Scale of 1/10, the Meuller Investigation only nets Manafort/Flynn

I'm going with a soft 2 out of 10.

Wouldn't be surprised if either or both of them went down for something unrelated to 'muh russians', but it's also possible that neither of them get booked. If he doesn't find any goods on anyone within Trump's circle (at any time during his campaign/presidency) then it will look like they got to him. He might take down one of them just for the optics and then move on to Hillary and her scum.

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Scale of 1/10, the Meuller Investigation nets Manafort/Flynn

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If Mueller does his job without bias it will all lead back to the Dims and more specifically the Clinton Crime Foundation, book it!!

I'm pretty sure if he pardons them it means they can't take the fifth

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I'm pretty sure if he pardons them it means they can't take the fifth

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i'd assume they'd take the 5th, get convicted, then get pardoned

*ETA: i don't think you waive 5A just b/c a President pardons you

As a budding Trump enthusiast you may want to budget a bit of concern for his dealings with the Russians.

What's your reasoning?

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As a budding Trump enthusiast you may want to budget a bit of concern for his dealings with the Russians.

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that story seems dead as shite at this point

if i remember, tomorrow i'll make a thread about Trump and Meuller finding illegal Russian dealings prior to running for President (aka, illegal deals that have nothing to do with collusion or the 2016 campaign, so not the stuff the DEMS and their coordinated media cohorts have been pushing)

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What's your reasoning?

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it was in a recent time article

basically a law prof said that since they wouldn't be under threat (b/c they were pardoned), they couldn't invoke the 5th

that ignores the text of the Amendment (it's written in terms of testifying against yourself and not a finding of guilt) as well as the reality of a prosecutorial position (just think about thinks like the dual sovereign theory as well as other potential crimes outside the scope of that single prosecution/pardon the testimony may lead to)

The text is that a defendant

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shall be compelled in any criminal case to be a witness against himself

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for tax evasion (Manafort) and illegal dealings with Turkey (Flynn)

is that worth a negative number?

*ETA: clarified the title

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7 if only them. 9 if we include the possibility that there are lesser or unknown associates of those two, of little importance and connection to Trump, who are involved.