A New Version Of The Mueller Report Reveals That Mueller Declined To Charge Donald Trump Jr. And Roger Stone With Computer Crimes

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Although the report goes on to say that Mueller’s office could establish “each element of a misdemeanor,” the special counsel ultimately determined “that prosecution of this potential violation was not warranted.”

“In this instance, Trump Jr. accessed the website shortly before it went public using a ‘guessed’ password that, although it was sent to him individually, had also been posted by WikiLeaks to its public Twitter account, such that anyone following WikiLeaks could have gotten the same preview of the website that Trump Jr. did,” the newly unredacted passage of the report said.

The report continued: “That fact, among others, would make it difficult to prove that Trump Jr. acted to further any crime or tort or that he obtained information valued at more than $5,000 — which are the kind of circumstances that can trigger felony punishment under the statute. Given that Trump Jr. did not himself initiate the plan to access the website or guess the password, the absence of evidence that his acts caused any damage to the website or obtained valuable information, the technical nature of the violation, and the minimal punishment that a misdemeanor conviction could be expected to carry in these circumstances, the Office decided against pursuing charges.”

Stone, a Trump ally, was found guilty of lying to congressional investigators about his communications with WikiLeaks and tampering with a witness, but was later pardoned by Trump. Stone boasted to campaign staff members about his connection to Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, who organized the release of internal emails that had been hacked from Democratic National Committee computers.

The discussion of Gordon, a former Pentagon spokesperson, refers to events at the 2016 Republican convention in Cleveland. Gordon flagged an amendment that rebuked Russia’s military aggression against Ukraine and called for supplying Ukrainians with lethal weapons. He reportedly said that position didn’t reflect Trump’s views on Ukraine. The platform was ultimately changed from advocating lethal weapons to advocating “appropriate assistance.” Mueller’s investigators sought to determine whether Gordon “was acting at the direction of Russia” when he had the platform amended.

lancea_longini on February 11st, 2022 at 22:25 UTC »

GOPers get mulligans. A black woman is told she is allowed to register to vote after serving terms of probation and thrown in prison later for trying register to vote because she was given the wrong information. This is all by design.

jokerZwild on February 11st, 2022 at 21:50 UTC »

The Mueller report needs to be more open, not like the bullshit Barr "summarized" over.

GhettoChemist on February 11st, 2022 at 21:41 UTC »

Don't charge conservatives for the crimes they commit? Was that him trying to "look impartial" a la James Comey?