re: #89 makeitstop

It’s raining Friday night news dumps.

Mueller’s focused like a laser on the Trump-Russia connection and shifting to federal prosecutors everything else he comes across. FARA violations with respect to work for Ukraine by Tony Podesta of the Podesta Group, Vin Weber of Mercury Public Affairs and Greg Craig, formerly of Skadden.

Offshoot of the Manafort business.

Right wingers are questioning whether the SDNY will go forward and indict after the referral.

Yeah, I think they will. They’ve got enough to go after the whole lot. And Podesta might cut a deal to avoid prison - and flip on everyone around him, including Manafort (where he was a possible witness).

That also goes to strategery. The referral comes after trial starts, but before Podesta is indicted. It’s an attempt to deftly handle a witness who may be cutting a deal.