7 facts to remember when Trump attacks Mueller probe
1. There have been 192 criminal charges brought by Mueller.
2. With Michael Cohen pleading guilty to lying to congressional
investigators about his ties to Russia on Thursday, there are now
seven people who have pleaded guilty and agreed to cooperate with the
Mueller probe.
3. Among those seven are: Cohen (Trump's former personal lawyer and
fixer), Paul Manafort (former Trump campaign chairman), Rick Gates
(former deputy campaign chairman) and Michael Flynn (former national
security adviser). These are not low-level underlings.
4. Manafort, who is accused of breaking his plea deal by lying to
Mueller's team, was convicted by a jury of his peers for his pre-Trump
campaign work with the Ukrainian government.
5. Mueller was appointed as special counsel on May 17, 2017. That's 18
months ago. That's far shorter than other high-profile special
investigations like it -- including Whitewater and Iran Contra, both
of which lasted more than six years.
6. The direct costs that Congress has allocated for the special
counsel's office is $10.4 million for fiscal year 2017 and $10.4
million for fiscal year 2018, which runs through September 2019. So
the direct cost of the investigation could -- if the probe last until
next September -- be north of $20 million. Not $40 million.
7. Three people -- Alex van der Zwaan, Richard Pinedo and George
Papadopoulos -- have been sentenced to prison as a result of the
Mueller investigation.
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"The administration is like a shitshow in a dumpster fire"
-George Conway, JD - Husband of Kellyanne Conway
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