Mueller Team Hunting Down Contact Between Trump Associates, WikiLeaks

Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, special counsel on the Russian investigation, leaves following a meeting with members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on June 21, 2017. / A... Former FBI Director Robert Mueller, special counsel on the Russian investigation, leaves following a meeting with members of the US Senate Judiciary Committee at the US Capitol in Washington, DC on June 21, 2017. / AFP PHOTO / SAUL LOEB (Photo credit should read SAUL LOEB/AFP/Getty Images) MORE LESS
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Though seemingly placid from the outside, special counsel Robert Mueller and his team have reportedly spent recent weeks aggressively digging into communications between Trump associates and WikiLeaks before the release of stolen Democratic emails during the 2016 campaign.

According to a Sunday Washington Post report, Mueller has particularly homed in on Roger Stone, who has bragged about his connections with WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange before.

Both Stone and WikiLeaks officials deny any contact.

The relationship between Trump associates and WikiLeaks is paramount to Mueller’s investigation, per the Post, since the emails published through WikiLeaks appear to have been hacked by Russians to disrupt the campaign and sway the election.

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  1. “tantemount?” Is that DYAC for “relevant” maybe?

    ETA: Nope. Turns out its DYAC for “paramount.”

  2. I live for the shocked expression on Stone’s incredibly ugly face when the folks in the yellow-lettered jackets come to take him away.

  3. Avatar for quickq quickq says:

    Stone and Manafort created the single industry of K Street.
    In the process they were a bit sloppy.
    I’m hoping Mueller can dig down into the acolytes they trained who learned to hide well.
    It’s the lobbying and think tanks that are the Deep State I fear.
    May they all be taken away.

  4. Bet it won’t even be 6 degrees of separation…

  5. Here’s a sneak preview.

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