trump's links with Russia They go back far before the elections. Since the 1980s, he has been involved in real estate activities in this country. He also teamed up with a Russian "oligarch" to organize the Miss Universe 2013 contest, which took place in Moscow, and sold for $ 95 million one of his residences of the Florida to another Russian "oligarch" in 2008. And he negotiated well in the presidential campaign with the Moscow authorities to erect one of their famous trump towers.

It is understood that Mueller has intermingled all this information and others that he allegedly received from intelligence agencies and that could further harm Trump. This report is now complete and your badistants are giving you the finishing touches this weekend. What is coming next may be a political earthquake or a huge disappointment.