Tuesday, July 17, 2018

US & Russia can help each other investigate CRIMINAL matters

  1.  3 hours ago
    1. This makes sense. By announcing the indictment BEFORE the meeting, it created the pretext for Putin to bring up the 1999 MLAT b/w the US & Russia (see next tweet).
    SCOOP: Trump picked timing for announcement of Mueller Russia indictments! Rosenstein gave Trump choice on timing. told him to release BEFORE Putin summit, hoping it would give him stronger hand.
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    2. The Mutual Legal Assistance Treaty (MLAT) sets out the rules for how the US & Russia can help each other investigate CRIMINAL matters. This includes providing access to evidence, witnesses, suspects etc. Here it is:
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3. It was Putin who referenced the Treaty in his comments about the 12 indicted Russians. Putin encouraged Mueller to 'send a formal and official request to us' about the indictment. If Mueller doesn't do this, it once again exposes his incompetence. ANOTHER THING.
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    1.  3 hours ago
      4. The MLAT applies equally to the US. That's why Putin said he's appreciate US-DOJ assistance in investigating Browder and his 'business associates', including their money laundering scheme, which Putin alleged ended up benefiting Clinton's canpaign.
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    2.  3 hours ago
      5. Putin could have raised these issues out of the blue, I guess. But the announcement on Friday, certainly helped him raise them in a specific context. That's my take, anyway. What do you guys think? The end.
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    1.  1 hour ago
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      Mueller should already have known this if he was doing his job
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      There are no coincidences.
Posted by rkball44 at 7:41 PM