Sorry to disappoint those who have spouted the Trump/Russia collusion narrative for two years. I'm sure mea culpas will be forthcoming as soon as they can recover from their disappointment at the awful news of not having a US president being indicted over colluding with a foreign country to steal an election. 

That said?  Exactly how many indictments have already been issued and guilty parties are either going through the process of litigation or are currently sitting in a jail cell because of Mueller's investigation?  Remind me again.  

I have enough knowledge of how these things work to understand that if there are no further indictments, that shows there was NO collusion. Had there been collusion there would have been potentially dozens of them. 

Did you, or many others on the board wait for the full report to spout off about Trump having colluded with Russia? Trump the Russian agent. Putin's puppet! I've been reading that nonsense on an almost daily basis for 2 years now...... Please forgive me for jumping the gun on this one Matt. I'd say I'm embarrassed, but feeling shame for making premature, uninformed conclusions doesn't seem to happen on this board. 

How many of those indictments were for Trump's campaign employees colluding with Russia to steal 2016 election? You remember, the reason the SC was appointed in the first place? Remind me again? 

How many here were screaming knowingly that Trump was going to fire Mueller and interfere with the investigation? Maybe Trump just couldn't fill out the paperwork to fire him. You remember, people on the board told me he couldn't read.

One thing I'm sure of though is this - even with no collusion the moaning will continue. The cries of , "well Trump may not have colluded with Russia, but I'm sure he did __________". One other thing I'm certain of is that those who were the loudest to shout COLLUSION for over two years will never admit they may have been wrong. Crickets chirping is all I'll hear.....But now we can go back to the " Trump is a nazi, racist, dictator, etc, etc" chants again. All proclaimed with the same certainty as Trump colluded with Russia.  

This report can potentially lay the ground work for investigations & indictments that cannot be pardoned. Trump supporters seem to think that no indictments or a possible finding of no direct collusion somehow makes this a "witch hunt" and exonerates Trump.

We'll see about that soon.

-C!

Of course, on to the next thing. We'll get him next time for sure. The Mueller report didn't mean anything. 

You remind me of Linus waiting in the pumpkin patch for the Great Pumpkin. 

Amazing how you've already put the report in the rearview, declaring total and complete absolution, even though no-one save a select few at the Justice Department has read a word. 

I'm happy to condescend Matt when it's deserved. Like when you're wrong. But according to you you're never completely wrong because there's always the possibility of something else to get Trump on down the line. Just keep on moving the goal posts and start a new never-ending game. 

I didn't put the report in the rearview. In fact I'm anxious to see the evidence that comes out about the FISA application process in particular. You want your indictments? That's where they may lie - just not with those that you expected or hoped for. 

The report will likely be critical of Trump. It's a one sided report in which those involved had no chance to respond to. Not exactly fair in a political sense. But the ultimate fact remains that there are no additional charges.

And I'm not the one who diminished the Mueller report by saying that it was only laying the groundwork for non-pardonable offenses- as if that was its purpose all along. Give me a break. 

Sorry for coming into the thread too "hot" for you. But after reading the untold moronic insults calling myself (and others) nazis, anti-semites, racists, stupid, and uninformed I had enough of the keyboard warriors who I absolutely guarantee wouldn't have the courage to say it to my face. But you have no problem with them do you Matt? Those are just lukewarm right?

Really? If Trump wanted to be a part of it, I am sure he would have been welcome to participate.