Indictment-O-Rama, Act 3: Cohen Up the River

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Guys, nothing you say is going to change Reaganfan's mind, or if it does, he'll probably never admit it. He's the quintessential partisan bubble-conservative. He has been drinking his own kool-aid for so long that almost nothing else gets through. No matter what you throw at him, he has no shortage of excuses, deflections or rationalizations. It doesn't even matter that his party just got the wind knocked out of it, because there were a few high-profile governors races that he can zero in on and pretend like nothing else matters (although ironically if Republicans held the House, it would likely be his sole talking point).

In the end, he'll just wear you down through attrition.

Regardless of whether Trump himself is indicted and the Constitutional question of whether a sitting President can be indicted, the Trump Organization as a corporate entity is apparently likely to be indicted, according to Marcy Wheeler:

https://twitter.com/emptywheel/status/1071426854043693057

I'm not sure if it's going to happen, but I do recall reading that not only can the Trump Org be indicted (as you said), but so can the Trump campaign. And given everything that has happened up to this point, it's not that unlikely. It's definitely an appropriate compromise if Mueller believes Trump is guilty but can't be prosecuted due to his status as the American monarch president

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Natalya Veselnitskaya, Russian attorney at Trump Tower meeting, charged with obstruction of justice in unrelated money laundering case

https://www.cnbc.com/2019/01/08/natalya-veselnitskaya-attorney-at-trump-tower-meeting-charged.html

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Federal prosecutors issue sweeping subpoena for documents from Trump inaugural committee, a sign of a deepening criminal probe

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/federal-prosecutors-issue-sweeping-subpoena-for-documents-from-trump-inaugural-committee-a-sign-of-a-deepening-criminal-probe/2019/02/04/b6382642-28e5-11e9-8eef-0d74f4bf0295_story.html

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Doesn't New York still have that presidential pardon / double jeopardy law?

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Top Mueller Prosecutor Stepping Down In Latest Clue Russia Inquiry May Be Ending

https://www.npr.org/2019/03/14/703108073/top-mueller-prosecutor-stepping-down-in-latest-clue-russia-inquiry-may-be-ending

One of the most prominent members of special counsel Robert Mueller's team investigating Russia's attack on the 2016 presidential election will soon leave the office and the Justice Department, two sources close to the matter tell NPR.

Andrew Weissmann, the architect of the case against former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort, will study and teach at New York University and work on a variety of public service projects, including his longstanding interest in preventing wrongful convictions by shoring up forensic science standards used in courts, the sources added.

The departure is the strongest sign yet that Mueller and his team have all but concluded their work.

His leaving will follow the departure of the senior-most FBI agent working on the Mueller probe, who has taken his own next step. Special Agent In Charge David Archey started a new job on March 4 as head of the FBI's office in Richmond, Va.

Earlier this month, another special counsel prosecutor, Brandon Van Grack, moved on to lead a Justice Department effort to enforce compliance with the Foreign Agents Registration Act, a law that has become the subject of intense interest following charges against Manafort, his right-hand-man Richard Gates, and former Trump national security adviser Michael Flynn.

And WilmerHale, the law firm that Mueller and several other prosecutors left to help create the special counsel team, is preparing for the return of some of its onetime law partners, three lawyers have told NPR in recent weeks.