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The indictment against alleged Russian agent Maria Butina appears to be part of a strategy often associated with investment advice – diversify your assets.

The announcement Tuesday that Butina had been indicted by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia brings to three the number of different Department of Justice components working on cases relating to Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election.


First, of course, is the investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into links between Russian interference and the Trump campaign. Since his appointment in May 2017, Mueller has charged 35 individuals and entities, including Trump campaign members and Russian nationals and intelligence officers.

Then came the spinoff investigation of former Trump attorney Michael Cohen that is being led by the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the Southern District of New York. Search warrants have been executed at Cohen’s office, hotel room, and hotel, but no charges have yet been filed.

And now comes the news that the U.S. Attorney’s Office in the District of Columbia is handling the case against Butina, charged with acting as agent of a foreign government and conspiring with others to do so. The indictment alleges that Butina acted under the direction and control of a Russian official for the purpose of infiltrating organizations active in American politics to advance the interests of the Russian Federation.

Certainly, all of these cases could conceivably come under Mueller’s umbrella as special counsel. His mandate in the appointment order from Deputy Attorney General Rod Rosenstein was quite broad — to investigate links between the government of Russia and the Trump campaign relating to the 2016 presidential election, “any matters that arose or may arise directly from the investigation,” and any other matters within the scope of the pertinent regulation, such as obstruction of justice and perjury. An August 2017 memo from Rosenstein further spells out Mueller’s mission in more detail, but large parts have been redacted from public view. It could be that these other matters involving Cohen and Butina are outside the scope of the memo. Or it could be that Mueller and Rosenstein are following the sage investment advice to diversify one’s portfolio. In other words, don’t put all of your eggs in one basket.


By assigning these cases to various different DOJ offices, Rosenstein and Mueller may be protecting them from being destroyed. Think of the way the Internet was developed as a network of networks, so that it could not be taken down by one attack. Even if a portion of the Internet were compromised, the theory goes, the remaining networks would survive.

First, of course, is the investigation led by Special Counsel Robert Mueller into links between Russian interference and the Trump campaign. Since his appointment in May 2017, Mueller has charged 35 individuals and entities, including Trump campaign members and Russian nationals and intelligence officers.

Re: gungasnake (Post 6683075)
No wonder he is so popular in Russia. It is the economy. Who else has the economy growing that you know of?

taken credit for Obama's work

as you see pinkytoes brain i kinda dyslexic.

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Mueller has charged 35 individuals and entities, including Trump campaign members and Russian nationals and intelligence officers.

No he has not, you can name those campaign members and their charges?

Trump claims credit for the economy.

Economists agree: Trump, not Obama, gets credit for economy

there are details of the first few batches here - the most recent Russians aren't on this list (and hopefully were not on the campaign team)

Making stupid remarks and fun about handicaps - you really are the worst dumbass here.

This article in the June 21, 1924 edition of the Joplin Globe laid bare the six “principles” or goals of the Illuminati:

First, the abolition of government.
Second, the abolition of patriotism.
Third, the abolition of private property rights.
Fourth, the abolition of all rights of inheritance.
Fifth, the abolition of religion.

— and finally —

Sixth, the abolition of the family relations.